Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Modified Potato Starch Prices
Modified potato starch prices track grades engineered for heat, shear, acidity, freeze-thaw stability, viscosity, texture, and other functions. Procurement can align chemistry, use, plant, package, region, currency, contract, freight, and approval to separate native-starch movement from specialty conversion and constrained capacity.
Market Data
How to read this market
Modified-potato-starch-price data records prices for starches engineered for functions such as heat, shear, acidity, freeze-thaw stability, viscosity, or texture. The market object is the exact modified grade by chemistry, food or industrial use, supplier plant, package, region, currency, contract period, freight basis, customer approval, and application.
Use the data to compare like-for-like offers and separate native-starch movement from specialty conversion, chemicals, plant utilization, freight, and supplier-specific economics. Keep functional equivalence central to benchmark selection.
Data Module
Modified Potato Starch Prices
Market objectspecification-matched modified starch
Primary measuredelivered grade price
Key dimensionsmodification, function, plant, region
Commercial useprice benchmarking and contract review
Cost contextnative starch, chemicals, conversion, freight
Compare withqualified functional alternatives
Analysis
Why this matters
Native starch is an incomplete benchmark for modified products because specialty chemistry and constrained conversion lines can dominate value. Two grades with similar names may serve very different process conditions.
Commercial interpretation should decompose the raw-starch component and the specialty premium. Replacement supply is credible only when it meets the same functional and approval requirements.
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
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Overview
Who is this for?
Food processors and ingredient procurement teams need modified potato starch prices that match the exact chemistry, functionality, origin, and delivery basis they purchase. Modified starches may be designed for heat, shear, acidity, freeze-thaw stability, viscosity, texture, or clean processing performance, so a generic potato-starch quote can be commercially misleading.
MassGain organizes price observations by modification type, food or industrial grade, supplier, plant, package, region, currency, contract period, and freight basis. It places each quote beside native-starch values, potato crop conditions, energy and chemical inputs, plant utilization, import flows, and application demand. Procurement can separate a raw-material increase from specialty conversion cost or supplier margin. R&D and quality teams can identify whether a lower-priced grade is truly substitutable, while finance can forecast cost by product and contract reset.
MassGain does not approve formulations or publish an executable universal price. It provides the specification and market context needed to compare delivered usable economics, validate escalators, and understand why two products carrying the same broad label may command very different values. Buyers can then negotiate the supported component and protect critical grades with appropriate coverage.
Use Case
A frozen-sauce producer receives a 12% increase on a freeze-thaw-stable modified starch. MassGain shows native starch rose only 3%, but the supplier’s specialty conversion line is operating near capacity and chemical costs increased. Procurement accepts a smaller supported adjustment and qualifies a second plant before renewal.
FAQs
What determines modified potato starch prices?
Modification, function, grade, plant, package, energy, chemicals, contracts, freight, and customer approval determine value.
Why is native starch an incomplete benchmark?
Specialty conversion and performance requirements can create costs and scarcity beyond the raw starch.
How does MassGain compare offers?
It aligns specifications, plants, terms, currency, freight, capacity, and application performance.
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Data and Methodology
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