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maart 27, 2008

Conagra Foods Reports Strong EPS Growth and Improved Sales for Consumer Foods

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended Feb. 24, 2008. Current-quarter diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.63;items impacting com...

maart 27, 2008

Bill opposing menu labeling goes to governor of Georgia

Local counties can't require restaurants to post nutrition information about their menu items under a bill that easily passed the (Georgia) Senate Thursday. The bill, which sailed through the House earlier this session, now goes to the governor's desk...

maart 27, 2008

Potato Eyes: Potato nematodes: life cycle, effects and management

Overview of the different potato nematodes that occur in North America and a description of their life cycle, effects and management.

maart 25, 2008

Ohio Potato Grower Todd Michael to Lead Industry Communications & Policy Committee of the USPB

Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...

maart 25, 2008

Rexburg Potato Grower Shane Webster to Lead United States Potato Board Domestic Marketing Committee

Shane Webster of Rexburg, ID, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Webster is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairm...

maart 17, 2008

North Carolina State University's Potato variety trial planting underway

A researcher for North Carolina State University's Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, Clough plants test fields in Pasquotank County and other state locations each year to test potato varieties and compare their yields and quality.

maart 17, 2008

Subway Veggie Roasters to tap potatoes

maart 17, 2008

March US Potato Stocks Up 8 Percent from Last Year

The 13 major potato states held 172 million cwt. of potatoes in storage March 1, up 8 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2006, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potatoes in storage accounted for 43 percent of the 2...

maart 12, 2008

UN seeks best potato pictures for Year of the Potato

The United Nations is seeking photographers to 'capture the spirit of the spud' as part of a competition aimed at raising the profile of the humble tuber for International Year of the Potato. Photographers are invited to enter images in a contest to ...

maart 07, 2008

New leaders trained at 2008 Potato Industry Leadership Institute

Nineteen potato growers and industry representatives from across the United States formed the Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI) Class of 2008, training designed to identify, develop and cultivate new leaders within the potato industry. From F...

maart 05, 2008

Snack market set for billion dollar growth

The global snack market will be worth almost $300bn (€197.8bn) by 2010, as manufacturers move towards healthier products as well as developing markets, a new report predicts. The 'Snack Foods' report, released yesterday by Global Industry Analysts(G...

maart 04, 2008

Arby's plans 197 new restaurants in 2008 in US and Canada

Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Triarc Companies, Inc. announced today that it exceeded its development goals for 2007 with the opening of 148 Arby’s restaurants and the signing of new commitments to open an additional 197 restaurants th...

februari 28, 2008

Development and Experimental Validation of a Frying Model to Estimate Acrylamide Levels in French Fries

In this study, a numerical model was developed to simulate frying of potato strips and estimate acrylamide levels in French fries. Heat and mass transfer parameters determined during frying of potato strips and the formation and degradation kinetic par...

februari 27, 2008

Food firms set to benefit from biogas boom

Food processors can reduce costs and benefit the environment by using their waste to fuel biogas production, according to Ontario-based StormFisher Biogas.Ryan Little, vice president of business development, explained to FoodProductionDaily.com that th...

februari 27, 2008

Wheat Rebounds to Record After Dropping the Limit in Chicago

Wheat surged to a record in Chicago as prices seesawed from the biggest gain ever to the largest decline and then back again. Wheat futures rose more than 25 percent from today's low to their high, a gain that was bigger than all but seven annual pric...

februari 26, 2008

Heinz: Quarterly Report

Sales for the three months ended January 30, 2008 increased $316 million, or 13.8%, to $2.61 billion, with growth in all five business segments. Volume increased 5.2%, driven by a 9.8% volume increase in Asia/Pacific, combined with solid growth in Euro...

februari 19, 2008

Michigan Potato Stocks Up 35% From 2007

Fall potato stocks in Michigan on Feb. 1 were estimated at 6.2 million hundredweight (cwt), according to the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. February's stocks represent 42% of the total production, up 35% from last year's 4.6 million cwt. Stocks by ...

februari 18, 2008

Nutra-Ingredients weekly comment: No time to waste on reformulation

The food industry across Europe needs to make a big effort to reduce saturated fat in food regardless of whether national agencies set targets - and it should not wait around for governments to do all the awareness-raising with its consumers. Last we...