Dehydrated Potato Flakes & Powder

Dehydrated Potato Flakes, Cubes and Powder

Potato is the one item on this list that doesn’t dry the same way as the rest of our vegetable range. Cubes and powder go through the standard route — wash, peel, cut, hot-air dry — but flakes are made differently: the potato is cooked and mashed first, then the mash is drum-dried into thin sheets and broken into flakes. That’s a cooking process as much as a drying one, which is also why flake colour (white) and cube colour (pale yellow) sit differently on the same spec sheet even though both start from the same raw potato.

Cubes, Flakes and Powder

Cubes are cut to 10-15mm and go through simple hot-air drying — no standard flake size is fixed for this form beyond that. Flakes come off the drum-drying line and rehydrate almost instantly into a smooth mash texture, which is what instant mash, extruded snack and health-food producers are buying it for. Powder is milled fine, for gravies, masala bases and premixes where potato is used as a texturiser or bulking agent rather than a visible piece.

Processing

Farm potatoes are inspected and graded on arrival. For cubes, that means washing, peeling and cutting before hot-air drying; for flakes, cooking and mashing come first, followed by drum-drying and flaking; powder can be milled from either dried cube stock or flake stock depending on the batch. All three are passed through metal detection and packed the same day to limit moisture pickup.

Where This Gets Used

Instant gravies, masala manufacturing, soup powders and food premixes are the main draw for potato powder. Extruded snack and health-food producers lean on flakes for their quick, smooth rehydration. Cubes go into instant food products where a distinct piece is wanted in the finished dish rather than a smooth reconstituted texture.

Specs at a Glance

Ships under HS Code 0712.90, out of Chennai, Tuticorin or Nhava Sheva. MOQ is 1 bag; flakes pack in 20kg PP-then-HDPE bags, cubes and powder in 25kg. Shelf life is 12 months from manufacture, stored below 20°C away from humidity and dust. Free samples (up to 50g, max 5 products per request) are available before you commit to a bulk order.