If you slice open a sweet potato and see milky juice coming out of the insides, is that normal? Or should I toss it out?

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Carol R. · Answer

thought so, just double checking after wrong answer from uninformed "nutrition expert" many years ago!

Dianaba · Answer

It's normal (and shouldn't last long after the cut). Just give it a quick rinse before cooking if it gets all sappy.

Cody,Buchholz · Answer

Most root veggies and vine ripened veggies will do this. Including squash and other forms of potatoes

Maedl · Answer

Sweet potatoes often produce a milky sap, a kind of latex.