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Snyder's acquired Jay's foods after bankruptcy auction

december 07, 2007

Snyder's of Hanover officially acquires Jays Foods

Snyder's of Hanover, Hanover, Pennsylvania, officially acquired Jays Foods, Chicago, on Tuesday, December 4 after a bankruptcy auction was held in Chicago on November 30. Shortly after the Judge approved the transaction, Jays Foods officially closed t...

december 07, 2007

Umami in the food industry and at home

The food industry is embracing umami as part of an effort to deliver highly flavored foods to consumers while also cutting back on fat, salt, sugar and artificial ingredients. It was identified in the early 20th century by Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese ...

december 06, 2007

Three million pounds of sodium cut from ConAgra food

ConAgra Foods has said it has removed nearly three million pounds of sodium from a range of products without affecting taste.The firm said it will continue to look at ways of cutting down salt, and said it has already managed to remove up to 20 per cen...

Snyder's of Hanover gets approval to buy Jay's potato chips

december 05, 2007

Banckruptcy court approves sale of Jay's to Snyder's of Hanover

Jays Potato Chips is closing its South Side plant, effective today, and taking 220 jobs with it.The 80-year-old company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 11, received bankruptcy court approval Tuesday to sell its assets for $24.8 million ...

december 04, 2007

Ontario To Make Schools Trans-Fat Free

Ontario is taking action to make schools healthier places to learn by moving to drop trans fat from lunchroom menus."Our kids' health is just too important to risk,"said Premier Dalton McGuinty. "Trans fats have no place in our schools a...

december 04, 2007

Snyder's of Hanover offers to take over bankrupt Jays

Jays Foods, which produces Jays and Krunchers! potato chips and O-Ke-Doke popcorn, entertained takeover bids through Friday, and Tuesday will ask the bankruptcy court to approve its sale to Snyder's of Hanover, a pretzelmaker identified in court docume...

december 04, 2007

Frito-Lay recognized by EPA for efforts to reduce water use

Frito-Lay Inc. was one of the six winners recently recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for their efforts in reducing, reusing and recycling water. The Plano, Texas, snack food maker earned the 2007 Water Efficiency Leader (WEL) award for...

december 03, 2007

220 jobs to be lost at Jay's Foods when new owner Snyder's halts production Wednesday

While the famous Jays brand should survive, the South Side factory that has churned out potato chips for decades will close permanently Wednesday, a casualty of Jays Foods' latest bankruptcy.Snyder's of Hanover, the Pennsylvania snack food-maker aimin...

november 28, 2007

La acrilamida no aumenta el riesgo de cancer de mama

Un estudio importante halla que el compuesto que se encuentra en alimentos fritos y horneados no representa una amenaza. Al parecer existe poca o ninguna relación entre el cáncer de mama y la acrilamida, una sustancia que se encuentra en alimentos fr...

november 20, 2007

Are chips the answer to world hunger?

Solanum tuberosum – the potato - will have its year in 2008. The UN is trying to wean developing countries off rice and persuade them to adopt the potato as a staple food. Potatoes beat rice on most measures. They need less water and less space to prod...

november 19, 2007

Markets broadened for Carolina potato growers

Potato growers in North Carolina will have improved access to Canadian markets next year, thanks to a bilateral trade agreement signed recently by the United States and Canada. Growers will have a limited amount of guaranteed access to Canadian market...

november 15, 2007

ARS develops extrusion method for tasty lentil snacks

Researchers from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) claim to have stabilised a process of using extrusion technology to make healthy and tasty snacks out of legumes.

november 15, 2007

Frito-lay plans eco-friendly chips factory in Casa Grande

Frito-Lay is embarking on an ambitious plan to change the way its Casa Grande factory operates, and in the process, create a new type of snack: the environmentally benign chip. Goal is to take the Casa Grande plant off the power grid, or nearly so, a...

november 15, 2007

Frito-Lay launches True North, a line of healthy snacks based on nuts

Hoping to lure health-conscious consumers, Frito-Lay plans to introduce a line of premium nuts and baked crackers, the snack-maker's parent company said Wednesday. True North, a line of nuts, nut clusters and chips made of nuts, will launch in the ...

november 14, 2007

PepsiCo on track for full-year earnings outlook

PepsiCo Inc said on Wednesday it is on track to meet its full-year earnings forecast, less than 10 days after it announced it would reorganize itself into three business units.

november 13, 2007

Orville Redenbacher's(R) SmartPop!(R), Now With 30% Less Sodium

More than 90 percent of Americans surveyed are quick to identify high blood pressure as one of their biggest health concerns related to sodium intake. However, according to a recent survey conducted by Orville Redenbacher's(R) Gourmet(R) Popping Corn(1...

november 09, 2007

McDonald's, Pepsi not trying to make kids fat

When you think of childhood obesity, McDonald's and Pepsi want you to think of them -- but probably not in the way you think. Representatives from the fast-food and soft-drink conglomerates attended a international conference aimed at fighting childho...

november 09, 2007

No new potato chips processing plant in Hartland

A waterfront property in Hartland, New Brunswick will not be home to a new potato chip processing plant and retail office. Hartland Town Council chose not to rezone a residential property on Hartland's Main Street to accommodate the proposed new busi...