Potato packaging app:

Potato packaging app manages potato deliveries, washing, sorting, rapid potato packaging, and potato sales (bulk and packed potato bags). Package potatoes from bins or bulk storage rooms/silos. Deduct tare of potato deliveries, package potatoes to order, and manage potato logistics, sales, traceability, QC.

Package potato from bins, direct from trailer, or from bulk potato storage rooms/silos.


Potato packaging app:

Potato packaging app manages potato deliveries, washing, sorting, rapid potato packaging, and potato sales (bulk and packed potato bags). Package potatoes from bins or bulk storage rooms/silos. Deduct tare of potato deliveries, package potatoes to order, and manage potato logistics, sales, traceability, QC.

Package potato from bins, direct from trailer, or from bulk potato storage rooms/silos. 

Potato packaging Quality inspections during production

Quality tests can be performed on fresh produce and other ingredients used during packing or manufacturing, these quality tests relate directly to the materials (and their suppliers & PO's) tested, and also to the specific packing / manufacturing batch. 

Daily Potato packaging packhouse hygiene checklist

Perform common tests like Daily Packhouse Hygiene checklist, Daily Factory Hygiene checklist, Monthly External Site Inspection and more.  You can created unlimited quality programs and relate them to your Quality Management System. 

Potato packaging Quality control

Perform QC tests for incoming inventory, packed, pre-shipping. Configure QC tests for ANYTHING you want to test, supplier quality control tracking.  Attach unlimited photos & documents to QC tests from your cell or tablet - integrate with your QMS.

Potato packaging Supplier quality inspection

Rapidly perform quality control tests on fresh produce from suppliers.  Compare the quality  performance of multiple suppliers, and compare quality criteria performance.  Provide quality feedback to suppliers, integrate into  your QMS.

Potato packaging Quality control dashboard

Instantly turn your quality inspection data into useful and interpretable quality information. Internal quality monitoring, supplier performance.  Discover quality trends and provide suppliers with useful quality feedback.  

Potato packaging Quality control labels

Optionally show a QR code on customer or consumer units that will instantly show the quality control results for that batch of fresh produce.



Potato packaging app manages potato deliveries, washing, sorting, packing, and potato sales (bulk and packed bags). Deduct tare of potato deliveries, pack potatoes to order, and manage potato logistics...   Pack from bins, direct from trailer, or from bulk potato storage rooms/silos.

Advanced potato packaging storage features let you know exactly how much bulk potato inventory you have, its age, and the supplier & traceability details, quality, grade, and class.

Potato packaging: We understand your businesses and have been supporting potato packing businesses since 2001.
Manage the entire potato packing process from delivery, processing (sizing, sorting, French fries manufacture, grading and packing) thru to to sales, dispatch, and traceability & recall.  

Potato packing app manages potato deliveries, washing, sorting, packing, and potato sales (bulk and packed bags). Deduct tare of potato deliveries, pack potatoes to order, and manage potato logistics...

Potato packing by farmsoft for less waste and better potato traceability in potato packing & processing space.
Manage potato packing process for any packaging type including net bags, jute bags, film bags, woven bags, paper bags, trays, transport packaging and FIBC’s / Big Bags, 1 ton totes and more.


The most usual way to find potatoes is in bags and net sacks, thanks to the wide variety of packing machines that do this work. Among this type of packages there are the tubular mesh sacks of 1 and 2,5 kg and mesh sacks " Girsac" with an external string that acts as a label and as handles, with a capacity of 2 kg. This way of dispatching potatoes is understood as prepackaging, since the buyer must only choose the mesh or bag he prefers. Other materials used for these packages are plastic bags (perforated) or paper bags, used for small quantities: 2.5 (for plastic), 5,10,15 and 25 kg (for paper).

Another way to dispatch potatoes is in bulk; they usually come in sewn net sacks with a capacity superior to 5,10 and 25 kg, and they will be available for the consumer as free service.

Other packages used are cardboard and wood boxes.

Among the cardboard packages we find 6kg packages with a base of 500 xs 300 millimeters, trays covered with net for 2.5kg, 5kg boxes with lateral plastic holes to see the product and superior opening where the fingers are introduced to make manipulation easier, and also 12kg boxes.

Research has been carried out to package potatoes in thermoplastic, checking the good results in quality conservation. Nevertheless, it is a very expensive system for such a low price product as the potato is.


Potato packing process:
The farmsoft solution supports many potato packing processes and can be configured to support any potato packing business. Here is an example process used in farmsoft potato packing:  In the early days potatoes were bulked in giant heaps and packed into 4 stone bags using pikes. Most if not all potatoes were packed without washing and sold loose by weight in shops.

Today, potato packing is very different. Harvested potatoes are stored in dark refrigerated warehouses at temperatures between 20 and 40C. When required for packing batches are removed from cold storage and warmed up to 80C to avoid bruising under the skin during processing.

Our fully automated washing and packing lines use leading edge technology to wash, grade and pack our potatoes. We have the capability to pack to any size in paper bags, plastic film and now paper-laminate and microwavable materials.

Create Purchase Orders to order raw materials (potato), or receive potato deliveries from your own farms without needing an order (if the potatoes are coming from your own farm, optionally issue barcodes to give to harvesting teams or potato truck driver, this barcode can be scanned and will identify a potato delivery upon arrival at the potato packing facility).
Record your customers potato orders (optionally allow customers to order potatoes online using the shop, or B2B portal)
Receive bulk potato deliveries (eg: entire truck load of potatoes, not bagged or packed in any way) and store in silos or bags, traceability is fully maintained from the instant you receive the potato inventory, to post sales auditing and mock recalls. During the potato delivery, the entire potato truck is usually weighed, then weighed again after the potatoes are unloaded, farmsoft will then calculate the net weight of potatoes, and issue a delivery receipt to the truck driver stating Gross potato weight, Truck weight, Net weight. The potato delivery receipt can also be automatically emailed to the supplier.
Perform a quality check during the potato delivery process to determine waste % or dockage and any contaminants, more advanced potato quality control can also be performed (eg: specific gravity, and potato fry tests).
Optionally pack potatoes in batches: If you choose to use batch based packing, you can record potato packaging materials used in each batch (give you better potato recall and traceability), record the potato packing labor used (gives you better potato packing cost analysis), and allows packing to specific potato orders.
Optionally process potatoes into value added products like IQF potato fries, potato salad, dehydrated potato products and more. Ask about our optional manufacturing module for advanced potato processing.
Report rapidly on the total potato inventory stored in the potato pack house, including off-site storage locations
Processing potato: Clean, sort, perform safety scanning (x-ray, magnetic) on potato inventory
Store cleaned sorted potato for later processing or packing
Bulk load trucks directly for bulk potato sales, potato products sold by weight, and by unit (eg: for packed potato products).
Pack potato into any packing type (eg: poly bags, bulk totes, RPC's and more)
The potato sales & picking process tells shipping teams exactly which potatoes should be shipped to which customer, and even tells them physically where to find the exact potato inventory.
Generate reports that give you all the information you need for auditing and recalls of potato inventory.

Packaging Potatoes
In an effort to meet changing consumer demands and lifestyles, L&M Cos. is expanding its microwaveable potatoes to include sweet potatoes, and has introduced new packaging for their microwaveable russet potatoes.

The company saw consumer trends and interests moving in a new direction, toward a more “down-home” lifestyle, and the packaging of the Russet potatoes is a reflection of that simpler time, sporting graphics featuring children playing in farm fields, and innovative cooking ideas consumers can use to have more home-cooked meals. It is all part of a marketing plan featuring products that reach out to consumers who want that quieter lifestyle.

“It connects with the values the consumers are used to, really a back-to-basics living, and our packaging reflects that,” said Glen Reynolds, L&M business management director for potatoes and onions. “We think the design and packaging really hit the mark in graphic design and attributes.”

Like their Russet counterparts, the sweet potatoes are individually wrapped in plastic and double washed prior to packaging. Minimal preparations are needed for consumption, and they can be used both as a lunch item or side item for dinner.

“They’re a perfect size for a quick lunch, and they’re also tailored for a quick grab-and-go type dinner or as a side dish,” Reynolds said.

Fresh produce is a staple for the Raleigh, N.C.-based grower and packer, but the company has been eyeing the value-added market for years, monitoring consumer trends and habits prior to releasing the microwaveable Russet potatoes more than five years ago. The company also studied consumer trends prior to releasing the new packaging for the Russet potatoes. The microwaveable sweet potatoes were unveiled at the Southeast Produce Council Expo in Tampa, Fla., with a positive response from retailers.

“As a company, we are always looking for new, unique packaging, and new ways to attract consumers, and we have been looking at these products for about a year,” Reynolds, said. “We’ve had very good response from the retail segment.”

The potatoes are available to retailers in 40-lb. boxes, typically in 70 to 80 count sizes.

Russet potatoes and sweet potatoes are key commodities for the company. Russet potatoes are one of the farm’s original crops, dating back to the mid-1960s. The commodity has increased to an average of 9,000 acres each year on L&M farms across the United States. Sweet potatoes have been a relatively new addition to their list of products only in the past 10 years.

Demand for sweet potatoes has been growing, however, and the demand for both sweet and Russet potatoes has led to dramatic increases in acreage for both crops. That demand has led to an expansion far outside North Carolina’s borders, with farms in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Maine, Washington and Idaho, even as far west as California. The farm also has international operations in Mexico, as well as Central and South America.

With so many diverse growing locations, L&M Co. holds a unique position to offer every potato variety available on the market, varieties that are grown in every potato-growing region in the United States. That offers L&M the opportunity to market potatoes year-round.

“Russet potatoes and sweet potatoes are a very large part of our product line, and we ship a full variety of produce,” Reynolds said. “We are one of a few farms who grow every season of potatoes, and we grow them as they rotate around the growing season.”

The acreage increase has been fueled by an increase in demand for potatoes, especially sweet potatoes, as consumers are increasingly turning to them for their health benefits. Home consumption has seen dramatic increases in recent years, with the average consumer using potatoes at least once during a two-week period, and more than a third of home-cooked meals containing potatoes, Reynolds said. That demand increase was echoed by Tracy Fowler, L&M’s general manager for potatoes and onions.

“Demand by customers for sweet potatoes has increased the last two years. It seems to be a hot commodity, and it seems to be in demand for export, as well,” Fowler said.

L&M Co. markets the Russet potatoes and sweet potatoes to retail and foodservice outlets, and has facilities across the United States to meet that demand. Processing centers include North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Idaho, California and Washington. Most of the products offered are through the farms, though the company does contract with third-party growers to meet demand, on an as-needed basis.

The L&M facilities are also able to process and market produce for growers who may not have that capacity.

“We contract with other growers to help fill our supply needs. In some cases, we have packing houses and infrastructure in place, and we’ll assist other growers in getting their product to market,” Reynolds said.

The microwaveable potatoes are only the latest in a line of products and innovations the company is exploring to address changing consumer demands and trends, and it’s a direction the company believes is the future of the produce market.

“We saw an opportunity to offer microwaveable baked potatoes, and it just seemed like a natural fit to get the products to market quickly in a growing consumer segment,” Reynolds said.


We will interview your team to custom design the best potato management solution for your business.
We have done this before many times, but we want to know exactly how YOU would like your farmsoft solution to work. Here's how your potato solution project will work:

Interview with a solution consultant so we can understand how your potato business operates now, and how you want your potato business to work when the farmsoft potato solution is implemented. Often these can be very different. We also ask detailed questions about how you want your documents such as potato delivery receipt, BOL, dispatch docket, invoices, and potato labels (pallet, tote, crate, bag) to look.
A quick meeting to show you the settings in your app, and how to maintain them yourself in the future if you sell new products for example. We will have entered almost all of your settings for you.
Your consultant will then present you with proposed operational processes for your potato processing business. This may happen a few times because we will respond to your feedback and re-work the solution to your satisfaction.
Your approved operational processes for your potato packing business will then be deployed one by one into your live business. We provide simple, written instructions you can show each team member so they don't need to remember anything or write anything down.
Review! Once you deploy the processes, we can have another review to see if there are any tweaks that would help improve your potato handling processes.




Why use the farmsoft potato packing solution?
Using the farmsoft solution, your potato packing business will reduce waste business wide
Better accuracy of potato inventory management helps make shipments & orders 100% accurate
Packing to order becomes very accurate, reducing production errors
Reduce administration burden and streamline operations (automatic receipts, labels, BOL, invoice)
Reduce potato handling compliance cost & effort.


‍Mondi and Silbo create paper-based potato packaging
Global packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has partnered with Polish compostable packaging producer SILBO to develop paper-based packaging for potatoes.

Mondi
Mondi collaborated with Silbo to develop the packaging for Meade Farm Group. Credit: Mondi.
Created for Irish farm potato business Meade Farm Group, the packaging has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

The packaging is the result of close collaboration between the three companies over a period of two years.

It uses Mondi’s speciality kraft paper and biodegradable Sustainex coating, water-based ink and corn starch-based netting.

The bag is designed to maintain strength when handling while providing barrier properties to keep the produce fresh. It has so far been launched in Ireland, Poland, France and Germany.

Mondi Poland extrusion solutions and speciality kraft paper sales manager Jan Murzyn said: “The bags need to withstand very heavy weights while providing a solution that is kinder to the planet.

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“Our EcoSolutions approach means we work very closely with our customers to reach their sustainability goals and create a bespoke solution that represents the best possible option for the customer, the consumer and the environment.”
We are experts in the potato packing and processing space, and have performed multiple solution deployments in potato packing, potato processing, potato storage, and potato wholesaling companies in USA, Canada, and Australia.

Potato packaging types:
Paper, plastic or mesh bags are all options for the potato buyer, distributor or warehouse to select their choice.

Paper used to be prevalent in the days when everyone bought 10-20-50 pounds of potatoes at a time but mostly went away because of two reasons. One if the bag broke, they had to be placed in another container. This was especially a problem if the bag was moist. Secondly customers could not see the potatoes inside.

Mesh and a combination of mesh and plastic was still the preferred method for the seventies to nineties and some grocery chains, especially in the Northeast still request them. These were typically orange or purple and partially protected the potatoes from turning green due to light while on display.

Plastic, most often with holes, has become the dominant method now. Some are clear and some have a brownish tan tint. It allows for better graphics, printing the nutrition chart on each bag.

Potato packing:   Sorting, grading, packing machines and complete equipment for potato processing.
Greater quality for your business.
The greater the accuracy of quality selection, the greater the future of your business.
Unisorting Potatoes Sort 3 technology, used in sorting and grading lines, enables you to select the desirable and undesirable characteristics of any kind of potato.

For each of these varieties of potatoes, Potatoes Sort 3 can accurately select and classify the quality:

size and shape
external defects or skin defects
Unisorting Potatoes Sort 3 system accurately classifies the various qualities of each potato and this allows the various valued characteristics for each type and variety of potato to be divided precisely.

For every variety of potato, Unisorting has developed a totally dedicated specialist software, in order to offer high-performance solutions to every single requirement.

Potato packing
Potato packing
Potato technologies. More high-performance, more efficient, more gentle: automatic packing.

Innovation for potatoes is good for business.
Potatoes are tubers. They contain potassium, vitamin B and C and complex carbohydrates.

Until a few years ago, potatoes were processed in systems that used only mechanical machines.

Today, using automatic grading and sorting machines with innovative electronic technologies, we can classify the desirable and undesirable characteristics of each type of potato more reliably than in the past, in addition to the classic sorting function.

Potato packing
Potato packing
Automating potato processing promises to bear great fruit.
Designs and develops individual machines and complete lines for processing, from tipping to packing.

In this way, every Packing House with potato processing automation in its future can count on Unisorting’s great experience for a more effective solution, to greatly reduce costs and to present the market with a well sorted, well selected product, classified by quality too.

In short, to improve and provide a future for its business.

Where traceability and reliability go hand in hand.
Systems and equipment can be provided with a traceability system, which can interface with the Packing House management software.

The fruits can be traced from the feeding stage on the lines up to the packing stage, with packing and labeling of the packages that will be delivered to the market.

For traceability, ask us.
Doing things the right way always increases peace of mind and the growth of your business.

Having farmsoft as your only supplier means being able to meet your Customers’ needs with reliability and top quality.
Ddesigns and produces machines that carry out every stage of potato processing: emptying, washing, brushing, alignment, grading, sorting, internal and external quality selection, packing, palletization, pallet strapping and traceability.

We like to take 101% responsibility. Our technologies are designed and produced exclusively by Unisorting and this allows our customers, in case of specific market requirements or irregular production of fruit, to reprogram the systems and permit continued operation with perfect efficiency.

This is possible when customers trust Unisorting to be their only supplier for every system requirement.
This is the only way your business can safely proceed towards success.



Complete packing solutions for packing potatoes
Everyone who has ever bought potatoes in a supermarket knows that you can get potato packaging in every shape and size. Small packages, large packages, from pillow bags to doy-style packages and tray packaging - everything is possible. JASA, therefore, has a perfect solution for every packaging question.

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Potato packaging in every size
A few years ago the packages containing 5 to 10 kilograms of potatoes were very popular. Now we see a shift towards the packages containing 300 gram to 1.5 kilograms of potatoes. “Nowadays there are more different kinds of potatoes available. Older potatoes varieties are making a comeback”, Piet Pannekeet, founder of JASA, explains. “Because of that, the consumers are eating a larger variety of potatoes and therefore are buying smaller packages.” To meet the demands of the market, JASA is offering complete packaging solutions and packaging lines for all types of potatoes.

“You will see potatoes in a wide range of different packages”, Piet Pannekeet explains. “Some are packed in a plastic bag, while others are packed in a plastic sealed cardboard tray. For years these two ways were the norm to pack potatoes, but now we can replace the plastic packaging with paper: Bag-2-Paper™.”

Complete solutions to pack potatoes
JASA offers complete packaging solutions for unprocessed potatoes, from sorting machines to the outfeed belt. “Depending on the wishes of the customer, we can make a fully automated line.”

Through an industrial weigher, the sorted potatoes are weighed in exact portions. After that, the portions are packed in their respective packages. Through the outfeed belt, they are transported to the case packers or baler before they are shipped to the supermarkets and consumers.

Optical sorting machine for potatoes
To supply the best potatoes to the consumers, the potatoes are sorted by size and quality before they enter the packing line. JASA also offers solutions for this situation. Not only does the Newtec Celox machine sort the potatoes by size but it also scans the potatoes for quality. With the help of cameras, the potatoes are then analyzed before they are sorted accordingly. This process is incredibly fast and very accurate.

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Potato packing solutions
There are so many possibilities. Therefore, it’s really helpful if someone helps you find the right solution. Not only are there a number of ways to pack potatoes, but there are also a number of methods to keep the potatoes fresh in their packaging. This helps give the potatoes a longer shelf life but also keeps them good after purchase. The longer the potatoes stay fresh, the less it will produce food waste. “JASA can help to come up with the perfect solution for our customers”, Piet Pannekeet explains. “It all depends on whether you are packing processed or unprocessed potatoes. With certain packaging techniques, we can create the most optimal conditions for the products. Together with the customers, we look at the wishes and the possibilities before creating a complete packaging line.”

Multifunctional lines for potato packing
Multifunctionality is an important part of the process for JASA and her customers. “We want to create flexible machines that offer several packaging solutions. We want to make sure that our machines have a very short changeover time. We can also add a bypass to the line. This gives our customers the option to pack the potatoes in both trays and bags at the same time, increasing the packaging capacity per minute. Depending on the chosen options, our lines can process 25-100 packages per minute.”

Sustainable packing of potatoes
There are a few factors involved when choosing your new packaging solution. The first factor is to create a good work environment. We need to decide which machines need to be included and how we can optimize the complete packaging line. The next thing we will look at is which packages the customer wants to create and how can we make sure that the potatoes will be packed in the right conditions. The flexibility of the machine also plays a part in choosing the right machine. On top of that, sustainable packaging also plays a large role in the choice of the correct packaging solution.

With a focus on less plastic packaging, less environmental pollution, and more sustainable solutions, there is a new kind of pressure on the packaging industry. That’s why JASA created Bag-2-Paper™. This new revolutionary paper packaging solution is for products such as unprocessed potatoes. The potatoes are packed in 100% paper* packages. These paper packages can be recycled with the rest of the papers.

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Sustainable tray packing for potatoes
Are you currently packing potatoes in a plastic sealed cardboard tray to keep the potatoes in place? We have a new sustainable solution for this too! Our new cardboard sleeve is a good alternative for the plastic packaging around the trays. The sleeve keeps the potatoes in place while keeping them visible at the same time. It’s the perfect solution for unprocessed potatoes. This will create a packaging solution that is 100% suitable for recycling.

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Looking for a complete solution to pack potatoes? Reach out to our sales team, they are always happy to advise you on the possibilities for you.







Packing: POTATO, SOLANUM TUBEROSUM / SOLANACEAE

The most usual way to find potatoes is in bags and net sacks, thanks to the wide variety of packing machines that do this work. Among this type of packages there are the tubular mesh sacks of 1 and 2,5 kg and mesh sacks " Girsac" with an external string that acts as a label and as handles, with a capacity of 2 kg. This way of dispatching potatoes is understood as prepackaging, since the buyer must only choose the mesh or bag he prefers. Other materials used for these packages are plastic bags (perforated) or paper bags, used for small quantities: 2.5 (for plastic), 5,10,15 and 25 kg (for paper).

Another way to dispatch potatoes is in bulk; they usually come in sewn net sacks with a capacity superior to 5,10 and 25 kg, and they will be available for the consumer as free service.

Other packages used are cardboard and wood boxes.

Among the cardboard packages we find 6kg packages with a base of 500 xs 300 millimeters, trays covered with net for 2.5kg, 5kg boxes with lateral plastic holes to see the product and superior opening where the fingers are introduced to make manipulation easier, and also 12kg boxes.

Research has been carried out to package potatoes in thermoplastic, checking the good results in quality conservation. Nevertheless, it is a very expensive system for such a low price product as the potato is.



Postharvest Potato Atmosphere Management
The main procedures after harvesting will be the curing, during which potatoes are put under temperatures around 20ºC to heal the injuries in the skin. They can also be put under cooling treatment, although it is not very usual. Potatoes intended for human consumption and stored for long periods of time will be put under chemical treatment in order to avoid sprouting and to prevent the attack of insects.

The behaviour of potatoes after harvesting will depend on the type of potato, whether it is early or late.

In the case of late varieties, potatoes must be regarded as an organ which has stopped growing, thus the activity of its metabolism will be low. Its skin has matured and therefore it will be less sensitive to the microorganisms attack, dehydration and mechanical damages. All the opposite in the case of early potatoes.

The postharvest actions that must be carried out are curing, precooling and treatments to avoid germination.