Belgian potato products |Potato Products

In just a few decades, the Belgian potato-processing industry has developed into the largest exporter of precooked potato products in the world.

4.6 million

tonnes potatoes

That’s how many potatoes were processed into a wide range of potato products in Belgium in 2017.

+50%

volume of processed potatoes

Between 2008 and 2015, the volume of processed potatoes rose by 50%. The growth was most noticeable in the production of fries.

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About Belgian processed potatoes

Think of gourmet Belgium and naturally you think of beer, chocolate and of course Belgian fries. Belgian frietkot culture has even been recognised as intangible cultural heritage. So it’s no wonder that Belgium is a specialist in the area of processing potatoes. Want to buy high-quality fries? Then look no further than your Belgian supplier.

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News

Belgian potato-processing sector experienced record growth in 2018

Belgapom, the association for the Belgian potato trade and processing industry, can announce that in 2018 the 5 million tonne mark was passed with regard to processed potatoes. This is absolutely a new record and what makes it even more remarkable, is that it is the sharpest annual increase since the nineteen-nineties.

VLAM appoints Filip Fontaine as its new general director

As of 1 July, Filip Fontaine will become the general director of VLAM, Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board. Fontaine succeeds Frans De Wachter who will retire on 1 July 2019 after a long career with VLAM.

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