Productos de Patata Deshidratada de Las Américas

Enero 26, 2009

Potato Processors cut back Potato Contracts

The first part of 2008 began as a banner year for spuds."But then all of a sudden in the fourth quarter of 2008, things started to change,"Dale Lathim said, Executive Director of the Potato Growers of Washington.Despite how good the french f...

Enero 12, 2009

Basic American Foods press release on closure of Plover facility

Basic American Foods announced plans to moth-ball its Plover, WI facility. The downturn of the economy, coupled with the high costs of energy and raw material in Wisconsin requires Basic American Foods to shift production to other facilities in the we...

Diciembre 23, 2008

Fire at a potato flakes-storage facility in Hartland in use by HSF Foods

The quick response of the Hartland Fire Department limited the damage to the contents of a storage warehouse in Hartland, NB on Thursday morning. Just before 10:30 a.m., the fire department responded to a call of a structure fire along McLean Avenue in...

Diciembre 19, 2008

National Starch sale unlikely in current climate

Hopes for National Starch to be sold by the end of the year have been dashed by the credit crisis and a sale is unlikely in the near future, said owner Akzo Nobel. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business af...

Diciembre 17, 2008

US Dehy Draws Record Attention at Food Ingredients Asia Trade Show

The United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Dehydrated Potato Program attracted a record number of interested attendees at the 2008 Food Ingredients Asia Trade Show.

Diciembre 17, 2008

US Potato Stocks Down 9 Percent From December 2007;Usage for processing down, especially for dehy.

The 13 major [US] potato States held 242 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2008, down 9 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below December 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 66 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production,...

Diciembre 13, 2008

Primera dama del Peru lanza panetón con harina de papa

La primera dama de la Nación, Pilar Nores de García, lanzó el “papanetón”, un panetón navideño hecho a base de harina de papa. Este producto es posible gracias al esfuerzo de Sierra Exportadora y la empresa privada, con el cual se busca promover el c...

Noviembre 26, 2008

Ecuador: En Ambato se elabora la harina de papa

En los laboratorios de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA), el investigador Galo Sandoval y un equipo de estudiantes logró que la papa se transforme en una harina blanquecina y fina. Este técnico de la Facultad de Ingeniería en Alimentos indica qu...

Noviembre 26, 2008

Reasoning Behind Basic American Foods Lays Off Questioned by United Potato Growers of Idaho

Basic American Foods announced it will be closing part of its Shelley plant, one of three facilities the business has in Idaho.Their reasoning they say is the downturn of the economy, the high cost of Idaho potatoes and the loss of sales volume.However...

Noviembre 25, 2008

Basic American Foods Plans to Eliminate 65 Positions, to close a factory

Basic American Foods announced Monday they are consolidating their production facilities in Eastern Idaho by laying off 65 positions in Shelley along with cost reductions at the Rexburg and Blackfoot production facilities and the central distribution c...

Noviembre 13, 2008

US Dehy Draws Interest of Mexican Bakery Industry

The MEXIPAN Trade Show is one of the most important events for the Mexican bakery industry. As such, the United States Potato Board (USPB) recently participated in this trade show, providing information and technical materials about the use of US dehyd...

Noviembre 05, 2008

ADM Starch and Sweetener Profits Drop Sharply on High Corn and Energy Costs

ADM has revealed its starch and sweetener operations saw profits tumble by more than US$100 million in the first quarter of 2009 – almost the only negative in an otherwise buoyant set of results.The company’s starch and sweeteners sector made US$65 mil...

Octubre 29, 2008

Akzo Nobel Postpones Sale of National Starch Business unit

Akzo Nobel has postponed the sale of its National Starch unit because of the financial turmoil gripping global markets.The Dutch chemical giant said it would not sell its starch business this yearChief Financial Officer Keith Nichols said: "There ...

Octubre 25, 2008

Mayor empresa de papas procesadas de EE.UU. se asocia con chilena Unisur

Tras un año de negociaciones, la semana pasada ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, la mayor empresa de papas en América del Norte, y Unisur Alimentos Ltda, compañía nacional de procesamiento de los tubérculos, cerraron un acuerdo de asociación estratégica. “Nos...

Octubre 22, 2008

Keystone Potato Products: sustainable potato dehydrates

Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...

Octubre 17, 2008

Lamb Weston and Unisur announce strategic partnership;Unisur expands facilities.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America, and Unisur Alimentos Ltda, the only frozen French fry and dehydrated potato processing company in Chile, announced the formation of a new strategic partnership focused on Chile an...

Octubre 09, 2008

Dehydrated potatoes versatile option for food aid

Representatives for charitable organizations were back in Idaho this week to explore different ways of using dehydrated potatoes in international food aid programs.The visit, sponsored by the U.S. Potato Board, included representatives from nine privat...

Septiembre 05, 2008

USPB International Dehy program demonstrates physical properties of Dehy in Bakery Applications

Chef Yutaka Yamazaki of the Technology Development Division of Saint-Germain made potato pan bread for this study. Based on his experience in Europe, he recommends making bread with potatoes. He used US dehy standard potato flakes, which have high qual...