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Since 2015, China has selected more than 10 potato varieties suitable for processing staple foods and developed more than 300 potato-based versions of staple food.

The record year of 2016 for the Belgian potato processing industry continued into 2017, according to Belgapom, the Belgian potato trade and processing industry association.

Convenience Store Chain 7-Eleven adds potato tots to its hot snacks. The new 7‑Eleven Tots can be customized with toppings from 7‑ Eleven’s condiment and toppings bar - previously used to top nachos and Big Bite® hot dogs

Last Tuesday, Taco Bell said its limited-time Nacho Fries have been crowned the company’s most successful new menu item ever.

Tong Engineering offered the option of integrated optical sorting within its market leading grading machine, the Caretaker, back in 2016. This has proved to be a very welcome addition.

Grimme Ireland recently moved to a newly constructed Sales and Service Center for its Agricultural Machinery on a one hectare plot in Balbriggan, 25 km North of Dublin.

Benjamin 'Benjy' Firester, 18, of New York City, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 with a mathematical model that uses disease data to predict how weather patterns could spread late blight spores.

Bayard Distribution is a family business located in the Hauts-de-France. The company produces about 12,000 tons of potatoes annually.

First potatoes planted in Saxony, Germany

En el municipio de Toca, departamento de Boyacá, 17 mujeres y sus familias se le midieron a encabezar la producción de materia prima.

Dutch Potato Starch Manufacturer Avebe is planning to extend the potato starch production in its Gasselternijveen plant in order to be able produce more potato protein.

Lidl reduces plastic use in Germany by at least 20 percent by 2025 100 percent recyclability of plastic packaging by 2025

The potato growers supplying McDonald’s in the United Kingdom can get a free agronomy skills training to improve crop performance and quality with the launch of the MacFry Potato Academy.

Japan's Cup Noodle maker Nissin continues to push the instant ramen envelope in delicious new ways. And now they have waded into PotatoPro territory.

Jamaican potato farmers receive financial support from an unexpected source: a hotel chain wanting to serve its guests with locally grown Irish potatoes

Boulder Canyon Authentic Foods® expands its line of Rice Bran Oil Kettle Cooked Potato Chips with the introduction of two new savory flavors: Buffalo Ranch and Sweet Chipotle

Pulsemaster, a global leader in Pulsed Electric Field systems for potato processing, supplied a PEF system to a major French Fry manufacturer four months ago. Now, Pulsemaster has received another order from the same company to supply a 100kW PEF system for a new processing line.

At SNAXPO 2018, Equipment Supplier to the Snack Industry Heat and Control will showcase the latest technologies, including Heat and Control's processing systems line-up, FastBack®, Spray Dynamics®, Ishida®, and CEIA®.