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In India, McDonalds reveals unique local flavours — both on its very resistable menu and otherwise. Much to the surprise of ultranationalists and leftists who thought the American food giant would be routed, it has stuck around, growing and expanding ...

FoodNavigator offers you a series of high profile face-to-face video interviews on the latest innovations in food ingredients. Representatives of key companies were interviewed at the Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) trade show in London earlier this month.

Video: 140 aardappelrassen werden tentoongespreid tijdens de HZPC Potato Days 2007 in Joure. Ytzen van der Werff licht 2 bijzondere rassen (Scarlet, VDW 00-4) nader toe.

The check. For each of the chains, we bought and analyzed fries from five to nine restaurants in five states.CR's take. In our sampling, Wendy's still missed its mark. So did Burger King. McDonald's fries claim a high 8 g for most locations and 0 g fo...

Major food companies are contributing to increased carbon emissions through the destruction of Indonesia's peat swamp forests to produce palm oil, claims a report released by Greenpeace today.Unilever, Nestle, Cargill and ADM, as well as some leading s...

New Ice yesterday announced that it would begin manufacturing a new class potato-starch based compostable containers for dry, damp or wet foods.The announcement yesterday follows grants of patents for the process in the US and Europe. The patents discl...

McDonald's Corp. said Thursday that comparable sales jumped by 6.9% during October, fueled by strong growth in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.McDonald's also reported overall sales growth of 14.2% during the month. Again, Asia-Pacific, the Mi...

De West-Vlaamse diepvriesgroentespecialist Pinguin mikt dit boekjaar, dat uitzonderlijk slechts zes maanden duurt, op een omzet van minstens 155 miljoen euro. Dat is ruim dubbel zoveel als in dezelfde periode vorig jaar. De in september overgenomen aar...

When you think of childhood obesity, McDonald's and Pepsi want you to think of them -- but probably not in the way you think. Representatives from the fast-food and soft-drink conglomerates attended a international conference aimed at fighting childho...

Production of fall potatoes for 2007 is forecast at 408 million cwt, up 2 percent from last year. Area harvested, at 997,800 acres, is virtually unchanged from the July estimate but 2 percent above last year.The average yield is forecast at 409 cwt pe...

The British Potato Council’s provisional estimate of Total Potato Production in Great Britain for the 2007 crop year is 5.446 million tons, down 1% from 2006. The current crop has a planted area that is 3% higher than last year, but average yields per ...

Burger King Holdings Inc. informó el lunes que las ganancias de su primer trimestre fiscal subieron 23%, pero el precio de las acciones de la segunda mayor cadena de restaurantes de hamburguesas del mundo bajaban más de 6% luego de que tres grandes acc...