News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from the Americas

July 21, 2011

Alexia offers Sweet potato lovers a new way to enjoy this classic favorite: Sweet Potato Puffs

This year, the sweet potato is migrating away from its place at the Thanksgiving table and making its way to everyday dinner tables thanks to companies like Alexia Foods. Known for its line of all-natural, gourmet-inspired frozen side dishes, breads ...

July 19, 2011

Cavendish Farms fryer accident investigation complete

No charges will be laid against Cavendish Farms in connection with an industrial fryer accident that left an employee with second and third degree burns. The Occupational Health and Safety Division of the Workers Compensation Board has wrapped up its ...

July 13, 2011

Simplot announces 'Innate' Technology to improve potatoes

The J. R. Simplot Company's Plant Sciences business announces Innate™ Technology, the all-native biotechnology platform for improving crops, leading to new, better and healthier foods.

July 07, 2011

Accident prompts changes at Cavendish Farms

Cavendish Farms has made changes to its potato frying equipment after a worker was badly burned there a few weeks ago. The employee suffered second and third-degree burns after being doused in hot grease while draining the oil from the fryer. He was ...

July 06, 2011

U.S., Mexico sign agreement to end trucking dispute

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Dionisio Arturo Pèrez-Jàcome Friscione joined July 6 in Mexico City to sign agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul, cross-border trucking services between ...

June 27, 2011

USPB responds to Harvard Study on weight gain in NEJM

The United States Potato Board believes a study released in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine perpetuates unfortunate myths and misconceptions about the potato.

June 27, 2011

Harvard Study suggests potatoes and potato products have a significant role in long term weight gain

In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain.

June 26, 2011

International Potato Processing & Storage Convention 2011 sees high quality speakers

Infra-red heating and blanching, meeting today's food safety regulatory demands, innovative sorting solutions, enzymes against acrylamide and working out the real cost of ownership kept delegates busy at the final day of the 2011 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention in Denver, Colorado.

June 13, 2011

US Potato Stocks down 36% from 2010 (June 1)

In the United States, the 13 major potato States held 35.5 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2011, down 36 percent from a year ago.

June 08, 2011

Aginfo interview with Frank van Schaayk: Building a Strong Front

French fries and potatoes are not evil but they have been demonized. What will it take to get the buying consumer to realize that a potato is a very simple, healthy and wholesome food and not the primary culprit in rampant obesity?

June 03, 2011

Dirk Van de Put appointed as President and CEO of McCain Foods Limited

The Board of Directors of McCain Foods Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Dirk Van de Put as President and CEO and a Director of the Company, succeeding Dale Morrison, effective July 1, 2011.

May 26, 2011

Heinz to close 5 factories, cut up to 1000 jobs;raised profit forecast

H.J. Heinz Co., the world’s biggest ketchup maker, raised its dividend and profit forecast as it plans to slash as many as 1,000 jobs worldwide.

May 26, 2011

En Perú no existe empresa proveedora de papas para freír con las características que requieren las compañías de comida rápida

La gerente de Marketing de la cadena KCF, Patricia Gamboa, afirmó que en Perú no existe una empresa proveedora de papas para freír de las características que requieren las compañías de comida rápida, por lo que estas últimas están obligadas a importar ...

May 17, 2011

US Potato Stocks on May 1 at lowest level in 10 year

The 13 major potato States held 65.7 million cwt of potatoes in storage May 1, 2011, down 27 percent from a year ago.

May 14, 2011

McCain Employees Mourn the Loss of Wallace McCain, co-founder of McCain Foods

The employees of McCain Foods Limited were deeply saddened to learn of the death yesterday of our co-founder and friend, G. Wallace F. McCain.

May 14, 2011

Wallace McCain: a country mourns ‘a classical Canadian’

Wallace McCain, who rose from humble beginnings in rural New Brunswick to become a global titan in the food processing industry, has died. He was 81.

May 14, 2011

Farm Frites y San Fili SA se asociaron en Argentina para producir materia prima de alta calidad destinada a la industria del prefrito

Tierra emblemática por sus viñedos y bodegas, frutas y olivares, Mendoza se ha constituido también en provincia productora de papas, un alimento tan identificado con los campos bonaerenses de Balcarce. Así lo demuestra la empresa multinacional Farm Fr...

May 10, 2011

National Restaurant Association Announces First Annual Food and Beverage Product Innovations Award Recipients

The National Restaurant Association today announced the recipients of its first annual Food &Beverage Product Innovations Awards, which recognize progressive food and beverage products that will make a significant impact in the restaurant industry...