Potato Review

GROWER PROFILE A POTATO farming family has launched a range of fresh ‘no fuss’ premium mash, cooked and packed on their farm on the East Coast of Scotland. Andrew and Anita Stirling have grown potatoes at Upper Dysart Farm near Montrose for 30 years and in the early 2000s set up ‘Stirfresh’, supplying washed and peeled fresh vegetables for schools and hospitals across Scotland. In recent years, they have built on this to create convenient ‘easy veg’ for retailers, from turnip mash, soup packs and par-cooked baked potatoes, and are the largest supplier of washed potatoes to Aldi in Scotland. With the rise in demand for healthy convenient meals, they have invested in the latest technology to create a series of vegetable side dishes with long shelf lives. Launching at Scotland’s Speciality Food Show in Glasgow recently, the initial seven flavours - chorizo mash, wholegrain mustard mash, cheesy mash, haggis ‘n’ mash, colcannon mash, root veg mash and classic creamy farm mash - cook ‘No fuss mash’ Family of growers set up their own line of speciality produce, with a ‘personal experience’ thrown in. IN-FIELD sales@haith.co.uk +44 (0) 1302 831911 www.haith.co.uk Strategic Partner From single machines to complete turnkey solutions the potato industry trust Haith to handle it. WASHERS & DESTONERS POLISHERS TURNKEY SOLUTIONS INNOVATION COMBINED BOX TIPPLERS IN-TAKE OPTICAL SORTERS GRADERS Haith Half Page Advert-No Flash ART.indd 1 08/03/2022 14:09