Potato News

Entre el 31 de mayo – 25 de junio de 2010 se realizará en la Universidad de Wageningen (Holanda) el curso sobre "Tecnología de semilla de papa, certificación y sistemas de suministro". Dictado en ingles, el curso está diseñado para director...

McCain Foods (Canada) today unveiled a journey that will see the company change its frozen food products to be made from simple ingredients like people would use if they made them from scratch. With the McCain It's all good(TM) commitment, McCain Food...

El alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg, sigue con su cruzada por la vida sana. Primero, prohibió fumar en bares y restaurantes de la ciudad. Después, obligó a retirar las grasas trans y a especificar las calorías en los menús. Y ahora lanza una ca...

Aunque sus formas alargadas y enroscadas y sus colores poco comunes fueron en un momento un obstáculo para su exportación , las papas nativas se proyectan ahora como un producto que se reconoce no solo por su exquisito sabor y de grandes propiedades al...

Prospective buyers of Kettle Foods are to attend site visits at the company's Norwich headquarters in the UK over the next few weeks, according to reports.Several blue-chip food groups are believed to be among those companies planning to visit with an ...

New Jersey lawmakers passed Wednesday a measure requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets around the country to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards in their locations throughout the state.The state Assembly passed the bill by a margi...

Roast potatoes are one of the most traditional of British side dishes. But really great roast potatoes, ones that are crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy in the middle, need really great potatoes. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear and...

Leading snack food manufacturer, The Inventure Group(R) (Nasdaq: SNAK), expands its portfolio of licensed brands today by announcing a partnership with Bruce Foods to add its signature Original Louisiana Hot Sauce(R) to a new line of Hot Fries snacks u...

U.S. biologists say they've improved on the Yukon Gold potato, which has already been making a name for itself — and the northern Canadian territory it's named after — in kitchens around the world. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Ecolab Inc. today announced it has developed Exelerate(R) ZTF, a breakthrough cleaning program to help food manufacturers address the growing problem with cleaning zero trans fat food oil residue from processing equipment and environmental surfaces. Th...

HZPC's Pommonde concept, which , in cooperation with Nedato at Albert Heijn , involves selling different  types of potato , has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2010.

Potatoes have been attacked for their less than exciting image, ignored by low carb dieters and ostracised from the five a day allowance, but new research from Mintel finds that the fortunes of the humble spud have turned, as today, potatoes are eaten ...