News On Ingredients from the United States

June 07, 2010

ConAgra Foods to Sell Gilroy Foods & Flavors' Dehydrated & Vegetable Product Operations to Olam International

ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell its Gilroy Foods &Flavors dehydrated and vegetable product operations to Olam International for $250 million, subject to final working capital adjustments. The seasoning ...

May 28, 2010

Trans Fats replaced by Healthier Fats, Study Finds

Fears that removing harmful trans fats from foods would open the door for manufacturers and restaurants to add other harmful fats to foods seem to be unfounded, a new study finds. A team from Harvard School of Public Health analyzed 83 reformulated p...

May 03, 2010

HVP recall continues – but far smaller than feared

Two more products have been recalled due to the possibility that they may contain salmonella-tainted hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) from Basic Food Flavors – but fears of a large-scale recall have proved unfounded.At the beginning of March, Food an...

April 14, 2010

Frito-Lay lanza en EUA empaques para papas fritas 100% compostables

En la víspera del Mes de la Tierra, la marca de papas fritas SunChips, de Frito-Lay, firma perteneciente a la multinacional PepsiCo, presentó oficialmente al mercado la “primera bolsa de pasabocas cien por ciento compostable”, según la compañía. El la...

April 09, 2010

Frito-Lay Topeka site awarded LEED EB Gold Certification

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Topeka, Kansas, facility today became the state’s first manufacturing site, and the nation’s second food manufacturing site, to be awarded LEED® Existing Building (EB) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC),...

March 29, 2010

Lance, Inc. Has Issued a Voluntary Recall of All Tom's Barbecue Potato Chips Because Of A Possible Health Risk

Lance, Inc. with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina is recalling 28,087 cases of Tom's Barbecue Potato Chips packaged in 1 oz (UPC 021900060406), 2.25 oz (UPC 021900011477) and 8.5 oz (UPC 021900062417) sizes because it has the potential to be c...

March 22, 2010

Pepsico reducirá sodio, azúcar y grasas en sus productos

La compañía alimenticia PepsiCo planea reducir en un cuarto el sodio encontrado en cada porción de los productos de sus marcas principales en un plazo de cinco años, anunció el lunes. La compañía, que fabrica papas fritas Frito-Lay y bebidas Pepsi, an...

March 21, 2010

'Designer Salt' could reduce sodium in Lays Potato Chips

Later this month, at a pilot manufacturing plant in Plano, Texas PepsiCo Inc. plans to start churning out batches of a secret new ingredient to make its Lay's potato chips healthier. The ingredient is a new "designer salt"whose crystals are ...

The genetically modified starch potato Amflora

March 10, 2010

The History and Future of GM Potatoes

Last week the European Commission approved cultivation and processing of the genetically modified starch potato Amflora. The request for authorisation was submitted by Amflora's developer BASF in August 1996, more than 13 years ago!

In North America, currently no genetically modified potatoes are commercially grown. But the GM potato has already a colorful history in the US and Canada

March 08, 2010

Herr Foods Inc. Recalls 'Herr's Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt Flavored' Kettle Style Potato Chips

As a precautionary measure and concern for our consumer safety, Herr Foods Inc of Nottingham, PA is voluntarily recalling 'Herr's Cracked Pepper and Sea Salt Flavored' Kettle Style Potato Chips. The product is being recalled because it contains HVP (h...

March 08, 2010

P&G Joins Industry Ingredient Recall by Voluntary Recalling Two Flavors of Pringles® in the US

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), in response to a recommendation from the Food &Drug Administration (FDA) to the food industry, announced today that it is voluntarily recalling Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and P...

March 07, 2010

Reser's Fine Food recalls number of dips and (potato) salads

Reser’s Fine Foods Inc, Beaverton, Oregon is voluntarily recalling a limited number of retail size and bulk containers of dips, salad dressings and potato salad products distributed by supermarkets and other food retail and wholesale outlets. Reser’s...

March 07, 2010

HVP recall due to possible Salmonella contamination affects several potato products

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) is now taking its place beside peanuts, pistachios, and powdered milk as a food ingredient causing recalls of many, many individual products.Hydrolyzed vegetable protein is a common ingredient used most frequently as...

March 04, 2010

Safeway recalls red potato salad

Safeway Inc. has been notified by Reser's Fine Foods that it has voluntarily recalled several products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. As a precautionary measure, Safeway is participating in the recall by voluntarily recalling the following p...

March 01, 2010

Crackdown on salt could save U.S. billions

Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday....

January 28, 2010

ADM Releases First Corporate Responsibility Report

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has made considerable progress in the areas of supply-chain integrity, environmental stewardship, social investing and safety since the Company convened its Sustainability Steering Committee in 2007. Those a...

January 19, 2010

Las papas fritas de los restaurantes de comida rápida de EE UU se cocinan con aceite de maíz

La mayoría de las patatas fritas de los restaurantes de comida rápida se cocinan con aceite de maíz, según un estudio elaborado por la Universidad de Hawai en Manoa (Estados Unidos) que se publica en la edición digital de la revista «Proceedings of the...

January 13, 2010

Nueva York ordena reducir un 25% la sal de los alimentos

El alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg, sigue con su cruzada por la vida sana. Primero, prohibió fumar en bares y restaurantes de la ciudad. Después, obligó a retirar las grasas trans y a especificar las calorías en los menús. Y ahora lanza una ca...