Roquette

Roquette is a manufacturer of starch and starch derivatives from a variety of sources, including potatoes.

Roquette is a global leader in plant-based ingredients and a major supplier to the food, nutrition, and healthcare industries.The company, based in France, manufactures a variety of plant-derived substances such as plant proteins, polyols, fibers, starches, and derivatives produced mostly from corn, wheat, potatoes, and peas.

Roquette's portfolio serves a wide range of applications, including bakery, dairy alternatives, confectionery, savory snacks, drinks, and processed foods, meeting functional, nutritional, and textural needs in food manufacturing.

In the potato processing industry, Roquette provides modified potato starches and functional additives to extend shelf life, improve crispness in fried snacks, and act as clean-label thickeners or stabilizers in soups and ready meals. Roquette has manufacturing and commercial offices in Europe, North America, and Asia, serving clients in more than 100 countries.

Roquette runs one potato starch plant in France, Roquette Freres Vecquemont (Somme), where they had a potato starch production quotum of 202095.15 tons for 2010. The Vecquemont factory is the largest of the two potato starch production facilities in France.