Muchiri, Mary N.McCartney, Anne L.2019-02-072019-02-072017Functional Foods in Health and Disease 2017; 7(10): 833-848https://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2195Some food ingredients (prebiotics) have been shown to promote a healthy gut by selectively stimulating growth/activity of beneficial gastrointestinal microbes and metabolites such as short chain fatty acids (SCFA) while inhibiting pathogens. Orange fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam; OFSP) root tuber is a starchy tropical crop and highly nutritious in terms of pro-vitamin A (beta carotene), dietary fibre, and natural sugars, with negligible amount of fats and cholesterol.enArticle