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Water, energy, emissions, waste valorization, and the regulatory landscape shaping how the industry operates.
Slice-wash water on a fry or chip line carries 1–2% of the potato crop as starch. Recovery systems screen that water, spin the starch out on a decanter centrifuge as a saleable cake, and return the clarified water to the line — cutting both effluent load and freshwater draw.
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How South Africa shut cheap European frozen fries out of its market: a multi-year trade fight that ended in definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 239% on Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, running to 2028.
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What acrylamide is, why it matters for fries, and the regulation processors must meet — the EU's benchmark levels and mitigation requirements under Regulation 2017/2158, plus how producers reduce it.
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