Current UCUI
68/100
Moderate-High Uncertainty
+4 points from prior reading
Potato Market Intelligence
Potato Solids Recovery
Potato solids recovery measures the dry, usable material recovered from delivered potatoes after water, peel, defects, trim, and process losses. MassGain pairs recovery with regional prices, quality, energy, and finished yield so procurement can compare raw supply on a saleable-output basis.
Market Data
How to read this market
Potato solids recovery measures the dry, usable material recovered from delivered potatoes after water, peel, defects, trim, and process losses. It is most useful when tied to variety, specific gravity, crop region, storage age, supplier, plant, and finished-product pathway.
Use the data to compare raw-material value on a saleable-output basis rather than price per gross tonne. Pair solids recovery with delivered potato cost, energy, throughput, and finished yield to distinguish crop-quality effects from plant conversion performance.
Data Module
Potato Solids Recovery
MeasureUsable dry solids recovered from delivered potatoes
Key driversVariety, specific gravity, defects, storage age
Market dimensionsRegion, supplier, crop period, plant
Commercial useCost per unit of recoverable solids
Operating linksEnergy, throughput, finished yield
WatchpointSeparate raw-material quality from process loss
Analysis
Why this matters
Solids recovery matters because potatoes with the same delivered weight can have very different economic output. Higher solids can justify a raw-material premium when they reduce water handling, energy use, and tonnes required per finished unit.
A stable invoice price can still produce rising finished cost if recovery deteriorates. The important commercial interpretation is whether the loss is regional and crop-driven or isolated to a supplier or plant.
Signal 01
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UCUI translates crop and market complexity into a simple uncertainty signal. Higher readings indicate greater uncertainty—not necessarily higher prices.
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UCUI is designed to analyze potato-industry publications and data signals across regions, varieties, weather, disease, storage, supply, and demand.
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Core Russet Carton Median
312.45 USD/MT
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Series window45 days
Current public coverageCore russet cartons
Primary source basisQualifying USDA physical rows
UnitUSD per metric tonne
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Russet Burbank — U.S. Midsize
305 USD/MT
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ProductRusset Burbank
SpecificationU.S. midsize, 40–70 count
Reference typePhysical spot benchmark
StatusIn development
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Overview
Who is this for?
This page is for procurement teams, processor analysts, quality leaders, and market-intelligence users that need to understand potato solids recovery as a commercial supply signal. Solids recovery measures how much dry, usable material a processor ultimately obtains from delivered potatoes after accounting for water, peel, defects, trim, and process loss. MassGain helps teams connect that recovery outcome with variety, specific gravity, crop region, storage age, supplier, delivery period, and the price paid for the raw material.
The metric is valuable because gross tonnes can hide large differences in economic output. A higher-priced lot with stronger solids may produce more fries, flakes, starch, or dehydrated product per tonne and require less energy or handling. A cheaper lot can become more expensive when weak solids reduce finished yield and consume additional plant capacity. MassGain compares solids recovery across suppliers, plants, crop years, and regions and pairs the result with physical-market benchmarks and quality data. Procurement can normalize offers by usable output, operations can separate crop effects from process inefficiency, and finance can explain why raw-material cost per finished unit moved even when invoice prices did not.
Use Case
A dehydrated-potato processor compares two regional supply programs. The lower-priced potatoes carry weaker specific gravity and produce materially less recoverable solids. MassGain combines delivered price, laboratory readings, plant recovery, energy use, and regional availability. Procurement keeps the stronger-solids program for core production and uses the cheaper supply only where the finished specification is less sensitive.
FAQs
What is potato solids recovery?
It is the amount of usable dry material recovered from delivered potatoes after moisture and processing losses.
Why can higher-solids potatoes justify a premium?
They may improve finished yield, reduce energy use, and lower cost per saleable unit.
How does MassGain benchmark solids recovery?
It connects plant recovery with variety, gravity, quality, region, supplier, storage, and matched potato prices.
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