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Pringles is set to give convenience retailers a chirpy start to the New Year by launching its first Chicken variant in the channel.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, today announced that it has been named to Forbes magazine's "America's Best Small Companies"list for 2012. Forbes' annual list of "America's Best ...

In response to European concerns over high levels of the carcinogen acrylamide in processed foods, researchers are looking to reduce dietary levels of the chemical by developing a new variety of potato.

El almidón resistente tiene una enzima que puede ayudar a reducir los tumores en las células del colon, según un estudio realizado por el National Cancer Institute.

La periodista boliviana Andrea Alemán Andrade fue invitada a conocer el trabajo que se genera alrededor de la papa en Holanda. Por medio de este reportaje nos cuenta detalladamente la experiencia.

La Asociación Europea de Transformadores de la Patata (EUPPA) lanza web sobre cómo cocinar mejor las papas fritas. Destinada a profesionales y consumidores.

Para su cuarta edición, el Catálogo de Variedades y Clones Avanzados de Papa del CIP ha sido enriquecido y ahora cuenta con 399 clones y 70 variedades desarrolladas por nuestra institución. Otra novedad es la versión en francés—anteriormente el catálog...

Un convenio, firmado ayer, garantiza mercado a unas 2.500 familias de productores de papa de Santa Cruz y Cochabamba que abastecerán a la Procesadora Andina de Papa Pa &Pa. El acuerdo, firmado en la Cámara Departamental de Industria (CNI), asegura...

NEPG: Early indications suggest that the North European harvest will be 17% less than last season with some thousands of hectare still to be harvested.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which ConAgra Foods will acquire Ralcorp

Potato plants can carry various diseases, and many of the most difficult ones to control are passed on through seed potato tubers. Therefore, seed potato certification is a vital step in the process to protect potato crops. In the latest ‘Focus on Po...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston is celebrating 50 years of making foods that people love at its operation in Twin Falls. The plant opened in 1962 – an early entrant into the frozen french fry business.

In a recently completed survey of restaurant user attitudes, Technomic found that 65 percent favor nutritional labeling in restaurants, with the strongest demand for listing of calories and sodium content.

Con los cigarrillos y los autos de alta cilindrada pasó lo mismo. La intención fue desestimular su consumo con medidas que, además de educar, afecten directamente al bolsillo. Por eso algunos legisladores coinciden en la idea de aplicar un nuevo impue...

On the occasion of the opening of Interpom Primeurs, its biennial international trade fair in Kortrijk Xpo, Belgapom, the professional association of the Belgian potato trade and processing sector, launched its corporate social responsibility project.

In financial year 2011/2012 AVEBE achieved a net profit of 32.1 million euros with a turnover of 595.5 million euros. This represents an increase in the net result of over 60% compared to the previous year (19.8 million euros). The turnover for that ye...

San Juan empezaría a producir semilla de papa de alta sanidad dentro de un proyecto iniciado recientemente en la provincia. El proyecto busca aumentar la oferta nacional de este tipo de semilla y mejorar los ingresos de los productores participantes. ...

Rosenqvists, the Swedish manufacturer of equipment for the food industry, has extended its range of pellet frying systems. Rosenqvists range of the unique and patented Star Wheel Fryer has been extended with a fourth model. This extends the range of ...