Pure fries

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2025: Plant Opening

In the Chistopol district Tatarstan , the grand opening of the potato processing and canning plant LLC "Purely Free," owned by JSC "Holding Company," took place. " Chistopol The new enterprise, in which 3 billion were invested, rubles is designed to process 40 thousand tons of potatoes per year and will become the first stage of the project for deep processing of vegetable products. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister agriculture Russia Oksana Lut and Rais of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov on August 20, 2025.

The production complex is located on the territory of the advanced development of Chistopol with full provision of engineering communications and a convenient location relative to potato fields. Chistopolye Holding is one of the largest potato producers in Russia, including varieties for the production of French fries and chips.

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Before the launch of its own processing enterprise, the holding sent grown potatoes for processing to third-party factories and sold products in retail. to trade The new plant will allow the company to close the production cycle from growing to deep processing of vegetable products.

The Minister of Agriculture of Russia Oksana Lut emphasized the importance of potato processing enterprises for economic stability and the development of vegetable growing. According to her, the creation of production on irrigation lands allows you to obtain a stable harvest and maintain the necessary quality of vegetables.

Oksana Lut noted that the potato processing market in 2024 grew by 10%, and the creation of such an enterprise in Tatarstan is an important milestone. The minister recalled that the region ranks second in Russia in the production of potatoes in all sectors, including personal subsidiary farms.^[1]

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