Potato News from United Kingdom

Will Chase, potato farmer and owner of Tyrrell's Potato Chips has sold a majority stake in Tyrrell's Potato Chips to private equity firm Langholm Capital for £30 million. Will Chase has overseen the rapid growth of his premium-end snacks - made using...

Five new deliciously different flavours of award-winning snack CRIPS are being unveiled at the Natural &Organic Products Show: Natural Sea Salt Sea Salt &Cracked Black Pepper Thai Sweet Chilli Mature Cheddar Cheese &Spring Onion Sea S...

McCain Foods and Fuller’s have launched the London Pride Brewer’s Ridge, a bespoke chip (french fry) which is being being rolled out across Fuller’s pubs. The French fries are made with 100 per cent British potatoes and coated with a unique London Pr...

Herbert Engineering’s latest product improvement can rotate their best selling Vertical Eject Box Tipper within 20 degrees of vertical inversion and thus making it ‘Super High Angle’. The already highly proven and well trusted box tipper offers reliab...

Last week we paid attention in the PotatoPro Newsletter to metal detection. This news reminds us of the importance:    Terri, aged 18, found the two inch shard cooked inside a crisp in a bag of Roysters she had just opened for her three-year-old brothe...

An 11-year-old girl with a wheat allergy has been banned from eating special low fat chips at school - because they are not healthy enough. She was told by teachers she could not eat the lunchtime snack because they are not allowed under the school's...

Everything you value about the British Potato Council (BPC) and the activities it has supported on behalf of levy-payers will continue. That’s the pledge from Potato Council Limited, the new sector company that took over the reins from the BPC on Apr...

ULSTER snack giant Tayto has issued an appeal to farmers across the Province to help it meet a major shortfall in potatoes required to produce its famous crisps. The firm has orders involving 20,000 tonnes of potatoes this year but only 9,000 secured...

Flexibilty is often the key to success for a product, and there is no doubt that this is where the new McCain Signatures Starters &Sides scores highly. Featuring both traditional starters as well as sides with a contemporary twist, the eleven prod...

Two additional flavours have been added to the Fairfields Farm Crisps range, which prides itself on using natural locally sourced ingredients. Wicks Manor Smoky Bacon And Sunday Roast Potato Flavour Crisps have been launched alongside Parsnip Crisps W...

The newly appointed UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office for Science presented a scenario that would overshadow “climate change.” He talked of an impending “food crisis” that would need pragmatic, scientific, and ...

Vale's Fresh has launched parcooked potatoes developed for the school market and to meet the demands of the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI). The potatoes are 100% British, 100% natural, with no additives or preservatives, and have a ...

Purely Potato, a new range of potato products from McCain, aims to make it easier for caterers to meet the new school food standards. The steam-blanched potato products are designed to be cooked without oil and are unrestricted under school food guidel...

Now is the time for food manufacturers to invest in acquisitions as the industry is awash with cash following many stable years, say UK analysts. Plimsoll Publishing released its Acquisition Study this week, which looked at the finances 500 food manufa...

Luke Pittard, 25, won £1.3million on the National Lottery 18 months ago. He celebrated in the usual way, buying a new home and splashing out on a lavish wedding and holiday in the Canary Islands. Then he realised that he really missed his job. So he ...

The UK Food Standards Agency has reported its traffic light scheme - intended for food manufacturers - will be used in restaurants to use on menus, indicating progress in raising awareness for the healthier eating message. The scheme was developed for ...

Sainsbury’s, the supermarket group, was this weekend embroiled in a £3m bribes investigation after one of its most senior buyers was arrested on suspicion of accepting backhanders from a potato supplier. John Maylam, who has worked for the supermark...

Northern Ireland crisps and snack food company Tayto, which owns Golden Wonder Crisps, has bought Red Mill Snack Foods, which is based in Birmingham. The latest purchase takes the family-owned group to an annual turnover of over £150m. Tayto is now th...