Processing

November 21, 2018 | Articles

Opportunities for the potato in Belarus

It is very important now for the Republic of Belarus to continue to develop in the domain of potatoes. Not only because it is an important foodstuff in their own country – the Belarusian eats 125 kilograms per head of the population – but especially because of the drive towards expansion in competing countries in…

July 11, 2017 | Articles

Transparent taring is essential for a fair price

Last year, the Dutch potato processing company Peka Kroef in the village of Odiliapeel invested in an ultra-modern taring line from RMA-Techniek in ‘s Heer Arendskerke. According to Peter van Boxtel, who is the man responsible at Kroef for the reception of potatoes, transparency during taring is very important because a lot depends on it…

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…