USA: Nearly half of potatoes now go into frozen products

게시됨 2023년 9월 7일

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The popularity of french fries has led to an increase in the use of potatoes for frozen products in the United States, with nearly half of all potatoes going into food being used for this purpose. However, there has been a decline in the use of potatoes as fresh table potatoes. The availability of frozen potatoes experienced a slowdown in the early 2000s due to low-carb diets, but has seen an upward trend since the mid-2010s, with quick-service restaurants being the largest consumers of french fries.

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원본 콘텐츠

With the introduction of french fries as a key side dish in quick-service restaurants, the share of potatoes that go into frozen products has risen in each decade since 1979. As a result, almost half of all potatoes going into food in the United States are now used to create frozen products—most of which are french fries. Meanwhile, the share of potatoes used as fresh table potatoes has declined decade by decade. Even the favorable trend in french fries has seen some bumps along the way. After peaking in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the long-run upward trend in frozen potato availability slowed as many consumers embraced low-carb diets or sought alternative food choices and cuisines. However, by the mid-2010s, frozen potato availability once again turned upward, with per capita availability during the pandemic-influenced 2019–21 period up 8 percent ...

출처: Argenpapa