Noticias

De Nederlandse overheid wil inzetten op bestrijding van Salmonella, Campylobacter, acrylamide en mycotoxinen. Dat staat in de Voedingsnota die de ministers Klink van VWS en Verburg van LNV vrijdag hebben aangeboden. In de Voedingsnota staat dat Nederla...

In the USA, KFC serves steaming hot mashed potato with their finger-lickin' good chicken. If you eat at KFC restaurants on the eastern seaboard of the USA, the mashed potato you are served originates in Prince Edward Island and is made by AgraWest Food.

Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) today announced that it has been listed among America’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies in the  July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business magazine. Key Technology, which reports on a September 30 ...

De poolprijs over alle geleverde pootaardappelen is uitgekomen op €35,10 per 100 kilo.   De prijs geldt voor de klassen S tot en met A, maat 28/55, herfstlevering exclusief vergoedingen voor opzakken en bewaren. De prijs ligt nog hoger dan de prijs v...

Last year, in the U.S., an average of 126 pounds of potatoes per person were consumed, according to the Department of Agriculture. Twelve percent of the total -- 16 pounds -- was in the form of chips. That's where the Hoekstra family comes in. For ha...

Amid rising costs in food, fuel, electricity and interest rates, consumers can take refuge in knowing that at least one South African staple food is bucking the trend and fighting off inflation. Since September last year the potato price has steadil...

Austrian sugar, starch and processed fruits manufacturer Agrana Beteiligungs-Ag (AGR.VI) Friday said it expects its operating profit in the current fiscal year to decrease significantly on the year, due to persistent cost increases and an unsatisfactor...

Their 'mouth-melt' taste and geometric shape 'not found in nature' ;means that Pringles must henceforth be struck from the list of snacks that Brits can call 'crisps' and, more crucially, that they can tax.

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 percent -- far more than previously estimated -- according to a confidential World Bank report published in a British newspaper Friday.The figure contradicts U.S. government estimates that plant-derived ...

Soaring commodity costs have taken a major bite out of food companies' profits for more than a year, but it's almost impossible to find out whether, like airlines and fuel, they have been able to hedge those cost. In fact, shareholders looking for info...

Fiji has stopped importing potatoes from New Zealand because of a bacteria, says Quarantine director Hiagi Foraete. He said the Fiji Quarantine Department was consulting with their New Zealand bio security counterparts about the bacteria which was fou...

A Pringle is is not a potato crisp according to a High Court ruling today.The result means the top-selling snack is exempt from VAT. It is good news for manufacturers Proctor &Gamble who now stand to save millions of pounds on UK sales.The ruling c...