News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

January 09, 2008

Research: Asparaginase can reduce acrylamide in French fries

Using the asparaginase enzyme to treat French fries could reduce the formation of acrylamide by 60 per cent, a joint Chilean-Danish study has reported. The study, published on-line in the journal Food Chemistry, weighs into the hot topic of acrylamide ...
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January 08, 2008

Farm Frites presenteert Nature's Goodness op Horecava

Op de 52ste Horecava, die gisteren zijn deuren opende in de Amsterdamse RAI, ligt het woord gezond op ieders lippen bestorven. Frietfabrikant Farm Frites presenteert er Nature's Goodness, patat die naar eigen zeggen binnen de criteria van de schijf van...
January 07, 2008

McCain se instalaria en Washington

Una de las más grandes industrias procesadora de papas, McCain Foods Ltd de Canadá, podría construir una planta en Washington, para lo que destinaría aproximadamente 150 millones de dólares, destacó Puget Sound Business Journal.
 Dale Morrison (source:www.UNDalumni.org)
January 07, 2008

Interview with Dale Morrison, President and CEO McCain Foods Limited

French fry giant McCain Foods will forever be associated with the founding - sometimes feuding - New Brunswick brothers, Wallace and the late Harrison McCain. But the CEO these days is a straight-talking North Dakotan, Dale Morrison, who came to McCain...
Day & Ross to acquire Wesbell Logistics
January 07, 2008

Day & Ross to acquire Wesbell Logistics

The Day &Ross Transportation Group, a wholly-owned division of McCain Foods Limited, announced today the signing of an Asset Purchase Agreement for the acquisition of Wesbell Logistics Services, a division of The Wesbell Group of Companies Inc.
Canada belangrijke exporteur aardappelprodukten
January 05, 2008

Canada belangrijke exporteur aardappelprodukten

Canada is een grote speler in de aardappelwereldmarkt. Zowel het volume export van verse aardappelen als van voorgebakken product is aanzienlijk. Alleen al in de maand oktober 2007 werd er netto bijna 88.000 ton aan voorgebakken product geëxporteerd. ...
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Kerala likes Golden Fries
January 05, 2008

Kerala likes Golden Fries

Golden Fries Ltd, a Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-based company that supplies frozen French fries, is seeing a rapid rise in sales in Kerala. 'We started supplying French fries in Kerala in July 2005. My first invoice was for 800 kg. Now, we sell on an avera...
January 04, 2008

Washington may be in the running for the new McCain french fry plant

One of the world's largest french fry processors, McCain Foods Ltd. of Canada, may build a $150 million potato processing plant in Washington. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission in Moses Lake, said a new plant ...
 Lamb Weston Meijer
December 29, 2007

Lamb Weston Meijer is planning a nine-story warehouse in Wisbech, UK

The Wisbech standard reports that Lamb Weston Meijer, the Dutch potato processing company co-owned by United States-headquartered ConAgra Foods/Lamb Weston and Meijer Beheer B.V. of the Netherlands, is planning a new facility in Wisbech, United Kingdo...
December 28, 2007

McCain Argentina lanzo un nuevo portal al servicio del productor

El jueves 20 de diciembre Mc Cain Argentina, con sede en la ciudad de Balcarce, presentó en el Auditorio del Museo Fangio, una importante herramienta de informática, para que a través de Internet, los productores proveedores de Mc Cain puedan tener acc...
December 28, 2007

Wakker Dier in actie tegen Frietje met

Een kip brengt 86 minuten door in een legbatterij voor de mayonaise op een frietje mét, berekende de Stichting Wakker Dier. Na de succesvolle ‘biggencampagne’ wil de Stichting nu het gebruik van legbatterijeieren uitbannen. Volgens wakker Dier kiest de...
December 28, 2007

Tater tot blaze leaves Idaho firefighters a little embarrassed

A fire station crew must be a little embarrassed by the way some of this state's famous potatoes got fried. Boise, Idaho firefighters returning from a medical call had to turn their hose on the firehouse kitchen after an overheated pan full of Tater T...
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December 20, 2007

Burger King takes fast-food trans fat crown in Canada;Government threatens regulations

Burger King has gained the dubious distinction of having the highest levels of artery-clogging, obesity-inducing trans fats in its french fries, chicken nuggets and other meals compared with its fast-food peers, according to federal data released Thur...
December 20, 2007

Conagra reports stronger than expected EPS.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., today reported results for the fiscal 2008 second quarter ended Nov. 25, 2007. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.50, which includes $0.03 per diluted share of costs related to the recent pot pie recall. Gary Rodkin, C...
December 20, 2007

Selkhozinvest announced construction of a Potato Processing Plant in the Tyumen Region (Siberia)

According to the department of investment policy of the Tyumen region, Ivan Dudanov, Chairman of the Directors Board of Selkhozinvest announced the company's plans to invest about EUR30 million into the construction of a potato processing plant and to...
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December 19, 2007

McCain Foods plans new French fry factory in the United States

McCain Foods Limited announced today its intent to invest C$150 million for the construction of a new french fry plant in the Pacific Northwest. The facility will be designed to produce French fries and potato specialties primarily for food service an...
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December 14, 2007

Simplot adds fourth shift in Portage La Prairie french fry factory

Expansion is coming to the Simplot Canada Ltd. potato processing facility in Portage la Prairie.The plant is expanding production by adding a fourth shift, and plans to hire 40 more people by mid-spring. “Worldwide demand for our food products has cre...
December 13, 2007

Kleine oogst krielaardappelen noopt tot creativiteit

"Let op: tijdelijk andere bereidingstijden", staat gestickerd op 'nieuwe krieltjes in de schil met winter- of lentedressing' van Cêlavita. "De oogst heeft dit jaar te weinig krielaardappeltjes opgeleverd. Om de kwaliteit te garanderen, ...

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