News On Ingredients

Potato starch has a wide range of applications beyond food. Ever considered the use of modified potato starch in the building and construction sector? Here is a recent news item from Avebe: AVEBE, global leader in potato starch, presents the latest in...

A new extraction method promises to deliver large-scale extraction of potato fibres rich in the are especially rich in the pectin rhamnogalacturonan I, could help to produce new ingredients and functional hydrocolloids, say researchers. Writing in Foo...

Denmark is to introduce one of the world’s first-ever “fat taxes,” in a pioneering move to slim the country’s waistlines and combat heart disease. From this Saturday, the price of a pack of butter will soar by 50 cents, a bag of potato chips by 12 cen...

De Nederlandse zetmeelproducent Avebe is aan het kijken of ze stappen kunnen ondernemen tegen de importheffingen die China eerder deze maand invoerde. China schroefde deze verder op als actie tegen de gesubsidieerde Europese zetmeelteelt. Deze komen bo...

Kerry Group, the global ingredients &flavours and consumer foods group, today confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill’s global flavours business. Cargill Flavor Systems with annual revenues of approximately US$200m is be...

Orville Redenbacher's® Gourmet® Popping Corn, a brand of ConAgra Foods, is shaking up microwave popcorn by adding a flavorful twist to one of America's favorite snack foods. The leading popcorn brand has introduced Orville Redenbacher's Flavors, indiv...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified trans fats and salt intake amongst its list of low-cost interventions to counter the rise of diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease. Non-communicable diseases like heart attack...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. today reported results for the fiscal 2012 first quarter ended Aug. 28, 2011. Following are selected statements from the release deemed of interest for the potato- and food industry. Read the full news release Diluted EPS from co...

Door de slechte weersomstandigheden loopt de aanvoer van zetmeelaardappelen gevaar. Op sommige plaatsen kan niet of slechts moeizaam worden gerooid en er dreigt verrotting, meldt zetmeelconcern Avebe. De zetmeelpercentages zijn gemiddeld en het tarrape...

Uit de recentste meting van de nVWA blijkt dat in het najaar van 2010 61 procent van de cafetaria’s vloeibaar frituurvet gebruikte. Daarmee is het aantal fastfoodbedrijven dat in vloeibaar frituurvet bakt sinds 2004 bijna verdubbeld. In 2004 bleek ui...

On September 13, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with several key initial partners, launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. As one component of ...

Manipulating the amount of fat in children’s foods could help to reduce energy consumption without reducing taste preferences or liking, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Appetite, reports that reducing the fat contents of ...

Manipular la cantidad de grasa en alimentos para niños ayudaría a reducir el consumo de energía sin disminuir las preferencias o gusto por el sabor, cita un estudio. El estudio publicado en la revista científica Appetite, reporta que reduciendo el con...

A University of Idaho researcher is teaming up with J.R. Simplot Co.'s food group to develop new potato products with resistant starch, which can improve digestive health and benefit people with diabetes. Resistant starch is modified starch that bypas...

Efforts to reduce the daily sodium intake of U.S. consumers have been underway for decades with little progress, in part because salt has many desirable properties and serves as an inexpensive way to enhance the flavor of food, making good food taste e...

AVEBE will move back into its previous headquarters in Veendam. AVEBE has reached an agreement to that extent with the lessor and with Veendam Council. By the end of this year AVEBE will return to the former Head Office, which was sold and vacated by...

The AVEBE 2011/2012 starch campaign started this week with the supply of starch potatoes to the factory in Gasselternijveen. The factories in Germany will begin processing on 15th August and the factory in Ter Apelkanaal will start on 22nd August. Due...

AVEBE verhuist terug naar het voormalige hoofdkantoor in Veendam. AVEBE heeft hierover overeenstemming bereikt met de verhuurder en met de gemeente Veendam. Het voormalige hoofdkantoor, dat het bedrijf in 2006 verkocht en verliet, zal AVEBE eind dit ja...