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Agrana Staerke GmbH

Native Potato Starch
Company Description

AGRANA Stärke GmbH is the operating company of the starch division with a potato starch factory in Gmünd, a corn starch factory in Aschach and a bioethanol plant in Pischelsdorf.

Agrana Staerke GmbH is part of the AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, founded in 1988 as the holding company of the Austrian sugar and starch industry.

Today Agrana is one of the leading sugar and starch producers in Central Europe, the world leader in fruit preparations for the dairy industry, and one of the world’s largest producers of concentrated fruit juices.

The Segment Starch includes production facilities in Austria, Hungary and Romania. AGRANA’s corn and potato starch factories manufacture special products for the reprocessing industry that are tailored to customers’ specific requirements.

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The modified starch market is expanding as manufacturers focus on clean-label ingredients that enhance stability, texture and processing performance.
December 10, 2025
Global modified starch market forecast to reach USD 17.30 billion by 2030
According to MarketsandMarkets™, the modified starch market is estimated at USD 14.92 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 17.30 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 3.0 percent.
AGRANA expands production capacity for technical starches and invests EUR 23 million (USD 24,8 million) at Gmünd site
May 22, 2023
AGRANA expands production capacity for technical starches and invests EUR 23 million at Gmünd site
This year, the fruit, starch and sugar group AGRANA is starting with the construction of an additional drum drying plant at the site of its potato starch mill in Gmünd (Waldviertel District of Lower Austria).
Longest ever starch potato processing campaign: AGRANA processed a record quantity of 322,000 metric tons of starch potatoes in 189 days (Courtesy: APA PictureDesk/AGRANA/Schedl)
March 06, 2021
AGRANA processed a record quantity of starch potatoes in its longest campaign ever
At the end of February, AGRANA successfully ended its processing of the 2020/2021 potato harvest at its potato starch mill in Gmünd (Lower Austria). With a processing period of 189 days, this was AGRANA's longest ever campaign in Austria.