Potato News

Potandon Produce LLC announces the return of their highly successful and popular Mini Potato Display Shipper for the 2015 spring/summer selling season.

La Unión de Pequeños Agricultores de Andalucía (UPA) hace esta advertencia a los consumidores del país.

Production of corn masa for the production of Tortilla Chips traditionally requires lots of time, water and floor space. Now Heat and Control has developed a unique process which eliminates corn simmering, soaking, and washing to produce fresh masa.

After several years of negotiations, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.

Japanese snack maker Calbee will build a factory in South Korea to meet the soaring consumer appetite for its potato chips in that country.

The Heinz 'Aunt Bessie' potato factory in Norfolk that was scheduled to close this April, will be sold to potato company Albert Bartlett.

The Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia has announced plans to take legal action against Galati, who owns a chain of grocery stores called the Spudshed as well as being one of the state’s largest growers.

Russia threatens to impose temporary restrictions on import of Indian potatoes.based on phytosanitary concerns (brown rot agent)

Pringles Tortilla, the latest corn chips snack innovation from Pringles, is hoping to revolutionise the category in three key areas: shape, taste and convenience.

Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweet potato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and territories, to improve food security across the region.

Oerlemans Foods, a Dutch producer of frozen potato and vegetable products is concentrating the processing of potatoes in Broekhuizenvorst and doubles its potato processing capacity.

TOMRA Sorting Food has launched a Japanese website, underlining the importance of Japan to the company’s global business strategy.