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Originally founded by Pfanni Otto Eckart KG in 1966, the Cloppenburg plant has belonged to the Emsland Group since 2000. Since then, the plant has specialized in the production of potato flakes.

With its annual output of potato flakes, the plant in Cloppenburg is one of the largest flakes plants of Emsland Food GmbH. The potatoes, which are grown by contract farmers from the region and stored properly before processing, are processed into high-quality flakes products.

More than 85% of the potato flakes produced are exported and successfully used in Europe, Asia and Africa. They are primarily used in the snack and baked goods industries, and as a binding agent for soups and sauces.

The employees at the Cloppenburg plant work in four shifts around the clock to guarantee that production takes place on time and that the stringent quality requirements are upheld.

In 1970, Hagenow was a production facility for fries; the flakes puree and dumpling powder products came later. After reunification, extensive investments gave rise to one of the most modern locations for dried potato products in Europe, the Hagenow plant. As of September 2013, Emsland-Stärke GmbH became the main shareholder of Mecklenburg Kartoffelveredlung GmbH in Hagenow.

In addition to the potato flakes produced at the Hagenow plant, other products such as mashed potatoes, potato and bread dumplings and fried potatoes are also produced under the brand name ‘Echt vom Feld’. They consist of regionally cultivated, gently processed potatoes of the highest quality. Alongside the retail sector of consumer food services, the focus of the brand is also on wholesale food services as well as the private label business.

The Hagenow plant produces potato flakes which are used industrially as well as in the retail business.

Find out what you can expect fresh from the field here:

www.echtvomfeld.de

The Wittingen plant was built in 1962 by the company C.H. Knorr Nahrungsmittelfabriken. It has also been part of the Group since it was acquired by the Emsland Group in April 2000. The wide range of applications and excellent properties of potato granules for the food industry were recognized as early as the 1970s, and thus the foundations for the successful development in Wittingen were laid.

The excellent conditions in the region ensure that the final products have extraordinarily high quality. In 2005, a new feed production plant for processing potato remains to make high-quality animal feed went into operation.

Emsland Food GmbH is also an important economic factor for the region of Wittingen. In the Wittingen plant, the availability of potatoes as a natural raw material is backed by our contract farmers in the potato-growing region around Wittingen.