Chips y Aperitivos de América del Norte

Julio 15, 2008

PreventASe Xtru: DSM's tailormade solution for acrylamide reduction in Extruded snacks

DSM Food Specialties introduces a complete portfolio of application-specific and tailor-made PreventASe™ solutions. PreventASe™ is now available in three formulations covering specific food applications under the following sub-brands: Panna™, Bicra™ an...

Julio 15, 2008

Do Consumers Care that Frito-Lay's Sun Chips are Solar Powered? Apparently.

It’s getting harder to find a brand that doesn’t claim to be green. But, do they have a solar power factory? Is the rest of their energy use offset by energy credits? And, are they rebuilding a town that was virtually wiped out by a tornado? Not likely...

Julio 11, 2008

Snack Alliance expands Hermiston plant

Nearly 5,000 pounds of potatoes an hour are processed into potato chips at the Hermiston Snack Alliance plant, which runs three shifts, six days a week. The Hermiston Snack Alliance plant has added two production lines to make riceworks brand snacks. T...

Cargill Innovation Center for snacks and cereals

Julio 09, 2008

New Cargill Innovation center focuses on snacks and cereals

Cargill has opened a new innovation center for snack and cereal products which it says will help food manufacturers create new products that drive sales growth. The agro-giant's Snacks and Cereal Product Innovation Center in Minneapolis, which is no...

Julio 09, 2008

Frito-Lay Leases Build-to-Suit Facility in Ft. Myers for Distribution Center

Snack maker Frito-Lay has signed a long-term lease for a 35,000-square-foot, build-to-suit distribution facility in Fort Myers, FL. The building will include state-of-the-art racking and distribution equipment, a 30-foot clear height and 5,000 squar...

Julio 07, 2008

Herr Foods still has adequate supply of chips potatoes

Herr Foods is still in the chips despite a recent potato shortfall.The southern Chester County salty snack maker purchases about 15 tractor-trailer loads of potatoes each weekday.That's 3.4 million pounds a week, roughly 125 million to 150 million poun...

Julio 05, 2008

Growing chips potatoes for generations

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...

Julio 03, 2008

NHS comments on study on package size of snacks

A study has found that “diet-sized snack portions encourage people to eat more,"The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper said that researchers had warned that smaller sized packets could make people believe they had already limited their food ...

Julio 02, 2008

The Inventure Group, Inc. Added to the Russell Microcap Index

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) announced today that it has been added to the Russell Microcap Index after the Russell Investment Group reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 27, 2008. "We are very pl...

Julio 02, 2008

Chips manufacturer Ira Middleswarth & Son hurt by potato shortage

Chips manufacturer Ira Middleswarth &Son, a Snyder County company, is having trouble because of the weather. Normally, Ira Middleswarth &Son gets eight tractor-trailer loads of potatoes from its supplier each week. Middleswarth Vice President...

Julio 02, 2008

Study: smaller bags of potato chips more readily opened

Mini packets of crisps, sweets and biscuits, are becoming increasing popular among children and those keen to watch their weight. However, new research suggests that the size of the packaging could actually be counterproductive. Scientists gave diff...

Julio 01, 2008

Frito-Lay adds TrueNorth Nut production Line to Pulaski Plant

The Pulaski Frito-Lay plant has announced the addition of a new line that produces the new TrueNorth™ nut snack products. Frito-Lay representatives made a presentation of the new product to the Giles County Economic Development Commission last week. Ac...

Julio 01, 2008

Snacks players must embrace health and wellness to beat obesity

Only a true health and wellness vision can enable global snack players to tap into the booming market for obesity solutions, claim experts. A new report from Credit Suisse projects the market for obesity fighting consumer staples could hit a massive $1...

Junio 29, 2008

Olestra debate resurfaces as FDA confirms the sucrose polyester is safe

One of the noisiest food fights in the US flared up again last week, as the Food and Drug Administration took another look at olestra--the controversial fake fat that promises Americans a nirvana of guilt-free gluttony. Approved in 1996, olestra is ava...

Junio 24, 2008

Novozymes: Acrylaway industry implementation 'progresses as expected'

Acrylaway, the acrylamide-reducing enzyme from Novozymes, has received approval in a slate of countries worldwide and is now being applied across broad range of bakery and snack products. The Danish enzyme specialist launched Acrylaway to the industry ...

Junio 23, 2008

Frito-Lay Chooses Toray Plastics (America), Inc., as Its 2007 'Supplier of The Year'

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., (www.TorayFilms.com) has been named the 2007 "Supplier of the Year"by Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., works with Frito-Lay to develop innovative snack and convenience food pack...

Junio 19, 2008

Finding your TrueNorth in the snack Isle

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay business unit, the snack chip leader, is focusing its snack expertise and passion for innovation to break new ground in the nut aisle with TrueNorth, a contemporary line of 100 percent natural, great tasting nut snacks that have 5g ...

Junio 18, 2008

LesserEvil SeaSalt Krinkle Sticks Awarded a 'Best Snack in 2008' by SHAPE Magazine

The SeaSalt Krinkle Sticks from LesserEvil-- all-natural, crunchy potato snacks that are baked and have 75 percent less fat than regular potato chips -- were selected as one of SHAPE Magazine's top five salty snacks in its "Salty Craving Category...