News on Chips and Snacks from the Americas

May 11, 2009

'Lay's local': find out who made your potato chips

This month, Frito-Lay kicks-off its largest ever marketing campaign called "Lay's Local" to celebrate the more than 40,000 Americans across the country who grow the potatoes we use to make Lay’s brand potato chips, who make the chips at Frito...

May 07, 2009

The Future of Fried Foods

Deep Fried Foods - such as French Fries - form a key part of the menu in most restaurants. However, as consumers become more health conscious, they may be looking for healthier menu options.

May 07, 2009

Frito-lay launches SmartFood popcorn clusters - for women only

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business unit is launching a new snack, SmartFood popcorn clusters, which give women the indulgent flavors they love and also nutrients that they often don’t get enough of. A one-ounce serving of SmartFood popcorn clus...

May 07, 2009

Kettle Foods launches Create-a-chip potato chips flavor competition

Kettle Brand® is inviting fans to shake up the next great Kettle Brand® Potato Chip flavor with the Create-a-Chip Kit, sold at select retailers and online for a limited time.A first for chip lovers, the Create-a-Chip Kit includes everything budding fla...

May 05, 2009

Agricultores del depto de Pasco en Peru dan valor agregado a la papa en planta procesadora

El presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Yehude Simon Munaro, felicitó hoy a las autoridades y población de la localidad de San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán, en Pasco, por la construcción de una planta procesadora de papa con una inversión municipal ...

May 03, 2009

Frito-Lay packs to find new life as totebags, notebooks

Frito-Lay North America, Plano, TX, a division of PepsiCo, has announced a new partnership with TerraCycle, Inc. (www.terracycle.net) an upcycling company that will take used packaging from Frito-Lay snack products and turn them into affordable, quali...

Boulder Canyon Totally Natural Potato Chips

April 23, 2009

The Inventure Group, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2009 Results

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 28, 2009. Net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 were $29.7 million vs. $26.2 million last year, an increase of 13.6 %. The Snack Divi...

April 22, 2009

Crean bolsas de papas fritas que se biodegradan y sirven de abono

El fabricante de aperitivos estadounidense Frito-Lay, empresa del grupo PepsiCo, ha anunciado que está trabajando en el desarrollo de unas bolsas que se biodegradarán y servirán como abono. La empresa prevé que tendrá listo el envase para su lanzamien...

Heat and Control's heated centrifuge to lower oil content of potato chips

April 22, 2009

Reduce oil content kettle chips with heated centrifuge

An easy way to lower the oil content of kettle chips, is to use a heated centrifuge.

April 20, 2009

Pepsico/Frito-Lay releases First quarter results

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today reported first-quarter 2009 results that reflected solid top- and bottom-line performance on a constant currency basis. The company delivered 6 percent constant currency net revenue growth. The company's first-quarter c...

April 20, 2009

Highlights from the Q1 Pepsico Conference call related to snacks

Note: Excerpts deal exclusively with Pepsico's savory snacks activities. If you are inte4rested in the beverage division or the performance of the concern as a whole, we recommend you to read the transcripts itself. Richard Goodman - CFO: "Fri...

April 17, 2009

Pepsico acquires Karinto snack business in Peru

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announced that it has acquired leading Peruvian snack business Karinto S.A.C., maker of Peru's top-selling corn chips, Los Cuates, as well as a popular line of nuts and seeds."The Karinto brands span a broad array o...

April 16, 2009

Biodegradable Snack Food Packaging for Sunchips introduced

SunChips, Frito-Lay’s popular line of multigrain snacks, announced today that in 2010 it will introduce the first fully compostable snack chip bag made from plant-based materials. The change is designed to significantly improve the environmental impact...

April 15, 2009

Convenio entre Fritolay y Copaboy beneficiará a pequenos productores de papa en Colombia

Aunque la cooperativa de papicultores de Boyacá agremia a 1.200 pequeños productores, del convenio con la multinacional norteamericana se beneficiarán campesinos de Toca, Siachoque y Soracá. Desde mayo próximo los cultivos de por lo menos 200 pequeño...

April 14, 2009

Kettle Brand Potato Chips adds Jalapeno flavour

With smoldering, south of the border flavor, new Kettle Brand® Jalapeño Potato Chips are naturally turning up the heat on Cinco de Mayo.Hitting store shelves in May, in time for Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Kettle Brand® Jalapeño Potato Chips strike th...

April 07, 2009

Simplicity is the new selling point for food products

Haagen-Dazs's new line of ice cream, Five, doesn't hide the ingredients in tiny type on the back of the carton. Every one -- milk, cream, sugar, eggs and vanilla bean -- is prominently displayed in bright-orange capital letters.

Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI)

April 07, 2009

PVMI offers Purple Pelisse, a colorful high anti-oxidant potato

All new potato varieties developed by the Pacific Northwest Tri-State Breeding Program are now licensed to PVMI (the Potato Variety Management Institute), a non-profit marketing and administration organization for the Tri-State Potato Breeding Program.

April 02, 2009

Old Dutch workers locked out at Calgary Chips Plant

Union representatives in Alberta are calling for a boycott of Old Dutch potato chips after the company locked out its unionized workers at Calgary on Sunday. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 confirmed Wednesday that its members h...