Farina (Potato Starch) 25KG Sack - Essential for Butchers & Food Processors
Our Potato Starch - supplied in a bulk 25KG sack - is a versatile and essential ingredient for any butcher or food processor. Whether you're creating sausages, burgers, pies, or ready meals, potato starch delivers performance, texture and consistency that elevate your finished product.
Starches are used as an additive for food processing - the food starches are often used as a thickener, and improve the texture of foods, and stabilizers in foods products such as processed meat, gravies, pie fillings, puddings, custards, soups, sauces, etc.
What is Potato Starch?
Derived from premium potatoes, potato starch is a fine white powder used as a natural thickening agent and texturiser. It's gluten free, making it an ideal substitute for rusk or breadcrumbs in gluten-free meat products. In butchery and food processing, it is widely used for its excellent binding, water retention, and gelling properties.
How Butchers & Food Processors Use Potato Starch
- Add to sausages and burgers as a binder to improve texture and succulence
- Perfect for gluten-free recipes - a clean alternative to wheat-based rusk
- Use in gravies, soups, sauces, and pie fillings to achieve a smooth, stable consistency
- Enhances the shelf-life of processed meats by improving water retention
- Contributes to a firmer bite and reduced shrinkage during cooking
Benefits of Using Potato Starch in Food Production
Potato starch is highly effective at low usage rates, offering excellent yield and value for money. It has a neutral taste, so it won't interfere with your seasonings or meat blends. Its functional properties help ensure products hold their shape and moisture, even under high heat.
Because it's naturally gluten free, it's also perfect for creating allergen-friendly product lines without sacrificing quality or performance.
Product Features:
- High-purity Potato Starch - food grade quality
- 25KG commercial sack - ideal for bulk food manufacturing and butchery use
- Gluten free and allergen-friendly
- Excellent binding, thickening, and stabilising performance
- Essential ingredient in processed meat and gluten-free food production
Whether you're a butcher making sausages or a food manufacturer crafting gluten-free ready meals, our Farina Potato Starch offers consistent performance and commercial efficiency in every batch.
Potato Starch is starch derived from potatoes. Frequently used in gluten free baking, it is a popular gluten free replacement for rusk/breadcrumb, ideal for creating gluten free versions of your favourite burgers and sausages.
Stock up on Potato Starch today - the dependable, gluten-free ingredient trusted across the food industry.