News on Chips and Snacks from Africa

The South African Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) directorate recently considered a complaint by a Kevin Harris that the claims featured in the TV advert for Simba Sunbites chips - "no added MSG;no tartrazine;no trans fat"- portray the...

A shortage of potatoes is expected to hit restaurants in Nairobi and other towns in the next few weeks because of the violence that has crippled the Rift Valley Province.Nairobi has more than 800 restaurants and over 40 local processors of crisps whose...

An attempt to smuggle 100 tons of potatoes to Tunisia has been outmanoeuvred, while 200 tons were smuggled since the beginning of 2007 to “Potato Chips” factories there. Security services statistics reveal, however, that more than 200 tons might have b...