Trends in landbouw en voedsel

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., the largest Burger King franchisee, provided the first official glimpse into the No. 2 burger brand’s latest sales trends, and it wasn’t good.While analysts and observers have predicted that Burger King sales trends would...

The Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on the revival of potato growing to boost the country’s food security. Among the key priorities are the rehabilitation of cold stores, construction and equipping tissue culture laboratories and green houses. ...

“There are people that are huge fans of fresh crinkle cut fries,” according to Ken Schiller, owner of the newly opened Mighty Fine Burgers Fries Shakes in Austin, Texas, “If it’s frozen, it’s no good.” Schiller tested thirteen different size fries with...

The Potato industry’s “Potatoes … Goodness Unearthed” slogan has officially become a registered trademark.The slogan — which grower-shippers, packers, retailers and other allied industry have been using on bags, bins and boxes since 2008 —  will now in...

De gemiddelde opbrengst van Bintje consumptieaardappelen bedroeg vorige week in België 30 ton per hectare. Dat is meer dan het tienjaarlijks gemiddelde. Het Belgische Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt (PCA) heeft vorige week de eerste proefrooiinge...

Some EU 5 countries have amended their estimates of planted area for the 2009 crop over the last month. In Holland the Dutch Statistical Office published results of its May survey of growers which shows Ware plantings at 68,800 ha, which is now slightl...

Con el inicio del año fiscal en California, también entran en vigor varias leyes como la que hará pública la información nutritiva de comida en restaurantes de comida rápida, así como la extensión de beneficios de salud para personas que hayan perdido ...

Fresh potatoes take a starring role and inspire families to build them into their weekly meal repertoires.Thanks to its innovative ‘Me for a Day’ life swap experiment, which was captured on film and has been airing nationally, the Potato Council’s camp...

The recently appointed chairman of the Washington State Potato Commission resigned last week following his arrest on assault charges July 5. Robert Halvorson Jr., of Toppenish, was arrested by Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies after injuring a relative ...

Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded.There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found. The Food Standard...

Over much of 2008 and 2009, CPG manufacturers imposed price hikes without being blunt about it, usually by shrinking the amount of food inside of cleverly designed boxes, bags, bottles and jars that don’t look much smaller than before, but often are.  ...

The Agency is today launching a consultation on its proposals to introduce voluntary recommendations for food manufacturers for reductions in saturated fat and added sugar and increased availability of smaller single-portion sizes in a number of key ...

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, is planning massive campaign through Indian Embassies in the foreign countries to attract investment of US$ 20 billion in the food processing industries in the country.According to Minist...

Between January 2008 and June 2009, Mintel (Global New Products Database) tracked a total of 88,364 new food and beverage product launches throughout Europe. The most frequent claims made on these are (in descending order):

Wet, humid conditions are leading to the worst season for late blight on potatoes on P.E.I. in years. Provincial agriculture officials report 30 cases of late blight so far this summer in Island potato fields. Last year at this time, there were just t...

One of the country's leading manufacturers of frozen potatoes worked more than 20 years trying to perfect a french fry vending machine, with little success. In the 1990s, another company promised just such a machine but foundered amid allegations that...

The good news is people want to eat for health. They’re ready to respond to the latest research study or the newest discovery about food benefits, especially when a nutritional component is somehow linked to treatment or prevention of a disease.But is ...

There are 4,000 fewer restaurants in the United States this spring than there were last spring, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD’s Spring 2009 ReCount®, which is a census of commercial restaurant locations in the Unite...