Potato News

De contractprijs voor consumptieaardappelen moet omhoog naar minstens 14 cent per kilo, exclusief btw. Dat stelt de Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond (NAV). De industrie onderhandelt momenteel met telers over de contracten voor de oogst van 2008. NAV-be...

Starting from an organization in Idaho, the nation's big spud producer, the two-year-old, multi-state United Potato Growers Association is sharing production and market information to whip up better profits. At a session at the National Bargaining Conf...

Snyder's of Hanover, Hanover, Pennsylvania, officially acquired Jays Foods, Chicago, on Tuesday, December 4 after a bankruptcy auction was held in Chicago on November 30. Shortly after the Judge approved the transaction, Jays Foods officially closed t...

Pringles potato chips are not made with an additive banned in China, Procter &Gamble Co, which markets the potato chips, said on Friday. China state media had reported on Friday that a batch of chips had been blocked from import. The batch of bar...

The food industry is embracing umami as part of an effort to deliver highly flavored foods to consumers while also cutting back on fat, salt, sugar and artificial ingredients.    It was identified in the early 20th century by Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese ...

Turner International India has dragged potato wafer-maker Gee Pee Foods to court for using its Pogo channel name to brand its wafers, thereby scripting yet another patent skirmish. The Kolkata-based food company has been manufacturing Pogo chips sinc...

McDonald's told franchisees this week that it will pay up to 40% of the costs to remodel restaurants to accommodate the machines needed to make lattes, mocha drinks and other specialty beverages. McDonald’s USA President Don Thompson said last month sa...

ConAgra Foods has said it has removed nearly three million pounds of sodium from a range of products without affecting taste.The firm said it will continue to look at ways of cutting down salt, and said it has already managed to remove up to 20 per cen...

Stored potatoes are holding up well in spite of the (blight) pressures of the 2007 growing season, according to McCain Foods GB, agronomy manager, Andy Goodwin. Mr Goodwin added that McCain’s growers were, however, having to grade crops hard in order ...

Last week I received more information on one of the two (!) large potato conferences next year in India, so I decided this was a good time to pay attention to the fast changes in the Indian Potato Processing industry.

Alle restaurants van McDonald’s in Nederland gaan op de schop. In drie jaar tijd worden alle 220 restaurants voorzien van een nieuw interieur, meldt woordvoerder Dirk van den Bogaart van McDonald’s Nederland. McDonald’s komt vrijdag met officiële pers...

Packets of the popular snack Pringles were Wednesday removed from Hong Kong supermarkets after tests in mainland China found them to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Barbecue-flavoured packets of the potato crisps were taken off sale in Wellcome, one...