Potato News

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo, Neiker, tiene como objetivo conseguir una o más variedades de patata que reúnan las características óptimas tanto para el consumo en fresco como para el proceso industrial.

National Starch Food Innovation has become the latest ingredients firm to signal a price rise in the face of rising raw material costs, with starches for food, beverage and pharmaceutical use set to become more expensive.

Doritos, a brand of Frito-Lay North America, has teamed up with Grammy award winning artist Missy Elliott to launch its new Doritos Collisions. The new snack puts two different flavored chips in the same bag. For example there are Doritos Collisions ...

More than a dozen parties have expressed interest in Wendy's International Inc's sale process, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with the situation. On its Web site, the Journal reported the source said Wendy's board ...

The McCain factory at Wombourne, near Wolverhampton, is having a 90-day consultation period over plans to axe half of the 240-strong workforce. Union leaders have now told staff losses are inevitable because of the long-standing problems which have do...

After a long hiatus, Prince Edward Island is exporting potatoes to Argentina. On Wednesday 5,000 tonnes of potatoes, the equivalent of 220 tractor-trailer loads, will be loaded on a boat in Summerside harbour. The shipment is the first in more than a ...

Local officials attending the official grand opening of the Kettle Foods potato chip factory in Beloit this Wednesday will be greeted by an unusual sight. They will see 18 wind turbines lining the roof of the newly built 73,000-square-foot facility, wh...

At the annual ALL CANDY EXPO, starting today, confectionery and snack-food industry leaders, distributors and retailersreveal the new trends that will drive sales for 2007 and 2008. The largest confectionery show in North America now adds savory snacks...

Flavor and fragrance manufacturer Symrise has acquired Unilever’s non branded food ingredients business in the UK. The food ingredients portfolio comprises dry seasonings and wet pastes. The turnover of this non core business for Unilever UK was 5m€ i...

For the first time since its original owner sold the iconic potato chip company more than a half-century ago, Mrs. Fisher's Inc. is being run by a Mrs. again. Longtime employee Roma Hailman and her husband, Mark Hailman, bought the potato-chip maker ...

People who opt for a meal at a "healthy"restaurant often consume more calories than they would dining at fast food joints that make no health claims, a new study shows. The researchers found that individuals underestimate the calorie content...

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