Potato News from Sweden

September 03, 2014

PepsiCo Unveils New Water-Modeling Tool at World Water Week

Today at the Stockholm International Water Institute's annual World Water Week, PepsiCo announced the company's latest Water Report and unveiled Hydro-BID, a tool that estimates the availability of freshwater in water-scarce regions.

Promising new potato varieties of HZPC (2013)

August 27, 2014

HZPC ends participation in HZPC Sverige Ab

HZPC has decided to end its participation in HZPC Sverige AB (Sweden, Billdal). Reason for the decision is insufficient profitability, caused by the slow modernization of the Swedish Seed potato market

the disputed flag on Estrellas chip package (Source: The local)

August 28, 2013

Estrella changes flag on chips package after consumer feedback

Swedish chip brand Estrella are going to replace the Union Jack with an Irish tricolour following a request from an Irishman based in Sweden to correctly illustrate the history of salt and vinegar flavoured snacks.

July 01, 2013

Snackex proves European Savoury Snack Makers mean business

The savoury snacks industry assembled en masse to do business on 12-13 June 2013 as exhibitors, delegates and visitors from over 70 countries around the world met in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the 15th edition of SNACKEX.

June 11, 2013

Snackex 2013: la industria, ante un nuevo mercado

Snackex es la feria especializada en los sectores de los snacks salados y frutos secos más importante de Europa. Organizada por la Asociación Europea de Aperitivos (ESA), este evento bienal se celebra por primera vez en Gotenburgo (Suecia)

November 25, 2012

Rosenqvists extends its line of pellet fryers

Rosenqvists, the Swedish manufacturer of equipment for the food industry, has extended its range of pellet frying systems. Rosenqvists range of the unique and patented Star Wheel Fryer has been extended with a fourth model. This extends the range of ...

November 10, 2012

Jonas Palm appointed CEO at equipment manufacturer Rosenqvists

Rosenqvists has appointed a new CEO – Jonas Palm. Jonas has a genuine background from sourcing and purchasing at international companies. He has a long experience from managing companies with production facilities related to manufacturing for the auto...

December 12, 2011

Potato Harvest of table potatoes in Sweden up 7%

The Swedish harvest of table potatoes (all potatoes, only excludes potatoes used for starch production) is estimated at 581.000 tonnes. This is 38.100 tonnes or 7 percent more than the total harvest in 2010. Four counties dominate the cultivation of t...

December 08, 2011

Zweden oogst 7% meer consumptieaardappelen

De consumptieaardappeloogst in Zweden is becijferd op 581.000 ton. Dat is 31.800 ton (7 procent) meer dan in 2010. Dat deelt de rijksdienst landbouw in Jönköping mee. De hectareopbrengst is volgens de dienst uitgekomen op ruim 29 ton (plus 6 procent t...

November 08, 2011

Rosenqvists busy installing fryers

Swedish machine manufacturer Rosenqvists has been busy lately with one of their specialties: industrial fryers. Rosenqvists recently installed a frying system designed for potato specialties like: rösti, hash browns, croquettes, pommes duchesse, etc. ...

June 05, 2011

Rosenqvists launches new fryer models for extruded snacks, potato specialties

Swedish machine manufacturer Rosenqvists introduces two new industrial fryers, one for the production of extruded snacks, another for the production of parfried potato specialties.

May 19, 2011

Greenpeace blokkeert opslagplaats genetich gemodificeerde aardappelen BASF

Donderdag blokkeerden actievoeders van Greenpeace in Zweden een opslagplaats waar het Duitse bedrijf BASF genetisch gemodificeerde Amflora-aardappelen bewaart.

March 29, 2011

Herbert installs 1300 Auto-sort and Contractor Unit for Swedish potato packer Svegro

RJ Herbert Engineering recently installed a new 1300 Auto-sort and Contractor Unit for one of Sweden’s major potato packers, Svegro.

January 16, 2011

Milieubewuste fast food keten MAX wil naar Nederland

Uitbreiding in andere landen, ook naar Nederland. Max, de hamburgerketen uit Zweden, wil expanderen. Er wordt gezocht naar een partner in ons land.

December 29, 2010

Agrico neemt 100% belang in Agrico Nordic

Op 23 december 2010 heeft Lantmännen Lantbruk haar 49-procent aandeel in Agrico Nordic AB verkocht aan haar partner Ypma & Zonen BV, 100% dochteronderneming van Coöperatie Agrico.

October 18, 2010

Carbon Footprint on the menu board at Swedish QSR chain

In the U.S., quick-serve operators are scrambling to figure out how they'll abide by the menu-labeling mandate requiring calorie counts be posted on menuboards.

September 10, 2010

BASF Plant Science identifies case of low level comingling in Amflora fields in Sweden

BASF Plant Science identified extremely small quantities of Amadea potatoes in Amflora fields planted in Northern Sweden during the course of the regular in-house quality controls.

September 06, 2010

La CE confirma el cultivo ilegal de una patata transgénica en Suecia

La Comisión Europea (CE) ha confirmado hoy el cultivo de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada no permitida por la UE en campos de Suecia y ha pedido explicaciones a la compañía responsable, la alemana BASF. El portavoz comunitario de Sanida...