Abstract
Market demand of specific onion products imposes certain changes in the primary production. In the Republic of Macedonia, only since recently some of processed type, such as dried, minced and frozen diced onion attracts buyer’s attention. Development of onion processing industry makes the marketing and sales of the total production easer and provides safer economic environment for the onion growers. Local landraces that are mainly used for the processing industry belong to the groups of pungent onions and sweet onions. The pungent onions, being characterized with higher content of dry matter are used for dehydration and granulation or mincing. The shape of their bulb is flat to flat-round, well covered with yellow outer scales. Average dray mater content in the group of pungent landraces amounts more than 16%. One kg produce of dry onion is obtained by 8-9 kg of raw material. Sweet onions in the Republic of Macedonia are mainly sold frozen, as a whole pilled bulb, or diced in different sizes. Compared to the pungent onions, this group of landraces is characterized by lower content of dry mater, ranging from 9% up to 10%. The analyses carried out have indicated that due to the higher amount of raw material (15 kg) required for 1 kg of frozen produce, these landraces can not utilized for dehydration.