He mea hanga te wai kūmara papura i te kūmara papura mā te tango me te whakapūmau, hei tae kai. He nui ngā anthocyanin i roto i ngā kūmara papura, e kore e hoatu noa he tae papura kanapa engari he nui hoki ngā āhuatanga antioxidant. Nā tōna āhua kai ahurei, he kai tino whai kiko, he nui te tae o te wai kūmara papura, e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā kai o ia rā me ngā mahi hauora.
He nui ngā matūkai taiao pērā i te anthocyanins, te muka kai, te huaora C, me ngā kohuke, ka āwhina te wai kūmara papura ki te whakapakari i te ārai mate, te whakapai ake i te mahi nakunaku, me te whakatairanga i te hauora whānui. Ko ngā anthocyanins i roto i te kūmara papura he antioxidants tūturu, e whai hua ana ki te whawhai ki ngā kino o ngā rauropi kore utu hei āwhina i te whakaroa i te koroheketanga me te tiaki i te hauora o ngā pūtau.
Hei inu māori, hauora hoki, ehara i te mea ka tiakina noa ngā painga kai o te kūmara papura, engari he maha hoki ngā mahi whakatairanga hauora. Ahakoa he inu, he kai rānei, he kōwhiringa hauora te wai kūmara papura.