News On Ingredients from India

The potato snack aisle is a battlefield-crammed with crisps, chips, fries, and a dizzying array of flavours. With global market revenues expected to reach over USD 126 billion by 2034 and a steady 3% annual growth rate, it’s clear that competition is fierce and only getting hotter.

Rising frying oil prices present a significant challenge for potato snack manufacturers, directly impacting their profit margins and operational strategies.

As Europe and Japan ban synthetic antioxidants like TBHQ, the food industry shifts to safer, plant-based solutions. Prasan Solutions leads the way with AO17, offering clean-label, natural protection for frying oils without compromising performance.

Consumers are rejecting synthetic antioxidants in snacks, pushing the industry toward natural options. Prasan Solutions' AO17, a plant-based antioxidant, leads the shift with clean-label benefits, safety, and effective frying oil protection.

German manufacturer of dehydrated potato products Emsland Group announces a new distribution partnership with UniBourne Food Ingredients, LLP, for the Indian market as of January 1, 2025.

GreenFay Farm Foods has announced the opening of its new, high-capacity potato flakes production plant. With an impressive production capacity of 2,200 kg per hour, this state-of-the-art facility solidifies the company’s position as one of India’s largest producers of potato flakes.

The FI India exhibition is a key event for innovation, collaboration, and networking in the food industry. This year, Goodrich Cereals will participate in FI India 2024, held in Bengaluru from September 25-27, 2024.

The event is expected to see a footfall of 100,000, igniting innovation, showcasing global collaboration, and positioning India as the epicenter of the future in food processing!

In India processing of fruits and vegetables is very poor around only 3-5% were countries like US has 65%, Phillipines 78% and China 23%. Hence, there is a need to enhance the processing of fruits and vegetables.

The innovative plant will consume 84% less water, 52% less energy compared to a traditional nixtamalization process, and will produce 96% less waste, among other benefits.

Trio Chemicals introduces some of their TRIOBAN products to solve foaming in potato processing

Potato Flakes are commonly used in households worldwide for convenient preparation of Instant Mash Potato. Industrial
food processors also use potato flakes as an ingredient in the production of potato snack foods.

The West-Bengal government (India) has recently abandoned its proposed potato processing unit in Hooghly's Sheoraphuli after no private company showed interest in the project.

The Kolhapur-based Sanjay Ghodawat Group, which has interests in a number of sectors including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), will soon foray into the food and beverage market with the launch of the snack brand, Star555.

The future of the West Bengal government's proposed potato flakes processing unit at Sheoraphuli in Hooghly district seems to be uncertain with no private company ready to invest in the facility so far.

Fries, chips and flakes manufacturers in India are concerned over firm prices of potato, which has seen a jump owing to poor crop this year. Companies assure that an increase in retail price was unlikely to take place in the short run.

Vegit, the agro division of the Rs 950 crore Merino Group which offers ready-to-cook packaged foods, plans to raise capacity of potato flakes facility by 50 per cent to meet growing demand.

?Novozymes and the Holck-Larsen Foundation have joined forces to work with Danish universities to set up a scientist exchange program – the first of its kind – between India and Denmark. “With many, many excellent universities, India has a large popul...