Gedroogde aardappelproducten

De akkerbouwers en de aardappelverwerkende industrie zijn het eens geworden over enkele aanpassingen in de contracten voor de aardappelteelt. Zo zijn nieuwe afspraken gemaakt in het geval een partij wordt afgekeurd en komt er een keuzemogelijkheid voor...

Danish Potato Starch manufacturer KMC's results for the fiscal year 2007/08* are one of the best in KMC’s history, president Uffe Andreasen announces. The fiscal year that ended August 31 exceeded the budgeted result with a little over 10%, which is mo...

The potato starch campaign at the AGRANA facility in Gmünd|Lower Austria started on 26 August. Including organic potato starch, this year’s harvest will be around 210,000 tonnes (prior year: 195,000 tonnes), thereby reaching the limit of the contractua...

Noordelijke aardappeltelers zijn bezig met het ontwikkelen van aardappelen die beter zijn toegerust op zoute gronden dan de huidige rassen. De rassen zijn bedoeld voor de toekomstige teelt in het Noorden van Nederland in verband met de verzilting van ...

Analyst Martina Valenta of Erste Bank downgrades Agrana AG (AGB1) from "hold"to "reduce,"while reducing her estimates for the company. The target price has been reduced from €72.40 to €54.00.In a research note published this mornin...

Las bolsas biodegradables, realizadas con almidón de patata industrial, empiezan su implantación en España como otra de las pequeñas soluciones para ayudar al medio ambiente. De momento, Carrefour se convertirá en la primera empresa de distribución en ...

After 27 years contribution to the Danish starch potato industry KMC’s chairman of 5 years, Mr. Jørn Outzen, has retired to private life.Jørn Outzen is succeeded as chairman by Mr. Martin Arvad. Martin Arvad has been a member of KMC’s Board of Director...

Austrian sugar, starch and processed fruits manufacturer Agrana Beteiligungs-Ag (AGR.VI) Friday said it expects its operating profit in the current fiscal year to decrease significantly on the year, due to persistent cost increases and an unsatisfactor...

Leading sugar and starch producer in Central and Eastern Europe, Agrana has announced it has acquired, subject to regulatory authority approval, 50 per cent of the shares in the sugar sales operations of the Studen Group, Vienna.

Will Chase loves potatoes, cows and vodka. The farmer behind Tyrrells gourmet crisps starts each day "talking to my cows". He is about to make his first batch of premium potato vodka, made from spuds grown on the farm that are too small to t...

Aviko heeft vorig jaar 40 miljoen euro winst gemaakt. In 2006 draaide het dochterbedrijf van coöperatie Cosun nog met verlies. Het was daarom niet te voorzien dat de niet-suikeractiviteiten van Cosun zou leiden tot een plus op de bietenprijs van 6 eur...

Senior Muslim figures have said that they are shocked that a number of Walkers snacks contain traces of alcohol and eating them is therefore against their religion. A tiny amount of alcohol is used in some products as a chemical agent to extract flavou...

The Amflora potato looks like any garden-variety spud, but it has been genetically modified by the German chemical giant BASF to be unusually rich in starch. It also has aroused concerns that sick people and the elderly could become more vulnerable to...

Aviko, onderdeel van Cosun, werkt momenteel aan de ontwikkeling van een aardappelpuree die gebruikers een 'extra verzadigd gevoel' geeft, zodat je na het eten ervan niet zo snel honger krijgt. Dat vertelt Ad de Laat, directeur van het Cosun Food Techno...

With effect from 1 April 2008 Martin van de Ven (53) will be appointed as CEO of Aviko, business group of Royal Cosun. In this capacity he will remain a member of Cosun’s Executive Board and he becomes responsible for Aviko’s national and international...

Next year Smorgon Food Factory plans to start carrying out an investment project aimed at launching the production of potato flakes, BelTA learnt from director of the company Vadim Kozel. According to him, the preliminary cost of the project is €4 mill...

According to the department of investment policy of the Tyumen region, Ivan Dudanov, Chairman of the Directors Board of Selkhozinvest announced the company's plans to invest about EUR30 million into the construction of a potato processing plant and to...

McCain Foods has launched its first viral advertising campaign, Potato Parade. Potato Parade allows users to choose from hundreds of combinations of words and names to create a personalised message to send onto others. McCain's Potato Parade was crea...