News On Dehydrated Potato Products

April 04, 2011

Producing high quality potato starches with new genetic tools

Neiker-Tecnalia (the Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development) is realising a project for obtaining high quality starch in potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum) using new molecular and genetic tools.

April 02, 2011

Idahoan Foods and Union Pacific find 'amicable solution' for 2009 derailment

A federal judge dismissed a dispute Friday between Union Pacific and Idahoan Foods over a 2009 derailment the railroad claimed was caused by dehydrated mashed potato product.

April 01, 2011

Cargill completes acquisition of Royal Nedalco

Cargill today completed its acquisition of Royal Nedalco's alcohol business from its parent company Royal Cosun, including its production sites in the Netherlands and the UK.

March 29, 2011

Buscan obtener almidón de alta calidad con nuevas herramientas que mejoran genéticamente la patata

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario Neiker-Tecnalia ha desarrollado un proyecto para obtener almidón de alta calidad en tubérculos de patata (Solanum tuberosum) utilizando nuevas herramientas moleculares y genéticas. El almidón de ...

March 16, 2011

United States Potato Stocks Down 15 Percent From March 2010

The 13 major potato States in the US held 143 million cwt of potatoes in storage March 1, 2011, down 15 percent from a year ago.

March 02, 2011

U.S. Restaurants See Visit Losses Ease and Spending Increase in Fourth Quarter of 2010

Although visits to U.S. restaurants are still below the level registered six years ago, there were signs of improvement in the second half of 2010

February 26, 2011

Lamb Weston Richland plant, Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids earn Energy Star

Both the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Richland processing facility and the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids have earned ENERGY STAR® designation for 2010 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

February 23, 2011

US Dehy a huge hit at filipino catering seminars

Twenty catering companies in the Philippines were recently able to learn how to improve profitability by saving time and money with high quality US dehy.

February 18, 2011

Dos nuevas publicaciones de Papa Andina relacionadas con producción artesanal de la tunta

Hemos colocado en nuestra biblioteca digital las siguientes publicaciones: Norma Tecnica de la papa deshidratada: tunta. Buenas prácticas de procesamiento artesanal Guía de las buenas prácticas de procesamiento para la producción artesanal de la tun...

February 15, 2011

US Potato Stocks and Potato Processing, February 2011

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

February 14, 2011

Potato starch manufacturer China Essence reports double digit growth for 3Q FY2011

China Essence Group Ltd. ('China Essence'or the 'Group'), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato starch products in the People’s Republic of China ('PRC'), today announced its financial results for the third quarter ('3Q FY2011') and nine months ('9M FY2011') ended 31 December 2010.

January 28, 2011

Perú: Japón quiere importar almidon de papa

El almidón de papa de marca ADP, causó interés por su calidad en la gastronomía y en la industria de alimentos. En el mercado japonés el consumo de almidón para uso domestico en la alimentación es alrededor de 100,000 toneladas al año. El Sr.Toshihito...

January 16, 2011

Potato use for processing in US up 2%, use for dehy down 24%

January 14, 2011

Más de 80 documentos publicados por la Iniciativa Papa Andina

Papa Andina es una iniciativa regional coordinada por el CIP. Su objetivo principal es promover sistemas de innovación que favorezcan a agricultores pobres dentro de las cadenas productivas, a fin de mejorar su seguridad alimentaria, facilitar el acces...

January 13, 2011

Burley/Heyburn Dehydrated Potato Plant to open early this year

An Oregon-based potato company is on pace to open a new dehydrated potato processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho, early this year.

January 07, 2011

New US proposal could end Mexican export trucking dispute

Washington lawmakers and agricultural representatives are hoping that a proposal announced Thursday by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood soon will end retaliatory tariffs on American exports to Mexico.

January 06, 2011

Not enough Potato Starch in 2011: KMC

For all potato starch producers 2011 will be a year in which it will prove impossible to meet the total demand from the customers. Also KMC’s customers will experience the consequences of the extreme weather, but everything possible will be done to m...

December 29, 2010

USPB provides help to develop new dehy potato products

Potential end users who learn about U.S. dehydrated potatoes at trade shows and seminars and who decide to incorporate dehy into a product don’t have to go it alone.