Rachael Answers: What's The Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams?

Learn the 3 key distinctions — once and for all — just in time for Thanksgiving.

[shawngall]

Most everything Rachel said is incorrect. Yams are not sweeter, they have more starch, come from Africa or Asia, and are rare in the US/Canada. The young girl is most likely just holding different types of sweet potatoes, although to me they looked like the same variant.

[sramm]

She's wrong. Yams aren't sweeter and generally are not sold in the U.S. Both items the gal in the store is holding are sweet potatoes.

[rajbeekie]

I am thinking Rachael is 100% incorrect. Both of those things shown are sweet potatoes.
The Caribbean yam she mentioned is dark skinned and white/yellow on the inside.

[wiscobravo]

She’s quite wrong in this video. Yams are not sweeter. If your buying a yam in the US, it’s likely a type of sweet potato just labeled as a yam. Actual yams are few and far between in the US.

[peacelovejoy]

I'm still going to call sweet potatoes - yams
Sounds healthier 😉
I LOVE roasted yams & brussels sprouts ❤

[m.taylor]

I thought yams usually have rough brown bark like skin. It looks like she is holding two sweet potatoes. I hate it when supermarkets label sweet potatoes yams because it gets confusing af.

[Lunalas]

Great video. I just watched the entire thing and I cannot tell difference. Which hand was the Yam?

[m.taylor]

Rachel is clueless about yams. She is a typical american who thinks she knows but does not really know.

[vaniasetti]

WRONG! so wrong.... and you say that with such authority on

[richardbenjaminbm]

Yams are not sweeter than potatoes.. only in Amer