About Dehydrated Potato Products

Potato flakes are a dehydrated potato product prepared by drying mashed potato on a drum dryer. Potato flakes can be offered in the form of flakes or they can be ground to a powder and is than mostly referred to as potato flour or potato powder.

Explore how potato granules are made and used in food production for their quick preparation, smooth texture, and reliable quality.

Convenience of freeze-dried potato products—lightweight, long-lasting, and perfect for modern, on-the-go lifestyles.

Small Potato pieces can be sun- or air-dried for use in applications such as soups. These drying methods lead to significant shrinkage and result in slow rehydration when reconstituted. A better quality product is obtained when potatoes are freeze-dried, but freeze-drying is a far more expensive process.

As (fried) sweet potato products become more popular worldwide, there is also an increasing demand for dehydrated sweet, potatoes - the sweet potato equivalent of potato flakes and granules.

Starch is the predominating carbohydrate in potato ranging from 16.5 to 20.0 g/100 g FW . Biochemically, potato starch is composed of amylose and amylopectin with the latter molecule typically making up 70−80% of the available starch in the tuber and the remaining portion being composed of amylose.