Indian vegetable basket is incomplete without mentioning the king of vegetables-potato-a sustaining force and a culinary delight. The raw materials for potato flakes and pellets required are fresh potatoes. Potato flakes are the most important form of dehydrated potato products, which also include potato granules, pellets, powder, shredded and sliced potato.
Potato pellets are intermediate non-expanded products made with raw materials potatoes. These semi-finished products are generally sold to snack manufacturers who then process them, using different methods and adding various taste ingredients to create ready-to-eat snacks.
The production of potato flakes has huge potentials in the fast growing Indian market. Potato Flake is being increasingly consumed by manufacturers of snack food, soup powder, bread, biscuit and other bakery products. The Potato pellets market is considered as a niche segment but is one of the fastest-growing segments of the snack market due to the increasing consumer preference for convenience food products. Thus, as an entrepreneur this project offers an exciting opportunity to you.
Few Indian Major Players are as under
· Balaji Wafers Pvt. Ltd.
· Garlico Industries Ltd.
· Indian Food Fermentations Ltd.
· Merino Industries Ltd.
· Shree Basukinath Food Processors Ltd.
· Southern Health Foods Pvt. Ltd.