Ube powder ubizwa nangokuthi i-Purple yam powder, eyenziwa kusuka ku-purple yam entsha nekhwalithi ephezulu. Icutshungulwa ngokuhlanza, ukusika, ukumisa ngezansi kwezinga lokushisa kanye nokugaya kahle. Impushana iyacwenga, imnyama ngokwemvelo, inothe nge-anthocyanins, i-fiber namavithamini, inokunambitheka okumnandi kwe-vanilla-nutty. 

Isetshenziswa kabanzi ekuphekeni, eziphuzweni, ku-ayisikhilimu, ekudleni okungena esikhundleni sezidlo nemibala yemvelo.