News on Health and Nutrition

April 24, 2014

McDonald's recognizes Simplot for Community Service

Simplot's Safety Days initiative was recently recognized by McDonald’s Corporation as demonstrating best practices in the “Community Impact” section of the company’s Sustainable Supply awards.

Lay's Air pOps, Original, Barbeque and Sour Cream & Onion

April 23, 2014

Lay's Air Pops Crisps rolled out in additional US States

Lay's potato chips, one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, is expanding distribution of Lay's Air Pops crisps to even more markets across the United States.

April 20, 2014

La próxima despensa global: Cómo América Latina puede alimentar al mundo

Los elementos esenciales para el crecimiento agrícola masivo y sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe ya están dados. Sin embargo, para que toda la región alcance su enorme potencial agrícola, será necesario alinear muchas 'partes movibles'. Cómo lograrlo es el tema que cubre este informe.

April 14, 2014

Burts Chips uses locally sourced Cornish Sea Salt

Responding to the increased consumer demand for strong traceability and high quality ingredients, British crisp producer Burts Chips started using locally sourced Cornish Sea Salt in its top-selling salt variant.

April 14, 2014

US Retailer Target introduces 17 Better-for-you brands

Target Corp. is now introducing “Made to Matter – Handpicked by Target.” The first-of-its-kind collection brings together 17 leading natural, organic and sustainable brands to introduce new products and make them more accessible.

A potato farmer in Meepitima, Nuwara Eliya collecting the potato harvest (Susantha Wijegunasekera; Sunday Observer)

March 31, 2014

Sri Lanka Government introduces guaranteed price for potatoes

The Sri Lanka government introduces guaranteed price for potatoes, onions and dried chili to stimulate growth of the agricultural sector, achieving national food security.

March 29, 2014

UK: Kettle Sweet Potato Chips withdrawn due to labeling error.

Kettle Foods Ltd has withdrawn some packs of its Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips Sweet Chilli because they contain wheat (gluten).

March 29, 2014

Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Canyon Cut potato chips awarded as cleanest packaged snack food

Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Canyon Cut™ potato chips awarded as cleanest packaged snack food

March 05, 2014

Burger King makes Satisfries the standard fries in its Kids meals

Burger King Worldwide, Inc. announces that it is making SATISFRIES™ French fries the standard fry in the BURGER KING® Kid’s Meal.

Lay's Kettle Cooked 40 Percent Less Fat Jalapeno Cheddar and Lay's Kettle Cooked 40 Percent Less Fat Sea Salt & Vinegar

February 26, 2014

Lay's Kettle Cooked Brand adds two New Flavors With Less Fat

Lay's Kettle Cooked - one of the many brands from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division - today announced the expansion of its hard-bite potato chip line-up with the addition of two new flavors.

Roundtable Report Potato Council: Unearthing the role of potatoes in a healthy sustainable diet

February 25, 2014

Potatoes: convincing government of their importance

Potato Council acts as a knowledge house for Government raising the importance of the potato. Two years since this work programme started there has been a real increase in knowledge about potatoes amongst parliamentarians with 83% now regarding potatoes as an important crop.

February 17, 2014

El Foro español de la patata estudia medidas para mejorar la percepción del consumidor sobre este producto

El Foro español de la patata (o papa) ha comenzado a desarrollar propuestas para mejorar la percepción que tiene el consumidor de este producto, con el fin de fomentar su consumo y contribuir al mantenimiento del cultivo en España. Entre éstas figura la elaboración de un proyecto de código de buenas prácticas para el fomento de su venta y consumo.

February 17, 2014

Kettle Brand Voluntarily Recalls Limited Run of Bakes Sea Salt Potato Chips Due to Potential Milk Allergen

Kettle Brand is issuing a voluntary recall on a limited run of its 4-ounce Kettle Brand Bakes Sea Salt Potato Chips because of potential exposure to milk-based sour cream seasoning, a potential milk allergen not declared on the ingredient label.

Backer's sour cream and onion potato chips

February 06, 2014

Fire damages Backer's Potato Chips plant

A fire at Backer's Potato Chips plant in Missouri on Tuesday will keep the facility closed for the rest of the week after a brief fire caused some damage but no injuries

Washington & Colorado Food Banks Win Big With Super Bowl Bet

February 06, 2014

Washington and Colorado Food Banks Win Big With Super Bowl Bet

The Washington State Potato Commission and the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) made sure that food banks in their respective states are the true winners of this year’s Super Bowl.

Graph representing Per Capita food losses and waste at consumption and pre-consumption stages

February 05, 2014

DuPont highlights Food Chain Collaboration at Fruit Logistica

At the 2014 Fruit Logistica event, being held in Berlin from 5-7 February, DuPont Food Chain Manager for the EMEA region, Mr Luigi Coffano, highlighted the challenges faced by a world population that is growing by 150,000 people every day.

February 01, 2014

Hain Celestial wants to score with healthy snacks during the big game

It is estimated that Americans will consume 20.8 million pounds of potato chips and 20.8 million pounds of tortilla chips during the big game, and as fans huddle around the chip bowl, they should be looking for healthier options.