The properties that make plain potatoes the most filling food tested.
What the evidence says
- Boiled potatoes had the highest satiety index of the 38 foods tested — 323 ± 51%, against white bread at 100%, and roughly seven times the lowest-scoring food (the croissant, 47 ± 17%)[1]
- Very high water content, and water correlates positively with satiety[1]
- Moderate protein for a carbohydrate food, and protein correlates positively with satiety[1]
- Reasonable fiber content, and fiber correlates positively with satiety[1]
- Large volume per calorie — serving weight correlates positively with satiety[1]
- Lower palatability, and palatability correlates negatively with satiety[1]