No Ordinary Potato Company.

For over 50 years, we’ve been marketing potatoes and analyzing potato markets – and it has paid off. Today, Nonpareil is one of the largest growers and shippers of fresh potatoes, a leading manufacturer of dehydrated potato pieces, and among the most modern and efficient producers of potato flakes and flour in the industry. In this respect, Nonpareil truly is no ordinary potato company.

Besides being one of the nation’s largest and most highly regarded fresh potato growers and shippers, we are rapidly becoming known as an innovative potato ingredient and research and development company. Nonpareil products like premium mashed potatoes, premium hash browns, and homestyle potato casseroles are now considered the standards of excellence among many foodservice companies. And the food manufacturing industry looks to us for innovative potato-based technology that can be used to enhance the qualities of other food products.

Anticipating the Needs of the Marketplace.

Throughout our company’s history, Nonpareil has been known as a potato innovator. In 1946, Nonpareil began as “Idaho Potato Packers,” a New York City distributor of fresh Idaho potatoes. In the 1950s, we opened our first office in Blackfoot, Idaho, to better control the quality and supply of potatoes.

Over the years, we’ve expanded into new markets, like frozen and dehydrated potatoes, and constructed new, high-tech facilities. In July 1995, Nonpareil opened its new corporate offices and technical center, housing new product development facilities and a microbiology laboratory.

Recently, we developed farm capabilities and constructed new production facilities in O’Neill, Nebraska. These new facilities have expanded the product options we are able to offer our customers. Today, we continue to seek opportunities for expansion and strategic partnerships which will allow us to better meet our customers’ needs.

Why We’re First In Fresh.

Our goal is to deliver fresh potatoes to your door in the same wholesome state in which they left the field. To help us achieve that goal, we focus upon careful farming with gentle processing. We are committed to constantly refining the entire potato production process, so our customers receive the best product possible.

It all starts out in the field where we evaluate new potato varieties and test new farming techniques each season. We harvest and buy only the best of the best.

Once the potatoes are harvested, our innovative handling, sorting, and sizing techniques ensure that you receive only the highest-quality premium fresh potatoes.

Because we manufacture so many different types of potato products, we are able to match each potato with its best use. As a result, our fresh potatoes are second to none.

Our technological innovations extend into the packaging of our products. Nonpareil was the first company to package and market fresh potatoes in five- and ten-pound polyfilm bags. We also offer attractive, consumer-oriented four-color packaging and bin wrap.

The Ingredients For Success.

Our patented Nonpareil Extracts technology is helping make all kinds of great-tasting foods taste even better. For example, we’ve developed Nonpareil Extracts which protect and enhance food flavors by retaining the natural antioxidants found in some potato varieties. Other Extracts exploit the potato’s unique protease enzyme inhibition property for use in surimi, fish, meat, poultry, and other products containing high levels of protease enzyme. The list continues with Extracts which make excellent cost-effective super-binders, natural fat replacers, texture builders, and flavor enhancers. And at usage levels up to 2%, the USDA allows Potato Extracts to be labeled “natural flavoring.”

Of course, we also offer the traditional potato products which have made Nonpareil potato ingredients famous. Whether you need potato slices, dices, flakes, flour, or starch, Nonpareil’s complete line of potato products is sure to meet your needs.

Mashed Potatoes, Hash Browns, and Potato Casseroles That Taste Like Homemade.

To help meet the increasing demand for great-tasting, easy-to-prepare dishes, Nonpareil is working with foodservice companies around the country to create the new potato side dishes and traditional entrees their customers want.

Nonpareil’s Scratch Match® line of gourmet mashed potatoes, premium shredded hash browns, and homestyle potato casseroles are specially designed to taste like homemade recipes. That’s why Scratch Match gourmet mashed potatoes have lumps. It’s also why we make sure our premium hash browns have a natural shredded texture.

Our Scratch Match potato casseroles are available in a wide range of exciting styles and flavors, like sour cream and chives or O’Brien julienne. Plus, we are constantly adding new products and refining existing product lines.

All of Nonpareil’s foodservice products are purposely designed with quick and easy preparation in mind. They come packaged with all ingredients included and simple, easy-to-follow directions printed on the packaging. As a result, you’ll get the same homestyle taste every time you prepare Nonpareil mashed potatoes, hash browns, and casseroles.

Our Product Development Experts Bring More Than Just Food To The Table.

We’ve assembled a uniquely qualified group of food scientists, process engineers, and quality and production experts. These talented professionals not only create new products for Nonpareil, their expertise and resources are also available to our customers. In fact, most of the new products Nonpareil develops begin with requests from our customers. If you have a need for a food ingredient or an idea for a new processed food product, our food research experts are ready to help. We can assist in market research, pilot testing, quality assurance, and finished product manufacturing. In addition, we have a “Total Quality Management” program in place to ensure that every end product meets the rigorous Nonpareil quality standards.

Let us help turn your product development challenges into real product opportunities.

Getting It Done Faster And Better.

Our commitment to engineering excellence has resulted in some of the most modern, technologically advanced production facilities in the food processing industry.

At Nonpareil, our operations and engineering staff work around the clock analyzing, troubleshooting, designing, and implementing improvements in our production techniques. For example, when we realized that our mechanical systems weren’t keeping up with our ultra-modern optical sorting systems, Nonpareil engineers designed, produced, and patented a new retrofitable reject module. This pneumatic valve can open or close in 30 millionths of a second, greatly increasing production at Nonpareil and at the numerous other companies which have purchased these innovative rejection modules from us.

Our quality assurance and process control departments perform continuous testing to maintain the highest standards. Trained technicians monitor every critical point on our process lines. As a result, all Nonpareil facilities have achieved “Superior” and “Excellent” ratings from the American Institute of Baking (AIB), the preeminent sanitation and food safety inspectors.

We’re Here To Make Your Business Better.

When you work with Nonpareil, you’re entering a mutually beneficial partnership. From customer service to research and development, the professionals at Nonpareil are truly committed to our customers. For example, we’re one of the few fresh potato packers and potato processors with our own quality assurance department and continuous USDA inspection. Further, we insist on extra USDA inspectors during every shift.

You’ll notice our commitment to customer satisfaction in your dealings with all our employees. Our full-time transportation manager is dedicated to delivering your order when you need it, no matter what problems arise. And when you call our customer service department, you’ll find representatives with a refreshing “up-front” and friendly attitude.

Our total involvement in the potato industry has given us the experience and ability to deal with challenges of all types. We will continue to be a trend-setting force in the industry, supplying world markets with the finest quality food products.