Chips en Snacks uit de Verenigde Staten

september 19, 2007

Mintel Report outlines market opportunities for snack makers

The salty snack market in the US is facing serious threats, and manufacturers need to focus on a number of opportunities if they are to avoid the pitfalls, according to a new report by Mintel. Published last month, the report values the market for t...

september 19, 2007

Kettle Chips Takes Home the Gold with New Green Potato Chip Factory

Wind turbines and native prairie grasses have nothing to do with America’s favorite snack, potato chips, but they’re helping Kettle Foods earn recognition for building the greenest food manufacturing plant in the U.S. The U.S. Green Building Council ...

september 18, 2007

Calbee Launches New U.S. Plant

Japanese snack food maker Calbee Foods Co. Friday launched operations at a new plant in California for making its mainstay products "Kappa Ebisen"shrimp chips and "Saya-endo"snow pea crisps.The new plant has a monthly output capacit...

september 17, 2007

Frito-Lay teams up with rap artist Missy Elliot for launch of Doritos Collisions

Doritos, a brand of Frito-Lay North America, has teamed up with Grammy award winning artist Missy Elliott to launch its new Doritos Collisions. The new snack puts two different flavored chips in the same bag. For example there are Doritos Collisions ...

18 windturbines will line the roof of new Beloit kettle foods potato chip factory

september 17, 2007

'Environmentally-Friendly' Potato Chip Factory from Kettle Foods to Celebrate Grand Opening

Local officials attending the official grand opening of the Kettle Foods potato chip factory in Beloit this Wednesday will be greeted by an unusual sight. They will see 18 wind turbines lining the roof of the newly built 73,000-square-foot facility, wh...

september 17, 2007

ALL CANDY EXPO(R) Forecasts Upcoming Confectionery and Snack Trends

At the annual ALL CANDY EXPO, starting today, confectionery and snack-food industry leaders, distributors and retailersreveal the new trends that will drive sales for 2007 and 2008. The largest confectionery show in North America now adds savory snacks...

september 14, 2007

Hailman's new owners of Mrs. Fisher's Potato Chips in Rockford.

For the first time since its original owner sold the iconic potato chip company more than a half-century ago, Mrs. Fisher's Inc. is being run by a Mrs. again. Longtime employee Roma Hailman and her husband, Mark Hailman, bought the potato-chip maker ...

september 13, 2007

New Frito-lay Sunchips package includes Green E-designation

SunChips, Frito-Lay's popular brand of multigrain snacks, announced today the inclusion of the "Green-e"designation across the full line of SunChips snacks. The updated packaging will feature the Green-e logo, a designation from the Center f...

september 12, 2007

100 calorie snack packs continue to thrive

In an attempt to assuage public concern about the obesity problem, major snack brands like Kraft, Kellogs and Frito-lay are responding with 100-calorie packs of their most popular varieties. According to Tom Vierhile, director of Productscan Online, ...

september 12, 2007

Mystic Gourmet Dark Russet Potato Chips (Utz)

This week I reached out for a bag of Mystic Gourmet Dark Russet Potato Chips, available in stores in the Northeast (lucky them) and online throughout cyberspace (still lucky). Mystic? Dark? I love a mystery, so I bought a bag. They had me at crunch. ...

september 07, 2007

ConAgra Foods Strengthens Brand Portfolio Through Aquisition of Lincoln Snacks

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Chicago-based Lincoln Snacks, a privately-held popcorn snacks manufacturer.

september 07, 2007

ConAgra Foods Strengthens Brand Portfolio Through Aquisition of Lincoln Snacks

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Chicago-based Lincoln Snacks, a privately-held popcorn snacks manufacturer. Lincoln Snacks' priority brands include Poppycock and Fiddle Faddle and various retailers' private label products. The...

september 05, 2007

ConAgra will remove diacetyl - a flavoring linked to a lung ailment - from its Popcorn

The U.S.'s largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG), said it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant wor...

augustus 31, 2007

Potato Industry contributes 6.7 billion to the Idaho Economy

Spuds are no longer the top agricultural commodity in Idaho as measured by annual cash receipts. Potatoes yielded that position to the dairy industry several years ago. But spuds are still a huge part of Idaho's agricultural economy, according to a Un...

augustus 20, 2007

Snacks That Pass the Test

The Washington Post had 16 snacks judged for suitability as a school snack by twenty-nine 3rd and 4th graders. The taste test included 16 snacks that contained about 100 calories per serving -- an amount that nutrition experts say is appropriate for ...

augustus 17, 2007

Flat Earth launches Fruit Crisp and Veggie Crisp multipacks

Flat Earth, the snack that brings great taste and nutrition together in a baked fruit crisp and vegetable crisp, now provides even greater convenience with a new multipack offering. The single serve bag in each multipack is a perfect snack for lunchbox...

augustus 15, 2007

Golden flake launches 'Energy chip'

Golden Enterprises, maker of Golden Flake snacks, said Tuesday it has come up with the industry's first "energy chip"for sports enthusiasts and energy-drink imbibers. NRG Phoenix Fury Potato Chips are shipping now to convenience stores. They...

augustus 15, 2007

Zebra stripe disease threatens US farmers who sell to Frito-Lay

Ruffles have ridges but they’re not supposed to have stripes. That’s why potato-chip producers like Frito-Lay and the growers who sell taters are fretting over a somewhat mysterious crop disease known as Zebra Chip. It’s wreaking havoc on Texas potat...