Potato News

The largest potato starch manufacturer in Germany, the Emsland Group partners with the American company JUST (Eat JUST, Inc.).

Founded in 1950, Heat and Control, Inc.®, a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food processing industry
supplier, celebrates their 70th anniversary on June 27, 2020. Heat and Control will celebrate this platinum occasion
with a 12-month long celebration.

This is the story of a family farm in the North of France, handed down from father to sons some twenty years ago. Over two decades, the sons have earned a fine reputation in the washed potato business.

EarthFresh launches new Biobased Mesh Packaging for Baby Potatoes and Baby Sweet Potatoes.

El presidente de Mercadona, Juan Roig, ya avanzó en la última presentación de resultados de la compañía el auge en sus linales de uno de los productos más tradicionales de la cocina española.

Andrés Araez: 'Cada bolsa de patatas 'Pijo' tiene una historia detrás'.

La patata es uno de los productos básicos que, tradicionalmente, no faltan en nuestra cesta de la compra. Además, durante el periodo de confinamiento, su consumo ha crecido un 5,5%.

Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) are shifting their focus to the long-term effects of COVID-19 to anticipate and understand how food systems may be impacted in the coming years.

La zona noreste de Mallorca es conocida por la producción de patata. Aunque es más conocida la de sa Pobla y Muro, a pocos kilómetros del mar, en la finca de Santa Eulàlia, en Can Picafort, hay una considerable extensión de éste cultivo, terreno que gestiona desde hace cuatro años la empresa Agrime (socia de Agroilla).

Nos es fácil para ninguna empresa multiplicar la capacidad de trabajo de la noche a la mañana. Mucho menos si se trata de una empresa alimentaria, que pone la calidad y el rigor por encima de otras prioridades.

Mercadona, compañía de supermercados físicos y de venta online, tiene previsto comprar 2.400 toneladas de patatas de Balears a los proveedores Illacamp, de Mallorca, y Mister Chippy, de Eivissa, a quienes adquirirá 2.000 y 400 toneladas de tubérculos, respectivamente.

Bacon lovers rejoice! The masters of flavor at Pringles® have done it again — this time in partnership with the queen of hamburgers, Wendy's®.

For more than 8 generations the Sterman Masser family has been running their business they started in central Pennsylvania in 1754.

European potato farmers and processors have pushed back against Australian claims they are about to dump subsidized frozen chips from a coronavirus-caused glut into the Antipodean market.

The World Potato Congress continues its webinar series with a presentation by Burkhard Kuhlmann of Grimme, entitled 'Mechanisation Levels for the Global Potato Industry'.

Retail potato sales soar, increasing 10.4% in dollar sales and 9.3% in volume sales between July 1, 2019, and May 19, 2020, according to IRI. All potato categories across the retail store, except deli-prepared sides, increased in dollar and volume sales, according to a report by Potatoes USA.

Romain Cools, President, and CEO of the World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) announces the appointment of three new Directors to its Board effective July 1, 2020: Dr. Nigel Crump, Australia, and Mrs. Elven Huang, China, both former WPC International Advisors, and Mr. Bret Nedrow, USA.

Transaction Introduces Utz as Publicly Listed Company After Nearly 100 Years as Family-Owned Business