Noticias

Bunge, a supplier of agricultural and edible oil products to the food industry, today reported that earnings more than doubled in its third quarter on the back of strong market conditions.Net income for the quarter ended September 30 2007 shot up 108 p...

De vraag naar fritesaardappelen neemt toe. Dat komt omdat de capaciteit van de aardappelverwerkende industrie groeit. Bovendien neemt het aardappelareaal af. Dat zei voorzitter Kees van Arendonk van de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie (NAO) vandaag...

Satnam Agro Products, established by farmer-turned-entrepreneur Mandeep Singh has set up a state-of-the-art potato processing plant at a cost of Rs 63 crore at Jalandhar. Singh is hoping to launch next month French Fries made out of locally grown Chip...

Farm Frites lanceert de nieuwe productlijn Nature's Goodness. Het betreft frites met 50% minder vet en 30% minder calorieën ten opzichte van reguliere patat. Voor de productie heeft het bedrijf een aparte productielijn ingericht. Volgens de producent ...

Research released today by ComScore defies long-cherished beliefs that people don't care enough about package-goods products to do online search about them or go to their websites. The study found a majority of U.S. consumers visited at least one packa...

A separate policy on potato and introduction of public-private partnership (PPP) model are required to address the problem of seed shortage faced by farmers, experts said here on Monday. “There is a need to have a separate policy on potato as it is one...

De West-Vlaamse producent van diepvriesgroenten Pinguin sluit één van zijn vijf fabrieken in Groot-Brittannië en richt zijn blik nu vooral op Oost-Europa. Dat zegt ceo Herwig Dejonghe. Pinguin sluit een fabriek in North Thoresby, één van de drie sites ...

In a strong demonstration of faith in Chinese product quality, KFC is replacing Nestle with Mengniu products. The global fast food behemoth yesterday signed a dairy product supply agreement with Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Industry (Group) Co Ltd, Ch...

Na de internationale jaren voor de rijst (2004) en voor de bergen (2002) kan een jaar voor de aardappel natuurlijk niet achterblijven. Vorige week opende de Verenigde Naties het jaar met als belangrijkste doel om overheden subsidie te laten verstrekken...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) increases demand for US frozen potato products in Mexico by reaching both trade and consumers. Trade is targeted through restaurant chain training and tailored seminars held in conjunction with the importer/distri...

Organic To Go, a fast casual cafe chain, has acquired the privately-owned Brother's Restaurant &Deli chain, adding three retail cafes and two catering facilities to its roster.   Organic To Go will convert and rebrand the three Brother's locations ...

China fresh potato production in MY07/08 is forecast at 75.6 million tons, up 5 percent from the previous year as a result of growing consumer demand. Average fresh potato prices have risen 15 percent annually over the previous three years. Processed ...