“Orkla Latvia “subsidiary”Latfood Agro “has started planting potatoes, which will be used in the production of” Ādažu Čipsi “brand products, the company’s representatives inform.
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In total, the company plans to plant 75 hectares of potatoes this season, of which seven hectares will be red and blue potatoes.
“In Latvia, we started planting potatoes in the second week of May and will continue until the second half of May, planting about seven to ten hectares of potatoes a day. that we will harvest the first harvest already in the middle of August, “points out the chairman of the board of” Latfood Agro “Ilgvars Krūmiņš.
Only potato varieties with a sufficiently high dry matter content but a low sugar content are suitable for the production of chips. This year, “Latfood Agro” has supplemented the existing range of potato varieties with one new one. The “Lady Claire”, “Lady Rosetta” and “Kiebitz” varieties, known for years, are complemented by “Sorentina” potatoes.
“Some of the potatoes needed for” Ādažu Čipsi “are grown by our subsidiary” Latfood Agro “, but we buy the rest of the potatoes from farmers, with whom we have been cooperating for both planting and growing years for years. In Carnikava, as well as in Dobele and elsewhere, “adds Lineta Mikša, Communication Director of Orkla Latvija.
This year, Orkla Latvija plans to purchase a total of 19 thousand tons of potatoes, which is the same amount of potato purchases as last year. In total, in order to ensure the growing demand, potato purchase agreements have been concluded with 12 farms throughout Latvia, as well as with some farms in Lithuania and Estonia.
Since 2012, Orkla Latvija’s Ādažu Čipsu plant has doubled its total production. During the year, more than 5,000 tons of potato chips and other savory snacks are produced for “Ādaži Chips” and other brands. Orkla Latvija also manufactures products for other Orkla Group companies in Scandinavia.
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