News on Potato Starch from United Kingdom

British ingredients supplier, Daymer Ingredients, has entered into an agreement with AKV, a Danish potato ingredients producer, to sell its native and clean label, functional potato starches in the United Kingdom.

Members of a Danish farmers co-operative experienced a packed 3-day tour of the Angus potato industry recently.

Work has started on a new GBP 6m facility, which will be used to extract high-grade plant protein from potatoes, at Branston's site in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Branston is working alongside B-hive Innovations as part of a collaborative project to improve potato crop utilization.

NDC Technologies, a global leader in on-line and at-line process measurement and control solutions, introduces the next-generation Series 9 sensor suitable to measure

Readers of The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom have been opening their weekend paper to find supplements wrapped in a compostable material made from potato starch.

Many of the 20 contenders for this year’s prestigious James Dyson award focus on ways to create a more sustainable future. Cutlery made of biodegradable potato plastic made it to the shortlist of this global design competition.

Daymer Ingredients, a distributor of AVEBE Starches located in the United Kingdom, reports an (upcoming) increase in potato starch prices

Potato processor McCain has contracted Soltens to remove and recycle by-products from its Scarborough french fry factory.

Walkers Snack Foods Ltd and chemical distributor Omnichem Ltd have been fined a total of £350,000 after a worker was killed by a cloud of toxic gas.

National Starch Food Innovation has invested in a state-of-the-art new demonstration kitchen facility at its Manchester office to enhance the company’s Culinology expertise in the UK. The Concept Kitchen was unveiled by Jorgen Kokke, Vice President &am...

Last month the EU Commission approved a second GM crop for cultivation in the EU. First plantings of Amflora, for seed production, are expected in Germany and the Czech Republic this spring. Other countries with a starch potato industry include Franc...

The Glastonbury music festival will tell campers to use tent pegs made out of potatoes at this summer's event.Metal pegs that are left behind can harm the cows that live on Worthy Farm, Somerset, where the festival is held. Organiser Michael Eavis will...