Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Protein Procurement
Potato protein procurement maps grades by concentration, solubility, flavor, color, functionality, digestibility, certification, supplier plant, origin, contract, lead time, and freight. Buyers can connect availability with starch-processing campaigns and keep food-grade, feed-grade, and specialty supply analytically distinct.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato protein-procurement data maps food, feed, nutrition, and specialty grades by protein concentration, solubility, flavor, color, functionality, digestibility, certification, package, supplier, plant, origin, contract, lead time, and freight. The market object is qualified potato protein supply linked to starch-processing coproduct recovery and plant utilization.
Use the data to compare grade-specific capacity, delivered cost, and approved alternatives and to monitor how starch campaigns, raw-potato availability, energy, and food-versus-feed demand affect supply. Keep food-grade and feed-grade tonnes separate.
Data Module
Potato Protein Procurement
Market objectqualified potato protein grade
Primary measuresprice, capacity, lead time, function
Key dimensionsgrade, plant, origin, application
Commercial usesourcing and continuity planning
Supply contextstarch-plant utilization and coproduct recovery
Compare withapproved alternatives and inventory
Analysis
Why this matters
Potato protein supply can tighten because starch plants reduce runs even when direct protein demand is unchanged. Feed-grade abundance does not relieve a food-grade shortage when approvals and functionality differ.
Commercial interpretation should trace protein back to the producing starch system and exact grade. Apparent category volume can overstate usable replacement supply.
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 procurement and market-intelligence teams sourcing potato protein for food, nutrition, feed, and specialty ingredient applications. Potato protein supply is linked to starch-processing streams and varies by protein concentration, solubility, flavor, color, functionality, digestibility, certification, and intended use. MassGain helps users connect those requirements with available plants, coproduct economics, crop supply, processing capacity, and competing demand.
The suite can organize suppliers, grades, specifications, volumes, contracts, spot offers, lead times, packages, origin, freight, and regulatory or customer approvals. Procurement can compare delivered cost and concentration-adjusted value. R&D and quality can identify validated substitutes or application limits. Finance can model price, currency, and inventory exposure. Market intelligence can monitor starch-plant utilization, raw-potato availability, energy, and demand from food or feed channels.
MassGain does not make nutritional claims or approve ingredient use. It provides a transparent sourcing and market framework that helps teams distinguish food-grade and feed-grade markets, understand dependence on starch production, and set qualification, inventory, and contract strategies around genuine capacity and functional requirements.
Use Case
A plant-based food manufacturer faces a potato-protein price increase. MassGain shows food-grade capacity is tight because two starch plants reduced runs, while feed-grade supply remains ample but unsuitable. Procurement secures a qualified secondary food-grade source and increases safety stock through the outage window.
FAQs
What determines potato protein value?
Protein concentration, solubility, flavor, color, functionality, digestibility, certification, grade, and application matter.
Why is protein supply linked to starch markets?
Much potato protein is recovered from starch-processing streams, so plant utilization affects availability.
How does MassGain support sourcing?
It links requirements with grades, plants, capacity, starch production, crop supply, prices, trade, and approved alternatives.
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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.
Commercial use and licensing
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