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Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Penford Corporation (NASDAQ: PENX), a U.S.-based leader in specialty ingredients for food and non-food applications.

Florimond Desprez, an independent family‐owned company, has acquired Germicopa, the leading French potato seed company and world leader in firm flesh potato varieties.

Cargill and ConAgra Foods, Inc. announce a partnership to bring the Hunt’s® line of condiments and ACT II® microwave popcorn to Brazil.

AUSPACK 2015 will feature an impressive list of processing machinery exhibitors from all over the world.

Already sixty-six billion dollars in revenue, Pepsico faces growth demands from investors at four to six percent a year--which, Nooyi says, means the company needs to find an additional three and a half to four billion dollars of revenue. Every year.

William Chase, founder of Chase Distillery, will double production of premium spirits to 500,000 bottles this year after a bumper potato harvest.<

McCain Foods has appointed Adam & Eve DDB to handle its creative account following a pitch against Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, WCRS and incumbent BMB.

Heinz is set to cut 200 jobs when it shuts a potato processing plant in Norfolk, which produces Aunt Bessie's frozen potato products

Potandon Produce LLC will be showcasing two new varieties at the upcoming PMA show, the Klondike Royale, a wonderful yellow fleshed potato and Smiley’s, a petite yellow-fleshed potato with naturally occurring marks on the surface of the skin which resemble smiles.

While millions of people from around the world traveled to the iconic Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany this year, Snyder's of Hanover is giving consumers a way to experience the annual beer festival from the comfort of their own homes with the introduction of new Limited Edition Oktoberfest pretzels.

Snack food manufacturer Calbee North America announces the company has located operations in the former BMW distribution facility in Senatobia, Mississippi. The project represents a corporate investment of $51.1 million and will create 254 jobs over the next five years.

Growers of the potato variety Lamoka used for chip processing have seen a higher than normal incidence of blackleg in their fields this summer.

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, maakt bekend dat tijdens de aandeelhoudersvergadering van 9 oktober jl. het dividend op HZPC‑certificaten is vastgesteld op €7,50. HZPC keert daarmee over boekjaar 2013/14 het hoogste dividend in zijn bestaansgeschiedenis uit.

Es la recomendación clave surgida de las presentaciones del XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado recientemente en la ciudad de Bogotá, y del panel sobre consumo y mercado que se realizó en dicho evento.

To improve the air distribution potato storages using boxes, Mooij Agro has developed the EVERY-AIR.

The first wave of results from the Australian industry-funded Potato Tracker project have been released, shedding encouraging new light on purchase triggers and consumption habits relating to fresh potatoes.

By contributing approximately 7% of dietary fiber to the U.S. food supply, new research from APRE found that white potatoes are an importance source of this nutrient for Americans.

Hacia finales de los años 80, la localidad El Hoyo, ubicada al noroeste de la provincia del Chubut, abastecía buena parte de la demanda patagónica de papa. Pero con la llegada de nuevas corrientes migratorias, la orientación varió mayoritariamente hacia la fruta fina. Hoy se quiere revertir esa situación.