Chips en Snacks

Scientists of the Texas A&M University, writing in the Journal of Food Process Engineering, report that short frying time and/or longer centrifuging time combinations would maximize oil removal from the chip's surface during vacuum frying. Accord...

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today announced that The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has granted its approval to Diamond Foods, Inc. for its pending acquisition of the Pringles business from The Procter &Gamble Company. Earlier this summer ...

Es uno de los siete proyectos de la Escuela de Ingeniería UC que se adjudicó un FONDEF este año. Presentado como un proyecto de interés público, “Minimización de la formación de acrilamida en alimentos de consumo masivo en Chile” pretende determinar el...

Amerikaanse onderzoekers van de Purdue University Indiana bestudeerden het effect van kunstmatige vetvervangers en vergeleken daarbij normale chips met light chips. Daarbij kwamen ze tot de verrassende uitkomst dat chips gemaakt met vetvervangers bijdr...

Onderzoekers van de K.U.Leuven, de University of Manchester en de Queen Mary University of London hebben aangetoond dat er een wetenschappelijke basis bestaat voor de fenomenen 'emo-eten' en 'comfort food'. Proefpersonen die zonder het te weten een vet...

In de chipsfabriek van Pringles in Mechelen heerst er onrust over een 'blijfpremie' voor werknemers die wordt geschat op 7.000 euro. Peanuts, vinden de vakbonden, terwijl het management zowat een heel jaarloon als premie krijgt uitgekeerd. Op 5 april ...

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food maker and marketer, today reported financial results for the second quarter ending June 25, 2011, highlighted by net revenue growth of 24.9% and second quarter earnings of $0.05 per fully d...

Diamond Foods, Inc. today announced that it has received clearance from the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on its pending acquisition of the Pringles business from The Procter &Gamble Company. The clearance by the OFT follows Diamo...

Herr’s Foods, Inc. has combined forces again with TW Garner Food Company to create the next great taste in festive snack foods. The new Herr’s Hot Sauce Flavored Ripple Kettle Cooked Potato Chips combine the fresh, great-tasting Herr’s Ripple Kettle C...

Ray Coyle, founder of Irish potato crisp maker Largo Foods, is selling a 25 percent stake in the company to German snack maker Intersnack, the Sunday Times reported, citing an interview with Coyle. Coyle is selling a further 11 percent stake in the co...

Snack manufacturer Parle has tied up with the Priya Group to manufacture, supply and package wafers and snacks for its newly-launched brand Full Toss. Under the agreement, Priya will manufacture 3,000 tonne potato chips and snacks annually for the FMC...

KiMs is one of Denmark’s largest manufacturers of chips and snacks. DAN-Palletiser has helped to pave the way for palletising 25 pallets per hour at the state of art manufacturing facility at Søndersø. KiMs has an annual turnover of more than 66 mill....

The managing director of Intersnack UK says that a consumer “appetite for experimentation” is driving strong growth in a snacks market where the main business challenge is keeping pace with fast-changing consumer and retailer needs. Richard Robinson ...

Miguel Ordinola es el coordinador de INCOPA, un proyecto apoyado por la Iniciativa Papa Andina. Su trabajo en el proyecto se relaciona con la incidencia pública y política, la responsabilidad social empresarial y el enfoque participativo de cadenas pro...

La Asociación de Producción de Papa FIWAP informó recientemente que durante el período comprendido entre febrero 2010 hasta enero 2011 (12 meses), Bélgica fue el mayor exportador mundial de productos procesados ??de papa, alcanzando 1.441.925 tn, segui...

In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain.

Sequoia Capital invests $30 million in Indore-based Prakash Snacks for an undisclosed stake.