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oktober 20, 2009

United Biscuits 'Crunch Busters' show low price right on the pack, offering value to consumers

United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, has launched a range of savoury snacks 35p Price Marked Packs, available now, to help retailers and their customers beat the economic downturn. The new selection of Price Mar...

oktober 20, 2009

UK Food and drink exports buck the trend

Exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks bucked the recessionary trend and were up 10.2% to £4.82bn in the first six months of the year, according to new research commissioned by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF)[1]. Exports of all UK goods were dow...

oktober 15, 2009

Aviko: rondleiding door de grootste frietfabriek van Nederland.

Mac van Dinther van de Volksrant is op bezoek bij de grootste frietfabriek van Nederland: Aviko in Steenderen. Hij beschrijft het proces van de aardappel to friet: "Gekke plek voor een frietfabriek, zeg ik als we de receptie van Aviko in Steend...

oktober 14, 2009

Empresa española producirá papas chips ecológicas en bolsas de 125 gramos

Los expertos aseguran que el futuro de la economía está en la innovación. Sobre todo, en aquellas áreas que, como la agricultura, están sufriendo una crisis desde muchos años que amenaza con convertirse en un camino sin retorno. Por ello, hay todavía a...

oktober 13, 2009

Evalúan en España variedades de papa húngaras, polacas y rumanas para consumo en chips o venta en fresco

El personal técnico del Centro de Desarrollo Agroganadero que el Inorde tiene en el municipio de Xinzo realizó un primer muestreo entre las 35 variedades de patata plantadas en la finca de ensayo de Antela, dentro del "Proyecto Patata", que t...

oktober 07, 2009

Kettle Foods being put up for sale?

Rising profits and turnover at Kettle Foods have fuelled speculation that its private equity owners will put the business up for sale.City speculation has suggested that Lion Capital, which bought Norwich-based Kettle for about £170m in 2006, will put ...

september 21, 2009

Kerry launches 'Route to Natural' flavour for baked savoury snacks at FIE 2009

Snack food manufacturers seeking to target the better-for-you, natural savoury snacks market will be interested in Kerry’s great-tasting cheese and salami Route to Natural baked snack flavouring. MSG-free and containing all-natural ingredients, this ne...

september 02, 2009

Youngsters try to beat the bosses working at Seabrook crisp factory

A new BBC TV series, Beat the Boss, involves teams of youngsters and adults competing to devise new products. For one of the programmes experts at Bradford’s Seabrook Crisps worked with teams to develop new ranges and flavours. Three 11 and 12-year...

september 02, 2009

DS Smith develops retail-ready packaging for Seabrook Crisps in Asda stores

DS Smith has created retail-ready packaging (RRP) for Seabrook Crisps that can be turned into a standalone display.The pack can be transformed from RRP to a display unit by opening the perforations on the side of the tray to create special locking tabs...

september 02, 2009

Intersnack extends its Penn State brand with ‘deli-cious' baked chips.

Intersnack, one of the UK's largest snack manufacturers has revealed plans to extend its premium brand Penn State, by launching a new range of ‘deli-cious' baked chips.Alongside the already popular pretzel range, Penn State will introduce a new deli in...

augustus 24, 2009

Kettle Chips (UK) launches seasonal flavour

In preparation for the Christmas and New Year period, Kettle Chips is introducing its winter seasonal flavour, Red Onion Chutney, to its range of hand cooked chips in the UK.

augustus 20, 2009

Closure Flodor factory: Unichips to pay compensation

The Italian group UNICHIPS was sentenced Wednesday to pay compensation to employees of the factory Flodor of PeronneFour years after the liquidation of the factory in 2005, the court had confirmed that the safeguards to maintain employment at the time ...

augustus 17, 2009

McCoy’s new Pub Grub range meets growing desire for best of British flavours

To meet the growing trend for strong, British flavours and generate extra sales for retailers, United Biscuits UK, a leading manufacturer of snacks, biscuits and cakes, is launching McCoy’s limited edition Pub Grub range.The range consists of two class...

augustus 02, 2009

Belgisch aardappelareaal stijgt 16%

Recent maakte het NIS (Nationaal Instituut voor de Statistiek) de voorlopige areaalcijfers bekend voor 2009. Het NIS baseert zijn gegevens voor deze landbouwtelling op 60% van de bedrijven. Uit deze cijfers blijkt dat het totale areaal aardappelen dit ...

juli 28, 2009

Top 10 claims on new product introductions in Europe

Between January 2008 and June 2009, Mintel (Global New Products Database) tracked a total of 88,364 new food and beverage product launches throughout Europe. The most frequent claims made on these are (in descending order):

juli 21, 2009

New Scottish kettle crisps Brand: Mackies at Taypack

Ice cream giants Mackies and Perthshire potato company Taypack are defying the recession to create Scotland's newest brand of crisps.Mackies at Taypack have invested £1.6 million in state of the art technology and have created 15 jobs.George Taylor of ...

juli 21, 2009

Boete Aviko voor lekken 1600 kilo koudemiddel HCFK

Aviko uit Steenderen moet een geldboete betalen van tienduizend euro waarvan de helft voorwaardelijk.De frietfabrikant moet de boete betalen omdat het bedrijf op 22 december bijna 1600 kilogram koudemiddel HCFK had gelekt. Het middel wordt gebruikt vo...

juli 16, 2009

What's in potato peels?

What sort of bounty could possibly lie in piles of discarded potato peelings?“We have been interested in by-products for quite a while now,” says Dr Nigel Brunton, a senior research officer with Teagasc who works with phytochemicals derived from plants...