French-fry potatoes

July 11, 2017 | Articles

Smart blast freezer receives higher hygiene ranking

An 18 centimetre-thick layer of pre-fried chips moves into the world’s longest blast freezer at Farm Frites in Oudenhoorn. An ice-cold wind that takes your breath away freezes over 30 tonnes of chips towards a temperature of -14° Celsius. With smart technical solutions, the AFE Europe supplier from Halsteren ensures that the capacity remains high,…

July 11, 2017 | Articles

New varieties necessary to reduce integral chain costs

‘Many of the demands on the processor’s base material today, will still be the same in 2026’, is how agronomist Matthijs Meijer of Aviko Potato starts his address at the meeting of the Midden Nederland Potato Breeders Association (Aardappel Kwekers Vereniging). He was teaching the breeders about the demands which the processor imposes on new…