SCOPE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES TO BOOST GLOBAL ECONOMY BY MEANS OF POTATO VALUE ADDITION: A REVIEW

Potato, an important agricultural crop grown mainly for domestic consumption as wellas for variety of uses. The consumption of fresh potato accounts for 50% in worldwide, and theremaining is being processed into variety of food products as well as food ingredients for its use infood processing industries. The waste generated from potato processing industries, which is being fedto various livestock’s and poultry, it can also be used for production of starch. Value added productsproduced from potato, which is being highly liked and consumed to a greater extent especially frozenpotatoes like crisp and French fries especially in UK restaurants. The fuel grade ethanol can also beeven manufactured by fermenting the liquid extract obtained from potato processing waste, so thereis an ample scope for the various food processing industries to add value to this crop in order toboost the economy of the nation.