News On Dehydrated Potato Products

June 08, 2008

Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry

Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry, even though potato prices are good, the executive director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee says. Three years ago, cost of production in the San Luis Valley was about $4 ...

June 04, 2008

Guia de la buenas practicas de procesamiento para la produccion artesanal de la tunta

Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...

May 29, 2008

Alicorp estudia en Peru el desarrollo de harina a partir de papa, cebada y camote

La empresa Alicorp estudia el desarrollo de harinas a partir de productos nativos de Perú como la papa, la cebada y el camote, para hacer frente a los altos precios internacionales del trigo, señaló hoy el gerente central del negocio de productos indus...

May 26, 2008

Starch manufacturer China Essence Group increases revenue 65%

China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Company”), one of the largest, leading integrated potato-processing producers in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), is pleased to announce its full year financial results for the financial year end...

May 26, 2008

Agrana acquires 50% of Studen Group

Leading sugar and starch producer in Central and Eastern Europe, Agrana has announced it has acquired, subject to regulatory authority approval, 50 per cent of the shares in the sugar sales operations of the Studen Group, Vienna.

May 23, 2008

Patwary Potato Flakes Limited shut despite bumper crop

The country's major manufactures of potato flakes have closed their factories, despite this year's bumper potato crop, complaining that they are unable to raise working capital to run the plants. Officials of Patwary Potato Flakes Limited (PPFL), one...

May 16, 2008

Amino acids may extend sweet potato starch's gelling possibilities

As interest in potato starch increases due to clean label pressures, US scientists report that the gelling and paste-forming properties of starch from sweet potatoes can be controlled by using amino acids. The nature of the amino acid was found to str...

May 15, 2008

Penford Food Ingredients Licenses Resistant Potato Starch Technology

Penford Food Ingredients, a leading manufacturer and marketer of ingredients for the processed food industry, announced today that it has entered into a sublicense agreement with MGP Ingredients, Inc., which grants to Penford the exclusive right to man...

May 12, 2008

United States: NPC urges passage of food aid funding

National Potato Council (NPC) has signed onto a letter with many other groups requesting Chairman Byrd (D-WV) of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member Cochran (R-MS) include additional funding for PL 480 Title II food aid in the Senat...

Production of potato flakes on a drum dryer

April 17, 2008

Kiremko and Idaho Steel help potato processors take full advantage of flakes boom!

It will come as no surprise to insiders of the potato processing industry that the worldwide flakes industry finds itself in a favourable position over the last 1½ years. Demand for this versatile ingredient mainly driven by savoury snacks

April 05, 2008

SPS takes over Pailan's Potato Flake unit

The Rs 2000-crore SPS Group, with interests in steel, hotels and biscuits among other things, has taken over a potato flakes project set up by Apurba Saha's Pailan group, another diversified outfit that is into education, aviation, township developmen...

April 02, 2008

Maquina productora de harina de papa reducira costo del pan

Sierra Exportadora logró obtener una de las harinas de papa más baratas del mundo, utilizando como insumo la papa nacional de segunda y de descarte, así lo informó el presidente ejecutivo de Sierra Exportadora Gastón Benza Pflucker, durante la presenta...

March 17, 2008

March US Potato Stocks Up 8 Percent from Last Year

The 13 major potato states held 172 million cwt. of potatoes in storage March 1, up 8 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2006, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potatoes in storage accounted for 43 percent of the 2...

Bulk potato storage for processing potatoes in the United Kingdom

March 05, 2008

Quality of Potatoes for Processing and the effect of Potato Storage; Some Basics

The amount of reducing sugars in the potato are responsible for the colour formation of fried products. So if potatoes are too high in reducing sugars, they are not suitable for processing.

March 02, 2008

Tyrrells' Will Chase: Crisps and vodka: the proof is in the potato

Will Chase loves potatoes, cows and vodka. The farmer behind Tyrrells gourmet crisps starts each day "talking to my cows". He is about to make his first batch of premium potato vodka, made from spuds grown on the farm that are too small to t...

February 29, 2008

Grand Forks North American Foods potato plant damaged by fire

Fire damage to a Grand Forks potato plant is estimated at about $25,000. The fire early Thursday morning was contained in the dust collection system at the North American Foods plant, but the facility was shut down for the day. The plant makes dehydrat...

February 28, 2008

Aviko heeft in 2007 40 miljoen euro winst gemaakt.

Aviko heeft vorig jaar 40 miljoen euro winst gemaakt. In 2006 draaide het dochterbedrijf van coöperatie Cosun nog met verlies. Het was daarom niet te voorzien dat de niet-suikeractiviteiten van Cosun zou leiden tot een plus op de bietenprijs van 6 eur...

February 22, 2008

Muslims shocked to learn that potato chips may contain traces of alcohol

Senior Muslim figures have said that they are shocked that a number of Walkers snacks contain traces of alcohol and eating them is therefore against their religion. A tiny amount of alcohol is used in some products as a chemical agent to extract flavou...