News on Chips and Snacks

March 26, 2019

Better Made Snack Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Original Potato Chips

Better Made Snack Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk In 10 Ounce $3.99 Original Potato Chips

March 26, 2019

Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP Adds White Cheddar Puffs and Sea Salt Air-Popped Popcorn to its Growing Snack Portfolio

Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, a brand of Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), is introducing two new snacks in the United States: Sea Salt Air-Popped Popcorn and White Cheddar Puffs.

March 25, 2019

Rap Snacks Partners with Spencer’s to Launch Products In-Store

March 24, 2019

Heat and Control introduces new roasting technology at SNAXPO

Heat and Control advances its snack line capabilities with the introduction of a Rotary Dryer Roaster (RDR). It enables the company to offer end-to-end solutions for seasoned and coated nut snacks.

March 13, 2019

Matthew Walters to lead tna's African operations

Food processing and packaging solutions provider tna has appointed Matthew Walters as branch manager to head up its African operations.

Boulder Canyon Potato Chips New Branding Inspired By Its Colorado Roots

March 06, 2019

New Branding Boulder Canyon Potato Chips Inspired by its Colorado Roots

Drawing inspiration from the Flatiron Mountains, Boulder Canyon's new packaging for its kettle cooked potato chips celebrates the authentic 'Boulder' flavor difference borrowed from the vibrancy of the outdoors.

March 04, 2019

Pepsico's 'chief innovator' Mehmood Khan retires; More leadership changes

Pepsico announced today a series of senior leadership changes. Furthermore, Rene Lammers is appointed as new Chief Science officer as Dr. Mehmood Khan, Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Global Research and Development is retiring.

March 03, 2019

Reading Bakery Systems Partners with Incomec-Cerex to offer Popped Snack Systems in the United States

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), a leading manufacturer of baking and process systems, has announced it will partner with Incomec, a Belgium-based manufacturer of popping/puffing equipment, to supply popped snack systems within the United States

March 02, 2019

Lay's 'Turn-Up the Flavor': Music inspired Potato Chip Flavors

In partnership with artist Bebe Rexha, Frito-Lay launches three limited-time-only potato chip flavors inspired by Music

February 26, 2019

UK potato chips prices surge after heatwave-induced potato shortage

Crisps fans in the United Kingdom might have noticed that their favourite snack has become a little more expensive in recent months.

Amazon appointed the former CEO of Pepsi to its board

February 26, 2019

Indra Nooyi, former CEO of Pepsico, appointed to Amazon's board of directors

Amazon said on Monday it named former PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi as a director of the company and appointed her to the audit committee of the board.

February 22, 2019

Calbee recalls microwaveable potato chips days after launch for fire hazard

Just days after their launch, Japanese potato chip manufacturer Calbee recalled all bags of their new microwaveable potato chips, Renji de Poterich, over concerns that they may catch fire.

February 20, 2019

Chips manufacturer Fairfields Farm picks up 'Made in the UK' award

Leading artisan crisp producer, Fairfields Farm, is celebrating the latest in a string of business awards as it walks away with the Made in Central and East of England Food & Drink Award.

Rosenqvists Star Wheel Fryer for snacks pellets: a classic continuous updates

February 19, 2019

Rosenqvists Star Wheel Fryer for snack pellets: a classic, continuously updated

Food processing equipment manufacturer Rosenqvists is constantly improving their unique finish-frying solution for pellet snacks, the Star Wheel Fryer.

February 16, 2019

Largo Foods changes name to Tayto Snacks

Largo Foods, a leading manufacturer of snack foods in Ireland, has taken the bold step of changing its name to Tayto Snacks, in a move designed to reflect the “strength, longevity and recognition” of its flagship brand, Tayto Crisps.

February 15, 2019

Kellogg Company may acquire a stake in Indian snack maker Haldiram's

Kellogg's, the world's second-largest snack foods company, is exploring options to acquire a stake in India's snack manufacturer Haldiram's. This could be one of the biggest deals involving an Indian consumer brand.

February 12, 2019

Rap Snacks Potato Chips reveal four new Cardi B flavors

Rap Snacks, the company that uses rappers to promote the brand’s different flavors, has now boosted its inventory by putting out four different flavors of Cardi B chips.

Madhya Pradesh Poor supply of potato increases production cost of chips

February 12, 2019

Poor supply of potatoes in Madhya Pradesh increases production cost of chips

Poor supply of potato in Madhya Pradesh in spot market and higher prices have escalated cost of production of chips manufacturers by over 10 per cent. The rise is likely to make packaged chips more expensive.