The authors would like to thank the Institute of Food Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China) for providing purple sweet potatoes. The authors appreciate the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province ( 2017CFB309 , 2014CFB891 ), the Science and Technology Support Program of Hubei Province (2015BHE015), the International Cooperation Research Funding granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China ( 2014DFG32310 ), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 31371727 ). This research is also supported by the fund of the Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology & Business University (BTBU) and the fund of the Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing Technology and Business University.