Alpine Sweetvetch · Hedysarum alpinum

Mashu roots, raw (Alaska Native)

Nutrition facts per 100 g · edible portion

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135 kcal Calories

12%

5.8 g Protein

22.6 g Carbs

2.4 g Fat

Fair nutrient density 16/100

How many beneficial nutrients Mashu roots, raw (Alaska Native) delivers for its calories — scored across 24 vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber, minus saturated fat and sodium. See the most nutrient-dense foods.

Caloric ratio

Where the calories in Mashu roots, raw (Alaska Native) come from — the split across carbs, fat & protein.

135 kcal / serving

67% from carbs

Carbs 67%

22.6 g per serving
Fat 16%

2.4 g per serving
Protein 17%

5.8 g per serving

What Mashu roots, raw (Alaska Native) is a good source of

Stand-out nutrients per 100 g, by share of your Daily Value.

Protein12% Vitamin C12%

Full nutrition breakdown

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Moderate
Limit
Neutral

Bars are shaded by how a high amount affects your diet — green for nutrients to seek out (fiber, protein, vitamins), red for those best kept low (saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol), neutral where it depends. Each bar shows the % of your Daily Value per serving.

Carbohydrates	Amount	% DV
Total Carbohydrate	22.6 g	8%

Fats & Fatty Acids	Amount	% DV
Total Fat	2.4 g	3%

Protein & Amino Acids	Amount	% DV
Protein	5.8 g	12%

Vitamins	Amount	% DV
Vitamin A (RAE)	~	—
Vitamin C	11.0 mg	12%
Vitamin D	~	—
Vitamin E	~	—
Vitamin K	~	—
Thiamin (B1)	0.1 mg	8%
Riboflavin (B2)	0.1 mg	5%
Niacin (B3)	1.3 mg	8%
Vitamin B6	~	—
Folate (B9)	~	—
Vitamin B12	~	—

Minerals	Amount	% DV
Calcium	~	—
Iron	~	—
Magnesium	~	—
Phosphorus	67.0 mg	5%
Potassium	~	—
Sodium	~	—
Zinc	~	—

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Ash	1.4 g	—

About Mashu roots, raw (Alaska Native)

Alpine sweetvetch (Hedysarum alpinum) is a hardy wild legume of the far north, growing across the tundra, taiga, floodplains, and grasslands of Alaska, Canada, and the circumpolar Arctic. Its real food value lies underground: the thick, fleshy taproots have long been an important traditional food for Alaska Native peoples such as the Dena'ina and Inupiat, who call it wild potato and prize the roots second only to wild berries.

The roots are said to taste like young carrots, sweet and starchy, and are eaten raw or, more often, boiled, roasted, or fried, and were traditionally stored in oil or fat as a winter food that also supplies dietary fiber. The plant sends up erect stems topped with pink to pale-purple flowers, and its roots feed grizzlies, caribou, and other wildlife too. A note of caution: foraging wild roots demands expert identification, since sweetvetch can be confused with related plants and its seeds are not regarded as food.

Anyone gathering it should learn the plant from an experienced forager. Harvest the roots and use them fresh, or store them the traditional way in fat, cooking them well before eating.

Source: USDA FoodData Central & FooDB. Values are per 100 g, edible portion.