Potato News

Ministers have given permission for thousands of GM potatoes to be grown in Britain, a decision that is bound to provoke a new confrontation with environmentalists.   Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for the Environment , has agreed to let scientis...

On Thursday morning, officials at McCain Foods Ltd., announced it would move its marketing department  to Toronto, Ont.. The move will impact more than 20 jobs at the Florenceville plant, which employs 1,000 people in the region. A marketing departm...

Pedro Padierna Bartning, presidente de PepsiCo Región Sabritas, dijo que no colocarán etiquetas en sus productos que adviertan sobre efectos de obesidad al ser consumidos, "porque no existe una relación entre la obesidad y el consumo de nuestros p...

Consuming large amounts of acrylamide, a chemical commonly found in French fries, cakes, snacks and even coffee, appears to raise the risk of kidney cancer, especially in smokers, Dutch researchers report. "Ours is the first report of a positiv...

Triarc Companies, Inc. announced the results of operations for its fiscal first quarter ended March 30, 2008. Highlights for the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the first quarter of 2007 include: -- Sales increased 5.7% to $281.6 million for Comp...

Being an ex-refugee didn’t stop Dr Mai Tran from getting her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in chemical and material engineering. For her PhD thesis, Mrs Tran chose the humble spud;the subject of her main experiment was to reduce the oil content in potato...

Frito Lay. Ballreich's. Mike-sell's. Conn's. Grippo's. At least 10 potato-chip companies fry and kettle-cook their potato chips in the Ohio, giving the state the distinction of having the second-most chip makers in the country.

TNA launches Roflo® 3, the first servo driven, totally reversible, gateless and truly modular food transfer and distribution system, at Interpack 2008.

The Bangladeshi caretaker government has arranged a three-day mega potato fair in capital Dhaka with companies and hotels showcasing recipes to popularizes the vegetable as a top food item to ease pressure off the main staple rice. The country's first ...

Potato farmers and traders have questioned the government's rationale behind banning futures trading in the crop when there is a glut in the market and prices have declined due to bumper production. "There was no reason for the government to ban ...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is donating 18,000 kilogram of top-quality spuds to the Greater Boston Food Bank. The donation is part of International Year of the Potato. Ivan Noonan, a board spokesman, says Boston is a very important market f...

Thursday, fast-food chain McDonald's Corp.served up tasty April sales results. The company’s global comparable sales increased 5% in April.Systemwide sales for McDonald's worldwide restaurants increased 13.7% in April, or 6.5% in constant currencies. U...