Les frites, profondément ancrées dans la culture européenne

Our purpose in writing this article was not to produce a technical, economic and social encyclopædia on the French fry, but to stress the transformation of this small scrap of potato into a symbol and driver of change in our lifestyles and production processes. Within the new production system of the third industrial revolution, the French fry in itself generates a mini hub of upstream and downstream growth, based on both innovation and production organisations in the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. Hence a very small product has become emblematic of a massive transformation.