Noticias

McDonald's Corp. wants all its U.S. restaurants to open by 5 a.m., up from 75% today, as Americans increasingly buy breakfast earlier, part of a broader plan to increase average annual sales at McDonald's outlets by $400,000, to an average of about $2....

National Starch Food Innovation and AVEBE enter into alliance for market development of specialty potato starches. National Starch will distribute AVEBE ingredients in the Americas and Asia. AVEBE will continue its direct sales presence in Europe and w...

RD Offutt Company and United II Potato Growers of Idaho, Inc. announce the formation of North American Foods, LLC. The new company, resulting from the contribution of certain assets of the companies unites the industry’s top talent from field to shelf...

An Aug. 13 symposium on enhancing the essential healthfulness of the very essential potato will kick off the 91st annual meeting of the Potato Association of America when it convenes Aug. 12-16 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Symposium speaker Katherine Beals, ...

Procter &Gamble (P&G) y Sabritas ponen fin a la ‘Guerra de las Papas’. El 29 de mayo, P&G publicó un desplegado en los diarios Reforma y El Universal, donde se disculpa con Sabritas, filial de PepsiCo de México, por “posibles daños ocasiona...

Once grandes marcas estadounidenses de alimentación prometieron sumarse a la lucha contra la obesidad infantil y abstenerse de hacer publicidad de sus productos de chocolate, cereales azucarados o patatas con demasiada grasa. Para evitar que una dispos...

With flavours adapted from Indian favourites, the potato chips seem to cash in on the popularity of the dishes to connect as the preferred snack food. Be it Lay's Indian Mint Mischief or Bingo Chatkila Nimbu Achaar, Kurkure Mast Malabari Style or Chut...

McCain Foods today announces that all its french fries will be made from 100% British potatoes from October 2007. McCain works with more than 300 British farmers and for the past five years 95% of its products have been made from British potatoes. This...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) announced today that it has acquired New York-based Alexia Foods Inc., a privately held natural food company. Alexia Foods represents the leading natural frozen potato brand(1) and markets all natural and organic appetize...

Frituren zonder vet, maar met oververhitte stoom, die circuleert in een gesloten circuit. Onderzoeksorganisatie TNO heeft een "gezond en veilig'' alternatief voor de traditionele frituurpan ontwikkeld. De HiFri komt eind dit jaar op de markt. De ...

Nestle today refused to confirm reports that they had turned down a merger with PepsiCo last spring, a deal that would have created one of the largest and most powerful food and beverage companies in the world. Media spokesman François-Xavier Perroud d...

The Ministry of Health is funding a three year study on french fries, as part of an initiative to make the popular takeaway food healthier. Horticulture New Zealand chip group food and education spokeswoman Glenda Gourley said the funding was initially...