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NutraCea is to enter the lucrative edible oil market, following the completion of its purchase of South America's largest rice bran oil processing facility. The firm, which has so far focused its activities on stabilized rice bran, said it will now sta...

Senior Muslim figures have said that they are shocked that a number of Walkers snacks contain traces of alcohol and eating them is therefore against their religion. A tiny amount of alcohol is used in some products as a chemical agent to extract flavou...

Every few minutes, Ralph Robinson puts another potato in the end of a small metal chute that's connected to a stainless-steel tank. At the opposite end of the 4-foot-long machine, thin, crispy potato chips roll off a wire conveyor belt and drop into a ...

Conagra Foods is cutting back its operations in Asia and Europe, as the packaged-food manufacturer shrinks its international operations due to disappointing sales. "Sales for our consumer businesses weren't what we wanted them to be in those mark...

Na een eerdere prijsverhoging in november naar €6,50, doet zetmeelaardappelconcern Avebe er nu nog eens een schep van €3,50 bovenop. Daarmee komt de markttoeslag voor het seizoen 2007/2008 op 10 euro per ton fabriekers.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has unveiled a new crop of experimental potato varieties, but it will be years before any find their way to your supper table. The new varieties were actually created six years ago, but only now have they gone through e...

There is urgency in the air at Dale &Thomas in Englewood, N.J., where Chief Executive Warren Struhl, its majority stakeholder, wants to prove that his firm can become, if not the "Starbucks of popcorn,"as he often says, at least a profita...

A few days ago we decided that we would dedicate this PotatoPro Newsletter to the rising ingredient prices. With a publication today by Pepsico on the impact of rising ingredient costs and today's closing price in New York for crude oil for the first time over $100 a barrel ($100.74), the topic could hardly be more current.

Demand for specialty potatoes, with multi-hued skin and flesh, is booming.Potato expert Eugenia Banks' cache is nestled in white paper bags piled on pallets lined against the walls. Inside are prized potatoes: River John Blues and Purple Majesties, Win...

McDonald's España facturó 707 millones de euros durante 2007, lo que supone un incremento del 7,4% respecto al año anterior, y cerró el ejercicio con 379 restaurantes repartidos por toda la geografía nacional, informó hoy la multinacional.

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 29, 2007. Fourth Quarter: Net Revenues for the Fourth Quarter ended December 29, 2007 were $25.6 million, up 58.7% comp...

Firefighters in County Durham tackled a blaze in an industrial skip containing five tonnes of crisps.Crews were called to the Walkers Crisps factory in Stephenson Road, Peterlee, on Wednesday morning, following reports the waste products were "wel...