Papas Fritas y Especialidades de Papa de Los Estados Unidos

Enero 09, 2008

Simplot purchases Pasco's H & R Ag

Boise-based J.R. Simplot Co. has purchased H &R Ag Inc., a Pasco-based agriculture supplier and retail business. No financial details of Monday's deal were disclosed. But Bill Whitacre, president of the Simplot AgriBusiness Group, said the acquisi...

Enero 09, 2008

Research: Asparaginase can reduce acrylamide in French fries

Using the asparaginase enzyme to treat French fries could reduce the formation of acrylamide by 60 per cent, a joint Chilean-Danish study has reported. The study, published on-line in the journal Food Chemistry, weighs into the hot topic of acrylamide ...

Enero 07, 2008

McCain se instalaria en Washington

Una de las más grandes industrias procesadora de papas, McCain Foods Ltd de Canadá, podría construir una planta en Washington, para lo que destinaría aproximadamente 150 millones de dólares, destacó Puget Sound Business Journal.

Enero 04, 2008

Washington may be in the running for the new McCain french fry plant

One of the world's largest french fry processors, McCain Foods Ltd. of Canada, may build a $150 million potato processing plant in Washington. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission in Moses Lake, said a new plant ...

Diciembre 28, 2007

Tater tot blaze leaves Idaho firefighters a little embarrassed

A fire station crew must be a little embarrassed by the way some of this state's famous potatoes got fried. Boise, Idaho firefighters returning from a medical call had to turn their hose on the firehouse kitchen after an overheated pan full of Tater T...

Diciembre 20, 2007

Conagra reports stronger than expected EPS.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., today reported results for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended Nov. 25, 2007. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.50, which includes $0.03 per diluted share of costs related to the recent pot pie recall. Gary Rodkin, C...

Diciembre 19, 2007

McCain Foods plans new French fry factory in the United States

McCain Foods Limited announced today its intent to invest C$150 million for the construction of a new french fry plant in the Pacific Northwest. The facility will be designed to produce French fries and potato specialties primarily for food service an...

Noviembre 28, 2007

La acrilamida no aumenta el riesgo de cancer de mama

Un estudio importante halla que el compuesto que se encuentra en alimentos fritos y horneados no representa una amenaza. Al parecer existe poca o ninguna relación entre el cáncer de mama y la acrilamida, una sustancia que se encuentra en alimentos fr...

Noviembre 25, 2007

Washington potato growers celebrate a heck of a harvest

Washington potato farmers harvested more than 5.1 million tons of potatoes in 2007, the state's second-largest spud harvest in history. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, said the state's potato farmers dug up ...

Lamb Weston restarts Prosser french fry processing plant

Noviembre 22, 2007

Lamb Weston resumes operation of Prosser french fry processing plant

After a three-week shutdown, Lamb Weston has fired up the potato processing plant it purchased from Twin City Foods. "It's always rewarding when you start a plant back up,"said John Blair, plant operations manager. Lamb Weston purchased the...

Noviembre 20, 2007

Are chips the answer to world hunger?

Solanum tuberosum – the potato - will have its year in 2008. The UN is trying to wean developing countries off rice and persuade them to adopt the potato as a staple food. Potatoes beat rice on most measures. They need less water and less space to prod...

Noviembre 19, 2007

Idaho Potato farmer benefits from french fry demand in China and Japan

Albert Wada is one of America’s potato kings. Farming 12,000 acres of land in Idaho, the state that produces a third of America’s spuds, Mr Wada is one of the biggest potato farmers in the United States. He bought the business in 1972 from his father,...

Noviembre 15, 2007

Othello starts new water contract with J.R. Simplot

Othello and food processor J.R. Simplot agreed upon a new water contract to gradually increase Simplot's rates by 32 percent over the next five years.Simplot is the town's largest water user. Simplot paid the city $345,360 for water this year for about...

Noviembre 15, 2007

Lamb Weston expands Pasco Facility with production lines for potato- and onion-based appetizers

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston officially marked the completion of an 85,000-square-foot expansion of its potato processing plant in Pasco, Wash., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by company officials as well as local and state dignitaries. Lamb We...

Noviembre 12, 2007

Idaho Potato Commission wants potatoes on food aid list

Potatoes aren't on the list developing nations can order as part of the U.S. food aid program, and Frank Muir, president and chief executive officer of the Idaho Potato Commission, wants to change that.It's something of a Catch-22 situation. Potatoes c...

Noviembre 10, 2007

Are french fries in the US QSR chains now trans fat free?

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...

Noviembre 09, 2007

NASS: US Potato harvest fall 2007

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...

Noviembre 08, 2007

Ventas comparables McDonald's crecen 6,9 pct en octubre

La cadena estadounidense de comida rápida McDonald's Corp reportó el jueves un aumento del 6,9 por ciento en sus ventas comparables de octubre, apoyada en una popular promoción en Estados Unidos y en la fortaleza de su negocio en Asia. La mayor red de...