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Super Spuds: All You Need To Know About Potatoes

Who doesn’t love potatoes! Contrasting in tastes and texture, spuds are a much loved staple worldwide. With plenty of varieties in season and looking their best, now is the perfect time to increase your instore offering for customers.

We’ve put together a super spud guide for your store below.

Kipfler Potatoes

The Kipfler is an elongated and finger-shaped potato with yellow coloured skin and flesh. Due to their low starch content, this variety of spud is not recommended for mashing. Instead, promote this nutty-flavoured variety as the perfect pick for roasting, steaming, or for a great pizza topping!

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Dutch Cream Potatoes 

A true all-rounder! One of the most popular potatoes is the waxy and full Dutch Cream. Rich and buttery, these thin-skinned beauties make a gorgeous mash and are equally tasty when pureed.

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King Edward Potatoes

Deemed the king of all roasting potatoes! The pink colouration, shallow eyes and floury texture makes a perfectly fluffy roast potato and can even be dry baked.

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Desiree Potatoes

The Desiree variety have pink coloured skin and are a popular choice for Australian growers due to their drought-resistant properties. Equally waxy and starchy, they make a good all-rounder choice for cooking. Boiled, mashed, fried or in a salad – the choice is yours!

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Sebago Potatoes

These oval-shaped gems also make for a fantastic versatile option. These potatoes are likely to crumble when cooked, perfect for mashing, roasting or steaming. The best part – baked Sebago potatoes will soak up those cooking juices whilst still maintaining that crispy exterior.

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It goes without saying that potatoes can transform themselves into many forms and complement many flavours; leaving your customers spoilt for choice when it comes to picking the perfect potato.

Why not increase your offering, there is a potato on the shelf for everyone!

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