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.

Potato granules are a dehydrated potato product prepared by drying cooked potatoes in an add-back process in a ring dryer, causing (clumps of?) potato cells to fall apart by itself. Nowadays potato granules are a less common product than potato flakes. Potato granules have a higher specific density than potato flakes and cells are less damaged. This results in a less sticky mash, but may make them less suitable for snack extrusion, where the stickiness may be an asset.

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.