Processing
Reducing sugars set at harvest and in storage determine acrylamide risk at frying; variety choice, harvest maturity and storage temperature do most of the work.
Russia imported 420,000 tonnes of potatoes in the first half of 2026, nearly half the volume of a year earlier, while the EU and…
A frozen French fry plant with a full-cycle processing line in Kursavka, Stavropol Krai, is offered for sale. The seller is asking RUB 265…
В селе Курсавка Ставропольского края продаётся действующий завод замороженного картофеля фри площадью 1000 кв. м с линией полного цикла. Продавец оценивает выкуп 100% доли…
French potato growers are asking supermarkets to accept smaller spuds for fries after summer drought and a relaxed 45mm minimum size standard following a…
Facing a record-low average yield of 37.9 t/ha, France's potato committee CNIPT has exceptionally lowered the minimum size for fresh-fry potatoes from 50 to…
India's frozen and prepared potato exports reached $279 million in 2025, up 37.4% year on year, and a forecast 25.4% drop in north-western European…
Kazakhstan plans to expand potato processing and value-added exports through a memorandum with Belgium's DeWulf NV, signed at a business council attended by President…
CNIPT's week 41 bulletin shows Northwest European processing quotes at €200–275/t and French retail potato prices slightly lower year on year.
McCain Foods will buy Falcon Agrifriz's frozen potato plant in Gujarat, India, for about USD 98 million.
On October 11, a processor posted in an industry chat on MAX calling for long-term supplies of quality potatoes. The backdrop: the end of…
Dutch starch cooperative Avebe has raised its interim payment for starch potatoes by €10 per tonne, lifting the mid-campaign price for 19% starch deliveries…
The five main European fry-exporting countries shipped 564,500 tonnes of frozen fries in June, up 6.1% year on year and the second-highest monthly figure…
Urschel Laboratories will present its new Little Gem Aspire Dicer at SIAL Paris 2026 (October 17–21), performing live test cuts at Booth P230 in…
Studies from Kenya and Switzerland and Canadian storage guidance show how warm reconditioning at 13–22°C reverses part of cold-induced sweetening and improves chip and…
Thailand expected 120,854 tonnes of potatoes in 2025 from 40,455 rai, the Office of Agricultural Economics says. In the north, 85% of the potato…
Israel plants about 180,000 dunams (18,000 hectares) of potatoes a year and exported 169,407 tonnes in 2023, according to a sector plan of the…
Reviews in Applied Sciences and earlier research show that potato fruit juice holds only 1–2% protein, but EU starch plants produce about 6 million…
Avebe, a potato starch producer based in Veendam, has received an international award for developing a modified potato starch that dramatically speeds up the…
McCain Foods ended price talks with Tasmanian growers and is asking for a $15 per tonne cut, TasFarmers says. Most Simplot growers signed contracts…
Belgian fry maker Agristo says a fourth line at Wielsbeke starts in November, fries production in India follows in 2027 and a US plant…
NAO data show Dutch exports of ware and industrial potatoes reached 108,172 t by 31 August, up from 85,526 t, led by Belgium and…
International standards require ware potatoes to have cured skin, no abnormal moisture and at most 10% defects in Class I. Packs up to 5…
Austria harvested 813,300 tonnes of potatoes in 2025, up 17%. But its supply balance shows self-sufficiency fell to 78% in 2023/24, and the 2026…
Finland grew 546,000 tonnes of potatoes in 2025. In 2026 the area rose back above 20,000 hectares, driven by starch potatoes, and Luke expects…
Snack maker Mohammed Riaz & Partner has launched the Muscat Chips brand in Oman with a 300 kg per hour potato chip line from…
Dutch fry potatoes are unusually small this year, according to a processor's crop monitoring and a farm weekly. The weekly price quotation for potatoes…
EU rules require processing potatoes to be stored above 6°C. US guidance and a 2024 Kenyan study show how warmer storage and reconditioning cut…
Canada's potato crop has more than tripled since 1961. The centre of production has moved west: in 2025 Alberta and Manitoba grew almost half…
President Abelardo De la Espriella says PepsiCo will invest US$1 billion in Colombia over five years. The company is the country's largest industrial potato…
Belgium harvested 4.7 million tonnes of potatoes in 2025, split between Flanders and Wallonia. In 2026 Flanders cut its potato area by 23% and…
Sweden harvested a record 454,600 tonnes of starch potatoes in 2025 and 546,000 tonnes of table potatoes. The potato area grew again in 2026,…
France now grows potatoes on about a quarter of its 1961 area, but it exports more fresh potatoes than any other country. The north…
A family farm near Kalisz grows chip potatoes on about 550 ha and stores about 10,000 tonnes. PepsiCo says more than 70 contract growers…
Closed stores often hold ten times more carbon dioxide than outside air. Extension data show that CO2 alone may be tolerated, but together with…
Potato growers in Michigan report good yields and chip quality. But supplies of chip potatoes are plentiful, and an industry newsletter expects significant cuts…
Brazil's potato crop is now almost four times larger than in 1961. Official 2024 data show a strong concentration in Minas Gerais and large…
Danish potato land has grown by more than half in two decades. Almost all of the growth came from potatoes for industry, while table…
The third trial dig of the season in Danish starch potato fields points to a solid crop. Tuber yield is above the ten-year average,…
Processing takes more than half of the potato crop in New Zealand. As growers prepare for a drier El Niño spring and summer, irrigation,…
Specific gravity is the quickest farm test of dry matter in potatoes. Fry potatoes below 1.070 do not meet industry standards, and simple tests…
US processing use of potatoes rose 5% in 2025 to 286 million cwt, NASS says. Frozen fries and other frozen products took 173 million…
Dutch potato processors handled 269,300 tonnes in August 2026, flat year on year. Imports covered 46.8% of supply, and the 12-month total fell to…
German starch group Emsland Group will pay €95 per tonne at 19% starch for the 2027 crop, the same as this season. The company…
Bangladesh grew a record 11.5 million tonnes of potatoes in 2024–25, well above domestic demand of about 9 million tonnes. Only 3–4% is processed.
Japan planted 70,900 hectares of potatoes in 2024, down from 130,100 hectares in 1985. Domestic output of about 2.3 million tonnes covers only part…
On 27 October the World Potato Congress in Kenya holds a session on processed potato products in the Global South, with the heads of…
Potato varieties for chip processing need high dry matter, very low reducing sugars and tolerance to cold storage. Research and industry data show why…
Research shows soil temperatures around 23 °C and water stress during early bulking trigger sugar ends. The defect is irreversible in storage and darkens…
EU benchmark levels for acrylamide in fries and crisps have applied since 2018. The Commission is now preparing new benchmarks and first maximum levels.
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