Potato varieties for crisps

The potato crisps industry is a growing market. Crispy, flavorful chips are loved all over the world. The demand for high-quality potato varieties for producing the best chips continues to grow globally. Key characteristics such as the shape, flesh color, underwater weight and the regular shape of the potato are essential for producing high-quality crisps.

Agrico is dedicated to developing innovative potato varieties that are perfectly suited for the potato crisps industry. Through our expertise in breeding and cultivation, we deliver high-yielding varieties with optimal texture, excellent underwater weight and superior frying quality. Our constant focus on innovation means that our potatoes deliver top-quality crisps, with perfect crispiness, color and flavor every time.

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Napoleon (crisps)

Reliable potato for top-quality potato chips

Discover Napoleon, the outstanding potato variety for high-quality potato chips! Due to its excellent frying quality, even dry matter distribution and minimal sugar defects, Napoleon consistently delivers an exceptional end product. The variety produces good yields and very uniformly sized tubers, ideal for the potato chip segment. With excellent virus resistance and adaptability to various growing conditions, Napoleon is a very robust variety. Choosing Napoleon means choosing quality and reliability.

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Overview potato varieties for crisps

Agria

Maincrop, yellow fleshed, processing variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.

Excellent frying quality
Multiple virus resistances
Good storability

Arsenal

An early maincrop, crisping variety with extensive resistances to potato cyst nematodes and a good yield.

Multiple resistances
Suitable for crisping and flakes
High dry matter content

Babylon

Maincrop, yellow fleshed processing variety with a good yield and a very stable quality.

Excellent frying quality
Multiple virus resistances
Good storability

Beyonce

An early maincrop, crisping variety with a good dry matter content, suitable for medium term storage and late blight resistance in foliage and tuber.

Large tubers
Good dormancy
Quite high tuberisation

Chester (AR 13-2694)

A second early crisping variety with G. pallida resistance, uniform tuber size, good dry matter content and good tolerance against bruising.

High yield and good tuberisation
Good crisping quality, also after long term storage
Suitable for flakes

Corsica

An early maincrop crisping variety with a good yield and a good dry matter content.

Excellent crisping quality
Good storability
Uniform tuber size

Fontane

An early maincrop, high yielding processing variety for the production of French fries and flakes.

Large tubers
High dry matter content
Suitable for different types of soil

Markies

High yielding, all-round maincrop variety for French fries, crisping, fast food (QSR market) and fresh consumption.

Large tubers
Multiple virus resistances
Good storability

Napoleon

Maincrop crisping variety with a good uniformity of size and a high dry matter content.

Good crisping quality
Suitable for the processing of flakes
Good virus resistances

Sevilla

A maincrop variety with good underwater weight, delicious flavour and Phytophthora resistance in foliage and tuber.

Late blight resistant
Low nitrogen requirement
Good drought tolerance

Sinora

Second early, high yielding and easy-to-grow variety for an early fries or crisping crop.

Early delivery straight from the field
High dry matter content
Good virus resistances

Would you like to know more about our crips potato varieties?

Agrico goes beyond just supplying good quality potatoes. Because we’re involved with our customers, we are more than happy to provide effective, expert advice on the right cultivation, harvesting and storage methods, as well as logistics. Agrico also invests intensively in knowledge and research, as a result of which we have a wide range of unique crisps potato varieties at our disposal.

If you have a specific question, or if you would like to know what Agrico can do for you with respect to crisps potato varieties, please feel free to contact us.

Wieger van der Werff

Commercial Manager

E varieties@agrico.nl

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