The potato market has a use beyond the culinary. The starch produced by the potato has diverse applications in convenience food products and due to its great growth (in 2017 the world income from potato starch reached 5000 million dollars) it is expected to reach a value of 7,178.4 million dollars between 2018 and 2026. In addition, its use in the textile industry is also experiencing significant growth especially in countries such as China and India, so potato producers and buyers have a big market to target.

Thanks to the starch of the potato, textile gluing can be produced and the properties of the starch can be adjusted to various requirements. Its use is also interesting as a gelling agent that can replace materials such as gelatine and common starch.

This “ecological” alternative has as its weak point changes in potato prices due to climatic changes that have affected the crop. These climatic irregularities, which have caused torrential rains and dry spells this year, have caused the price of potatoes to vary continuously.

In this link you can read the post in which we talked about the climatic changes during this year and what has caused in the potato harvests: https://potatomarket.com/french-fries-victims-of-the-drought-in-europe/?lang=en

Convenience food products are growing notably and is attributed to dependence on potato starch due to its high demand during this 2018 period. Some companies have already directed their strategy towards this trend, such as Emsland Group in Germany or Novidon in the Netherlands.

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