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PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has heavily increased her company’s budget for research and development. In fact, she’s doubled it during her tenure. One product to come out of that effort: the Deep Ridged Potato Chip

Syngenta has rejected an updated merger proposal from Monsanto.

McDonald's Corporation has announced that global comparable sales decreased 0.3% in May.

Private Equity firm Permira is to acquire two manufacturers of Better-For-You branded and private label snack products, Medora Snacks, LLC and Ideal Snacks Holding Corporation

Esta papa (o patata) es el objetivo de un proyecto lanzado oficialmente esta semana por Jonathan Jones, uno de los más reconocidos expertos del mundo en la genética de enfermedades vegetales.

At Snackex 2015 later this week in Instanbul, Heat and Control will show what equipment they can offer for the production of chips and snacks. Visit the Heat and Control team at Snackex 2015, Istanbul 10-11 June, Booth #233.

McCain Foods (GB) selected the Quin Systems Versapack case erector and case packaging machine for its Ready Baked Jackets production in Scarborough.

El objetivo de este trabajo fue el de describir el estado actual de la producción de papa en la región Andina boliviana a partir de la información existente. Se revisaron documentos, informes locales y publicaciones internacionales.

Snack Factory® Pretzel Crisps®, the world’s first flat-baked pretzel cracker, has announced that it has achieved Non-GMO Project Verification. Snack Factory will begin introducing Non-GMO Project Verified versions starting in Fall 2015.

A research scientist at Agriculture and Agrifood Canada has discovered that naturally-occurring bacteria in soil may offer protection against late blight (Phytophthora Infestans).

The blog FrankenFoodFacts recently published a review of the Innate potato of Simplot Plant Sciences. This blog by Layla Katiraee, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular genetics and is a senior scientist at a biotech company, offers the most insightful review of the Innate Potato PotatoPro has seen so far.

La paratrioza o pulgón saltador (Bactericera cockerelli Sulc.) es una plaga que se alimenta de la savia de las plantas hospederas, ocasionando varios tipos de daños. Esta nota ofrece consejos para controlarla.