Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Frozen French Fry Quality Score
A frozen french fry quality score combines multiple finished-product measurements into one supplier or plant view, but the component weights matter. Buyers can preserve the underlying color, texture, length, defect, oil, moisture, and hold results and compare the quality benefit with delivered price, service, and supply depth.
Market Data
How to read this market
Frozen french-fry quality-score data combines defined finished-product measures such as color, texture, length, defects, breakage, oil, moisture, solids, hold performance, appearance, and sensory results. The market object is a transparent composite score with its component values, weighting, test method, plant, and supplier.
Use the data to compare quality-adjusted supplier value, track plant or crop changes, and identify which component drives a score movement. Preserve the underlying measurements because the same total score can be produced by very different product strengths and weaknesses.
Data Module
Frozen Fry Quality Score
Market objectcomposite finished-fry quality
Primary measurescomponent scores and total
Key dimensionssupplier, plant, product, method
End usefoodservice and QSR
Commercial usesupplier scorecard
Compare withprice, waste, hold performance, supply
Analysis
Why this matters
A composite score can conceal economically important tradeoffs. One fry may score well through color and texture but underperform on length, while another reaches the same total with the opposite profile.
Commercial interpretation should weight components according to the actual menu and operating use. The cheapest product can be inferior if lower length recovery, hold performance, or consistency creates more waste or customer dissatisfaction.
Signal 01
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index
UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
Understand uncertainty. Anticipate risk. Act earlier.
UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
WeatherHigh
DiseaseHigh
StorageMedium
SupplyMedium
Single-day snapshot based on a scan of 11,500+ web and social signals. Get historical and real-time data by clicking the button below.
The MassGain Daily
Today’s market analysis.
A daily editorial synthesis of physical potato data, crop signals, market reporting, and what participants should watch next.
September 16, 2026Latest MassGain publication
Potato market steady for now; Russia’s smaller crop is the salient risk
Spot prices are flat and USDA terminal reports read ‘market steady,’ but a renewed forecast for a smaller Russian harvest and recent regional harvest stress leave seasonal import timing and storage losses as the key uncertainty.
Signal 02
MassGain Potato Index
Independent physical-pricing intelligence and market-trend analysis for procurement, forecasting, contracting, and scenario planning.
Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
Latest qualifying physical-market observation
+4.75 (+1.55%)
Price discovery for the physical potato market
MPI is designed to track physical pricing data, price trends, deltas, and divergences across regions and potato types.
Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
Single-day snapshot based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varieties by clicking the button below.
Signal 03
MassGain Spot Reference
An independent spot reference designed for price discovery, contract discussions, procurement comparisons, and risk modeling.
Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
Demonstration reference format
+1.6% WoW · Confidence: High
A trusted benchmark for pricing, contracts, and risk
MSR is intended to use real transactions and verifiable physical-market data to support negotiations, price checks, contracting, and risk models.
ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
Based on most recent 45 days worth of data. Limited to US Russets only. Get more complete, global data about all varities by clicking the button below. Full access also includes historical data -- including depreciated NYMEX/CBOE/EEX spot references -- projections, trends, and AI-driven insights.
The MassGain Product Ladder
From insight to intelligence to action
Four integrated products built for the physical potato market, delivered through public pages, reports, exports, dashboards, and API access.
1
Content
Original research, commentary, aggregated news, and market updates.
- What matters right now?
- What is happening out there?
2
UCUI™
Usable Crop Uncertainty Index: an AI-powered signal of crop risk and market uncertainty.
- Understand uncertainty
- Anticipate risk
- Act earlier
3
MPI™
MassGain Potato Index: independent physical-pricing intelligence and trend analysis.
- Price discovery
- Regional trends
- Procurement planning
4
MSR™
MassGain Spot Reference: an independent benchmark for price discovery and risk modeling.
- Contracts
- Negotiations
- Risk models
Content + UCUI + MPI + MSR + API access
Get historical series, regional detail, constituent data, exports, alerts, and direct data access.
Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for frozen-potato processors, QSR buyers, foodservice distributors, quality teams, and commercial managers that use a frozen french fry quality score. A quality score combines defined product measurements into a consistent view of finished-fry performance. Components may include color, texture, cut length, defects, breakage, oil content, moisture, solids, hold time, appearance, and sensory results. MassGain helps users place that score beside raw-potato conditions, supplier cost, plant performance, and market availability.
A single composite number is useful only when its components and weighting are transparent. Two suppliers can achieve the same total through very different strengths and weaknesses, and not every component matters equally for every restaurant or product. MassGain preserves the underlying measurements and connects them with variety, region, crop and storage condition, processing line, freight, price, and service. Procurement can compare quality-adjusted delivered cost, processors can identify the raw and operating factors behind score changes, and quality teams can determine whether a deviation is isolated or reflects the wider crop. The platform also supports supplier scorecards and sourcing decisions without assuming the cheapest case provides the best usable value. MassGain does not perform sensory testing or certify quality. It provides the analytical and market context needed to design, interpret, and commercialize a score while avoiding false precision.
Use Case
A restaurant group compares two fry suppliers. Supplier A is cheaper but scores lower on length and hold time; Supplier B carries a premium and stronger consistency. MassGain converts score differences into waste, guest-performance, freight, and service economics, supporting a split award by menu and region.
FAQs
What can a frozen fry quality score measure?
It can combine color, texture, length, defects, breakage, oil, moisture, solids, hold time, and sensory results.
Should every buyer use the same weighting?
No. Component importance depends on product, menu, customer, process, and operating priorities.
How does MassGain make the score commercial?
It links quality components with price, yield, waste, plant performance, service, and available supply.
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Data and Methodology
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Independent publication
Certain observations may be derived from USDA reports. MassGain is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
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