Starch, companies in Alojas pagasts
Aloja-Starkelsen, LTD
"ALOJA-STARKELSEN" was founded in 1991. in June of the year in cooperation between the employees' cooperative "ALOJA" and farmers' cooperative "LYCKEBY" from Sweden as the first food company in Latvia with foreign capital. "ALOJA STARKELSEN" during these years it has become the largest producer of potato starch in the Baltic States, as well as one of the largest producers of organic potato starch in the world. In addition to the production of potato starch, the company produces a number of other food products, the most popular of which in the Baltic States and Scandinavia are Aloe potato starch, Aloe jelly, baking powder and vanilla sugar. "ALOJA STARKELSEN" has also started processing organic gray peas and field beans, thus expanding the range of gluten-free and vegan organic food ingredients. About 80% of the production is exported to the countries of the European Union, the USA and Asia.