Tell the difference between butternut squash and sweet potato?

I have a packet of ready prepared butternut squash and sweet potato. Some are more orange, and some are more pink, which is which?


The more orangey/yellow one would be the butternut squash while the deep reddish orange one would be the sweet potato.

4 comments

  1. Eagle Eye says:

    the squash grows above ground and the potato below ground, the squash is more watery than the potato .
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  2. margarita says:

    The more orangey/yellow one would be the butternut squash while the deep reddish orange one would be the sweet potato.
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    11+ years working in produce.

  3. 57 says:

    Squash is a vegetable that grows above the ground.
    Sweet potato is a tuber.
    Orange – squash
    Pink – sweet potato
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  4. Diane B. says:

    If they’re already cooked, and by "sweet potato" they mean the lightest of the yam/sweet potato family, then generally the butternut squash would be a deeper orange (and richer, moister tasting) where the sweet potato would be more of a yellowish or light orange color and taste a bit drier (if it hadn’t absorbed any added liquids from before).
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