In Ukraine, the first factory for processing French fries is being built — special varieties will be grown.

Ukraine is the only country in Europe where no one has yet produced French fries. Now the situation will change: the company "MAІS" is building the first full-cycle potato processing plant. The enterprise will manufacture up to 60 thousand tons of finished products per year and will operate on a mixed model — partly on its own raw materials, partly on contracts with farmers within a 150 km radius. Latifundist.com was told by the company's founder, Serhiy Tereshchuk. "Ukraine is the only country in Europe (and perhaps even the Middle East) where there is no production of French fries. Turkey has 10 plants, Poland has three large ones and one smaller. And we have zero. We always say that Ukrainians love potatoes, we are in the world's top four producers. But at the same time, we do not have our own production of the product that Ukrainians consume every day. And it's not just about French fries. We also plan to produce potato flakes, which are used in baking, sausage production, and ...