Noticias

In a sign that the UK's push to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions is working, McCain Foods has announced it will install wind turbines at its Whittlesey french fry plant in the country. The company said this week the three, 80-metre high wind turbi...

European kitchen company Tefal has come out with a new electronic gadget which seeks to preserve the crispy goodness of fried foods while getting rid of what makes them that way … the fat and oil. The gadget is called the “Actifry” and with as little ...

National Starch Food Innovation said it will build a new texture center, designed to improve texture understanding, and accelerate innovation and new product development According to National Starch, the Texture Center of Excellence - scheduled to be o...

Enorme verschillen. Dat is het beeld van de stand van consumptieaardappelen. Gemiddeld genomen is de opbrengst voor half augustus goed. Maar dit zegt niets over de eindopbrengst. Deze kan nog flink tegenvallen, want de gewassen zijn al flink op hun ret...

As drought continues to wreak havoc on China's farmland, agriculture experts are considering moving away from the traditional staple food - rice - and encouraging farmers to plant potatoes instead. "The potato is more drought-resistant than rice ...

Based on the successful, vitamin and mineral rich Steamfresh potatoes, with their 100% pure potato flavor, Aviko has developed a whole new salad concept: SaladTime. The company describes it as a tasty and healthy full convenience snack for a broad publ...

Golden Enterprises, maker of Golden Flake snacks, said Tuesday it has come up with the industry's first "energy chip"for sports enthusiasts and energy-drink imbibers. NRG Phoenix Fury Potato Chips are shipping now to convenience stores. They...

Ruffles have ridges but they’re not supposed to have stripes. That’s why potato-chip producers like Frito-Lay and the growers who sell taters are fretting over a somewhat mysterious crop disease known as Zebra Chip. It’s wreaking havoc on Texas potat...

Yesterday Voronezh vice-governor Leonid Selitrennik let us know that Polish company Hortex considers a possibility to allocate a plant dealing with potato freezing with capacity of 25 thou. tons a year in the region (Voronezhska Oblast). The volume of ...

De volgende aardappelverwerking gerelateerde materialen komen voor in een lange lijst van grondstoffen die benut kunnnen worden voor biobrandstof:   Frituurvet: Afvalverwerker Greenmills bouwt in de Amsterdamse haven een fabriek die gebruikt frituurvet...

At today's annual shareholders meeting of the H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ - News), Heinz Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William R. Johnson called Fiscal 2007 an "excellent year with strong operating and financial results across ...

Shearer’s Foods plans to make potato chips at the former Fleming Foods site in Perry Township, but has asked the city to annex the property and run wastewater sewage lines to it first. The Brewster-based Shearer’s said the city was its last hope befo...