By the mid-1600s, the Jerusalem artichoke had become a very common vegetable for human consumption in Europe and the Americas, and was also used for livestock feed in Europe and colonial America.
A mediados do xéculo XVII, a planta convertérase nunha planta de horta moi común para o consumo humano en Europa e as Américas e usábse tamén para alimentar o gando en Europa e a América colonial.