2024 Green Plant of the Year

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Keystone Potato Products, LLC. Wins 2024 Green Plant of the Year Award!

The Food Processing Magazine recognized Keystone Potato Products as the winner of the Green Plant of the Year award. The award highlights our commitment to sustainability, innovation, and eco-friendly food production processes.

As a company rooted in environmental stewardship, our operations implement cutting-edge sustainable practices. We continually strive to minimize waste and optimize resource utilization to remain one of the most sustainable food processing plants in the eastern United States.

Our Sustainability Efforts:

  • Renewable Energy: Our plant is powered by methane gas from the nearby Commonwealth Environmental Systems landfill, reducing reliance on traditional energy sources.
  • Water Resourcing: The water we use is reclaimed and purified from an abandoned underground coal mine. Our facilities treat it for use in our food production, then returning clean water to the environment.
  • Zero Waste Commitment: All potato by-products, including peels and mash, are repurposed as cattle feed, ensuring no landfill waste.
  • Innovative Processing: Our dehydration line transforms off-grade potatoes into value-added potato flakes and flour, while our fresh-cut and automated packaging lines produce high-quality products.
  • Water security: Process potatoes use a great deal of water. Keystone uses state-of-art processes to minimize waste water.

No Potato Goes to Waste.

Keystone Potato Products services fresh potato products to foodservice operators and retailers nationwide. Our facility produces fresh cut varieties such as bulk dices, slices, wedges, fries, and whole peeled potatoes for foodservice.

KPP was designed to combat food waste and utilize 100% of our potatoes, maximizing the value of the potato. A key feature of this facility is our dehydration operation, which converts off-grade potatoes into potato flakes and flour, and any potato not processed is turned into animal feed for local farmers. This capability has allowed Masser Family of Companies to transform what was once waste into a resource.

We remain committed to advancing sustainability efforts and contributing positively to the environment.

Our companies maintain a goal to continue leading the industry in sustainable food manufacturing while providing fresh, high-quality potato products to consumers nationwide.

Read more from Food Processing Magazine here!

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