Fries in Europe should be a little shorter this season

The fries in Europe are about to be significantly smaller.

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A shortage of potatoes in Europe is expected to affect the shape and size of french fries in the region.

Belgium, France and the United Kingdom are experiencing a shortage – which, according to Food & Wine, is not so much a lack of potato yield as disappointing growth with the potatoes produced. The publication reports that Belgian potato producers reported smaller sizes due to an exceptionally hot and dry summer.

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"As the potatoes are smaller at the moment, we are all going to eat smaller fries," said Pierre Lebrun, president of the Walloon Association of Potato Producers, to the Sudpresse newspaper.

Belgium will be particularly affected because the "fries" – or fries – are the iconic dish of the country. Belgium would have more than 5,000 fryers serving classic street food, usually consumed with mayonnaise.

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"It's a disaster in the fields that farmers have not been able to irrigate.We record losses of about 30%," said Romain Cools, general secretary of Belgapom, the largest producer of potatoes from the country.

The drought and the poor growing season will probably result in sharply shorter fries in Belgium – about an inch on average. Although they are not the only country to suffer.

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"It's the same thing in the south of England, the Netherlands, France and in the west of Germany," Lebrun said.