Potato News

Westchester County’s ban on the use of cooking oils that contain trans-fat is now in effect for restaurants, school cafeterias and other licensed food service establishments. Starting January 15, 2007, Health Department inspectors will check for trans...

Procter &Gamble Co. might spin off, instead of sell, its Folgers coffee business.   Media reports, cited unidentified sources, said the Cincinnati-based company, which has said it is exploring sales of slower-growing brands, was interested in a sp...

Workers at North American Foods' dehydrated potato flake processing plant have been told that the operation will be closed March 15.The company, previously RDO Foods Co., employs about 125 people at the plant.Officials at the R.D. Offutt Co. corporate...

On January 24th, 2008 eighty years of potato chip manufacturing
on Chicago's south side will come to a close with the public
auction sale of equipment from Jays Foods manufacturing headquarters
on East 99th Street.

UK biscuit and snack maker United Biscuits said yesterday it will cut its carbon emissions by more than a third by 2020 and reduce water and packaging use by a fifth as part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.  ...

De vakbonden en Avebe hebben een nieuw resultaat bereikt in de onderhandelingen over een cao voor het aardappelzetmeelconcern. In december wezen de leden van de vakbonden het toen bereikte onderhandelingsresultaat nog af. De cao voor de Avebe-medewer...

A new potato chip factory owned by Albright Farms in Centreville, N.B., will be up and running by the end of May. Co-owner Ryan Albright says Covered Bridge Potato Co. will produce kettled chips. The factory is being built off the Trans-Canada Highwa...

West Bengal farmers are now on a track to tap profit from potato cultivation and even started several organised potato processing unit in the state. It seemed to them very profitable compared to any other crop within their limit. According to a recent ...

La papa, tubérculo que se consume mayoritariamente frito en el país, puede retomar parte del esplendor que tuvo en la alimentación de los Incas. ¿La razón? Muy simple, pasaría a reemplazar parcialmente al trigo dentro de la producción de alimentos indu...

Aviko has reached agreement on the acquisition of the potato processing company Eurofreez and the potato trader Seru &Annoot. The transaction represents a significant increase in Aviko's sale of potato specialities and is a perfect match for the ...

Misschien eet u hem het liefst onder de vorm van krokante pureerozetjes, diepgevroren friet of huisbereide kroket. Maar de aardappel is ondanks zijn ietwat oubollig imago nog altijd springlevend. Zeker in een pak ontwikkelingslanden, waar de knol zowaa...

ConAgra Foods Inc. won't close three production plants that had been slated for shutdown in a multiyear reorganization effort, signaling a shift in emphasis from cutting costs to growing sales. "We've had good success with sales of new products, a...

The Heinz Global Innovation and Quality Center, which opened about two years ago, has significantly bolstered the research and development capabilities of Heinz, one of the world's largest food companies. Like other big food industry players, Heinz ha...

De Nederlandse aardappelverwerker Aviko neemt twee Belgische sectorgenoten over. Het gaat om Eurofreez en Seru &Annoot, beide uit de Westhoek. Eurofreez uit Proven is gespecialiseerd in aardappelbereidingen, meer bepaald diepvriesfrieten en -puree....

Cargill today reported net earnings of $954 million for the 2008 second quarter ended Nov. 30, up 44 percent from $662 million in the same period a year ago. In the first six months, the company earned $1.87 billion, a 61 percent increase from $1.16 b...

De palmolieprijs is in Maleisië voor het eerst boven de 1.000 dollar per ton gestegen. Dat is goed nieuws voor de beursgenoteerde plantageholding Sipef. De palmolieprijs steeg de voorbije maanden met 68 procent. Sojaolie, het belangrijkste substituut v...

Manufacturers seeking networked motor control solutions for wash-down environments now have several options from Rockwell Automation. The Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 40 AC drive and the ArmorStart product lines have packaging options that are now rated by ...

Walkers, the UK's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is putting a massive £27 million (USD 54 million) marketing investment behind the Walkers brand this year, the biggest spend in the brand's 60 year history.   Walkers is an iconic British brand whi...