Cilembu sweet potato is a sweet potato cultivar that is a local breed from Cilembu Village, Pamulihan District, Sumedang, West Java. Sweet potatoes have been popular among consumers since the 1990s.
Cilembu sweet potatoes are more special than ordinary tubers because when roasted, these sweet potatoes release a sticky, honey-sugar liquid that tastes sweet. Because of this, Cilembu sweet potatoes are also called honey sweet potatoes. If sweet potatoes are generally sweet, the sweet taste of Cilembu sweet potatoes is sweeter and stickier with honey sugar. This sweet taste provides extra energy for the person who consumes it.
This sweet potato is not suitable for frying, because its high sugar content makes it very easy to "burn", and it is also not suitable for boiling, because the aroma of the "honey" will be reduced, even lost. In general, Cilembu sweet potato products are traded in the form of roasted sweet potatoes apart from being processed in the form of chips, tape, dodol, keremes, jams, sauces, flour, various cakes, noodles and syrup. Cilembu sweet potatoes have high economic value because of their distinctive taste, sweet like honey and sticky, the structure of the flesh is chewy, and attractive, so they are very popular with farming businesses and consumers.
