Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Flakes Price Trend
Potato flakes price trend data tracks comparable flake grades rather than blended dehydrated averages. MassGain connects matched prices with raw-potato solids, dryer utilization, energy, plant outages, inventory, freight, trade, currency, and application demand so supplier movements can be validated at the grade actually purchased.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato-flakes price-trend data tracks matched food- or feed-grade flakes by origin, plant, texture, additives, package, certification, currency, delivery basis, and period. The market object is the comparable flake price series linked to raw-potato supply and solids, dryer utilization, energy, inventory, freight, trade, and end-use demand.
Use the data to validate supplier movements and distinguish flake-specific conditions from broader dehydrated-potato averages. Keep flakes separate from granules and other formats.
Data Module
Potato Flakes Price Trend
Market objectmatched potato-flake price series
Primary measurenormalized flake value
Key dimensionsgrade, origin, plant, delivery
Commercial usebenchmarking and forecasting
Driversraw potatoes, dryers, energy, inventory
Compare withgranules, trade, supplier quotes
Analysis
Why this matters
A blended dehydrated-potato value can fall while food-grade flakes remain firm if lower-value granules gain share or a flake dryer constraint persists. Product mix can therefore obscure the relevant market.
Commercial interpretation should match grade and terms and trace movement back to raw solids, conversion capacity, energy, inventory, and trade rather than relying on one category average.
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 food processors benchmarking the potato flakes price trend across grades, origins, plants, contracts, and delivery markets. MassGain organizes quotes, transactions, customs values, and indices by food or feed grade, texture, additives, package, certification, unit, currency, Incoterm, and shipment period.
It connects finished flake prices with raw-potato supply and solids, dryer utilization, energy, plant outages, inventories, trade, freight, and application demand. Buyers can distinguish a broad market trend from a premium-grade shortage or a shift in origin mix, validate supplier increases, and forecast contract resets.
Finance can separate price from currency and freight, while operations can assess substitution and inventory risk. MassGain does not provide executable offers or assume all flakes are interchangeable. It provides a transparent matched-product trend framework that shows the physical and conversion drivers behind movement and the confidence appropriate to each observation.
Use Case
A prepared-food manufacturer sees average import values for dehydrated potatoes decline, but its supplier raises food-grade flake prices. MassGain shows the import decline comes from lower-value granules, while matched flake supply is tight after a dryer outage. The buyer accepts only the supported grade-specific increase.
FAQs
What drives potato flakes prices?
Raw potatoes, solids, energy, dryer capacity, grade, inventory, trade, freight, currency, and demand drive them.
Why should flakes and granules be separated?
They have different processes, functions, specifications, suppliers, and market values.
How does MassGain measure the trend?
It aligns matched products and terms and preserves source, timing, coverage, and physical-market context.
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Data and Methodology
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Data provenance
MassGain uses public, licensed, contributed, and independently derived physical-market information. Source availability and publication schedules vary.
Timing and revisions
Figures may reflect the latest available observation rather than a same-day transaction. Source data and MassGain calculations may be corrected, restated, or revised.
Not transactional pricing
MassGain figures are informational reference values and do not constitute executable bids, offers, settlements, or guarantees that a transaction can occur at the displayed value.
No individualized advice
Content and data are provided for informational and analytical purposes and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, trading, or individualized procurement advice.
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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