Potato News

Before a packed ballroom, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), accompanied by Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.), addressed industry insiders at the 2008 National restaurant Association, Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show today. Touching on topics ranging from his democrat...

Yum! Brands, Inc.announced today the appointment of Robert D. Walter, 62, to its Board of Directors. Walter is Founder and Executive Director of Cardinal Health, Inc. , a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity...

Trans fats: We've been told that they're worse for our hearts than saturated animal fats. Now, as consumers increasingly turn to food that's trans-fat-free and manufacturers pull them from more and more processed foods, comes a twist. Some trans fats,...

In South America’s Andes mountain region, indigenous women have traditionally been responsible for selecting, conserving and managing seed potatoes from the countless native varieties of the crop, thus ensuring diversity and continued production while ...

McDonald's Chief Executive Jim Skinner took a jab Sunday at regulatory efforts to force calorie counts on restaurant menus, and told those gathered at a restaurant industry trade show that they are facing a "perfect storm"of challenges.   Ski...

Erratic power supply and low voltage are hampering the smooth operations of cold storage facility, destroying a significant amount of the produce. “My cold storage requires between 380 and 440 voltage to run smoothly but I also take the risk of runnin...

Five million tonnes of spuds. That's how many potatoes Canadian farmers produce each year. Most of those are processed and sliced into potato chips or frozen into french fries for fast-food joints here and around the world. But there is a multitude of...

The Snack Factory, creators of Pretzel Crisps® brand pretzel crackers, announced today an agreement with Madison Square Garden to have its thin, crunchy pretzel cracker available throughout the complex. Madison Square Garden, known for its great famil...

Choosing your junk food used to be easy. During the “shortage economy” under communism, Czechoslovakia was deprived of the variety of prepackaged processed food found in the West. If you wanted a savory snack, your options were simple: salted sticks...

World food prices should stay high because of rising energy costs and the use of biofuels, but they may ease after stocks are replenished, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. Senior officials from the U.N. agency, testifying b...

It's a sign of the times in the volatile food industry: Two big companies are pulling back on their offerings at the giant restaurant trade show coming to Chicago this weekend, while another is abandoning it altogether.Among them are two of the nation...

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...

Het Deltaplan Erwinia kan vooralsnog slechts deels worden uitgevoerd, omdat de financiering nog lang niet rond is. "Het economische- en milieubelang van erwiniabestrijding wordt nog te veel onderschat", zegt PRI-onderzoeker Anton Haverkort...

De Nederlandse Aardappelorganisatie (NAO) gaat in de komende vijf jaar jaarlijks 240.000 euro uittrekken om het Erwinia-probleem in pootgoedaardappelen aan te pakken. De bacterie betekent een enorme schadepost voor zowel teelt als handel.   De telers z...

The takeover of potato products maker Mr Chips is inching towards certainty after more institutional shareholders agreed to accept Simplot Australia's impending takeover offer. Agreements with Balle Bros and Jon Davison gives food manufacturer Simplo...

Dhaka: Potatoes are not high on the menu for Bangladesh’s 140 million people, but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food.   “Think potato, grow potato and eat potato,” was the ma...

Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain will address restaurant and foodservice professionals attending the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 17-20, 2008, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

A new fryer from global industry leader Frymaster, LLC offers the next generation in ultra-high performance commercial frying, combining oil savings and energy conservation with labor-saving technological features. Frymaster’s new Protector electric ...