Chips en Snacks

The number of cases of a potentially devastating soil-borne bacterium that could cause significant potato production problems in Scottish seed potatoes has doubled.The Scottish Government yesterday admitted it had found two more cases of Dickeya solani...

The website run by the marketing department of the Potato Council, which was one of 820 websites expected to be closed by a Government review has been saved by William Chase, owner of Chase Vodka.   The website was to be closed as part of the review by...

Fredericks Dairies, the UK’s largest independent ice cream manufacturer, has produced a Fish and Chips flavored ice cream to celebrate National Ice Cream Week.According to research by the company, vanilla is still the UK’s No.1 favourite flavour with 9...

A survey in the United Kingdom has shown that sales of couch potato snacks have risen as hard-up families choose thrifty TV evenings rather than a night out. Purchases of nibbles have increased by more than 20 per cent in two years. Chocolate saw the b...

Country of origin labelling (COOL) should be not be mandatory for snacks and other foods, as the financial burdens would outweigh any benefits, claims a leading Spanish politician.Spanish MEP Pilar Ayuso was speaking at a European Snacks Association (E...

The European Snacks Association (ESA) is concerned that the recent calls for mandatory country of origin labelling fail to acknowledge the complex supply chains involved in the production of processed foods such as savoury snacks.Any move to enforce ma...

Ruim 300.000 mensen hebben in totaal bijna 700.000 nieuwe chipssmaken voor Lay's ingediend.De aanvragen zijn het resultaat van een eerdere reclamecampagne, "Maak de Smaak", waarbij Lay's om nieuwe smaken vroeg.Een jury gaat zich nu buigen ove...

Largo Foods in Ashbourne (Ireland) has taken on a further 36 workers at its Kilbrew plant and expects to create up to another 80 jobs by next summer with its new 'Tayto Fun Park'.The manufacturers of Tayto and Hunky Dory crisps have reported an 11 per ...

After receiving several requests from new and existing clients and recognising the huge growth in this market, Kiremko have developed a totally new system for producing the so called Gourmet or hand-fried style chips.   After in depth market research,...

Food giant PepsiCo has come up with a novel way to cut its water consumption - by extracting it from potatoes and recycling it.

Una buena noticia para los aficionados a las papas fritas que quieran mantenerse delgados: científicos checos del Instituto de Botánica Experimental están desarrollando una nueva especie de patata con un bajo contenido de azúcar. Las papas fritas de b...

EFSA has published a summary of acrylamide levels in different types of food sampled in 2008. The report is based on over 3,400 results provided by 22 European Union Member States and Norway. The highest average levels of acrylamide were reported in t...

Snack brand Golden Wonder is set to launch a six-figure marketing campaign to boost the brand across Scotland after what the company says has been a year of substantial growth. The integrated £500,000 campaign represents the first significant marke...

For a long time Finland had no native potato chip manufacturers. So when a group of entrepreneurs with a high yielding potato farm selling French fries and other potato products were looking for a new way to sell their produce, the market was wide open...

The European Snack Association (ESA) joins the EU pledge initiative.The EU Pledge is a commitment by leading food and beverage companies in Europe to change food and beverage advertising on TV, print and internet to children under the age of 12 in the ...

Kettle Chips is introducing a new seasonal Sweet Red Pepper Salsa flavour to its range of delicious, hand cooked chips which is ideal for the barbecue and picnic season this summer.Packaged in a distinctive red and orange bag to create on-shelf stand o...

Real Crisps, a popular hand cooked crisps and chips brand in the United Kingdom, is embarking on an innovative campaign in a bid to unveil who UK consumers think will be the REAL leader of the country

La responsable de la marca Lay's al Plato, Erika Lascorz, presenta en el programa "Gestiona Alimentaria"unas patatas fritas cortadas en palitos cuyo envase puede calentarse directamente del microondas y así consumirse calientes.