Potatoes Farms

EurepGap accredited by SGS.

DIRECT FIELD HAND PICKING upon client request.

All SONAC potatoes is planted in our own farms, located in the most suitable areas to plant potatoes, it’s in the PFA (Pest Free Area).

In east and west of Nile delta, we located our farms, SONAC decided to control all the operations for over 6000 feddans in sandy soil, giving our client the best shiny, set skin potato for his clients.

Farms are in areas like Salheya, Nobariya, and also we are reclaiming new lands in the newest promising area of Wadi Neutron, to the very west of the Nile delta.

Owning and Using a complete machinery lines for land preparation, planting, harvesting for each of the 3 main farms.

Latest techniques in agriculture, machinery, fertilizers, pest control, calibration, semi auto harvesting, human resources development, training, network data and all what helps to satisfy client.

DACOM weather forecasts program.

VALMONT pivots.

Potatoes Packaging

In 20 and 25 pp bags with black linen from inside to stop light getting in.

In 1, 1.25 and 1.5 tons Jumbo bag.

Potatoes Packing House

Since the 70's and SONAC is operating its own potatoes packhouse near Alexandria, and from generation after another, SONAC now is operating 3 packhouses located in the main areas, where the production and ports of loading is.

In the Company's complex lies the 1st packing house with British technology, for fully automated sizing, selecting, weighing and packing with a capacity of 100 tons/hr, it's the nearest to the loading ports, where all our production from our pivots to be checked in, then loaded.

The 2nd packhouse is in Salheya area.

The 3rd is in Nobariyah area.

The 4th is under construction in Wadi Neutron area.

Potatoes Varieties

Industrial Potatoes

Diamont
 
% Dry Matter
 
% Total Sugar

Hermes

From 20:22

Color Sugar No.1

Lady Rosetta

From 20:22

Color Sugar No.1

Table Potatoes

Our potatoes varieties include Nicola, Spunta, Diamont, Lady, Rosetta, Hermes, Bernadett, Mondial & Draga.

Determinations Month Diamont Spunta Nicola

%

Dry Matter
Jan

20.1

19.1

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Feb

20.0

19.24

19.37

Mar

20.26

19.14

19.25

Apr

20.09

19.2

19.56

 

%

Starch

Jan

7.3

7.3

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Feb

7.2

7.3

7.4

Mar

7.6

7.7

7.5

Apr

7.7

7.3

7.5

 

%

Protein

Jan

3.4

3.4

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Feb

3.7

3.5

3.4

Mar

4.03

3.9

3.8

Apr

3.8

3.8

3.8

 

%

Total Sugar

Jan

4.0

4.2

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Feb

3.4

3.5

3.4

Mar

3.6

3.7

3.7

Apr

3.3

3.5

3.8

 

Glaycoalkaloids

(p.p.m)
Jan

60.71

73.00

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Feb

62.62

64.93

67.27

Mar

63.87

64.4

66.91

Apr

67.13

67.92

68.67

Potatoes Container Capacities

Net weight (Mesh Bags) 40 " 20 "  
25 Kg 1000 500 Un-Palletized
20 Kg 1250 675 Un-Palletized

40" can loads up to 20 jumbo bags (please refer to packaging to select your jumbo capacity).

Find also the documents that come with every load of potatoes from SONAC, Egypt.

Potatoes Cold Stores

Industrial Potatoes

With the ever increasing demand on SONAC quality, it was necessary to increase the storage capacity as well, of which was this cold stores to meet the demand for the booming chipping sector in the industry.

In 1998, our cold stores capacity was 5000 tons in 4 big chambers exclusively for Lady Rosetta and Hermes potatoes varieties.

With 5000 wooden bins, we became the only Cold stores that store industrial potatoes in wooden bins in Egypt.

In May 2007, we doubled our capacity to reach 12,000 tons becoming the biggest coldstore for processing potatoes in Egypt and the entire Middle East.

Thanks to Dutch technology, we can control temperatures, CO2 and RH automatically, auto opening and closing flaps, through an easy software program; everything is done under the trained personnel.

This was another example of how SONAC pays extra attention to every single detail that contributes to the quality of its products and client satisfaction.