Research from the United States

June 13, 2011

IFT Announces 2011 Innovation Award Winners

Incoming IFT President Roger Clemens and President-Elect John Ruff presented four companies with the 2011 IFT Food Expo Innovation Awards.

June 12, 2011

Potatoes Make the Plate! New MyPlate Icon Recommends Half the Plate as Fruits and Vegetables

The recent unveiling of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) MyPlate icon heralded a bold, new visual reminder of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption, filling half the plate with these two important food groups.

June 09, 2011

Pacific Northwest program works to create disease resistant potato varieties

June 08, 2011

Aginfo interview with Frank van Schaayk: Building a Strong Front

French fries and potatoes are not evil but they have been demonized. What will it take to get the buying consumer to realize that a potato is a very simple, healthy and wholesome food and not the primary culprit in rampant obesity?

June 07, 2011

UPGA view on Potato Prices: Perched on a cliff

The Chief Operating Officer of the United Potato Growers of America offers his view of the potato prices this summer:

June 03, 2011

Washington potato production among the most sustainable on the planet

Washington potatoes are not only good for you, their production is highly sustainable.

June 03, 2011

USDA revises standards for No. 1 potatoes

Revisions to the grading standards for No. 1 potatoes allow for mixed varieties of potatoes to be packaged together, as requested by grower/shippers and retailers.

June 02, 2011

Idaho Potato Commission discusses research priorities

June 01, 2011

New Focus on Potato webcast: White Mold of Potato, Epidemiology and Management

May 25, 2011

Colorado Potato Administrative Committee promotes Heart Health

The Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) is marketing Colorado Potatoes in Denver with banner ads on KOA 850 AM

May 23, 2011

Food Processing Suppliers Association Reinventing Trade Show to Better Serve Food Processors

Guided by a committee of food industry suppliers, the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) is reinventing Process Expo.

May 23, 2011

Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences Remove 1 Billion Pounds of Bad Fats from Diet

Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences have helped remove over 1 billion pounds of saturated and trans fats from the North American diet with beneficial economic and nutritional impact on the food industry.

May 18, 2011

Federal Plan to Limit Potatoes on School Menus Whips Up Supporters of this 'Gateway Vegetable'

Maine—Around here, you can find "Maine Potato Candy"—mashed potatoes rolled in coconut and dipped in chocolate—and potato donuts. A popular county fair offers wrestling matches in a vat of potatoes. In a state where spuds are the top agricult...

May 17, 2011

PROCESS EXPO 2011 Achieves Key Sales Milestone Amid Continued Growing Interest

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that it has reached a milestone of 190,000 square feet for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO trade show.

May 17, 2011

Process Expo reaches Key Sales Milestone amid growing interest

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced today that it has reached a milestone of 190,000 square feet for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO trade show. The show will be held November 1 – 4 at McCormick Place (South Hall) in Chicago.

May 16, 2011

PACK EXPO and Anuga FoodTec Announce Strategic Partnership on Processing and Packaging innovation

PMMI, the owner and producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows, and Koelnmesse GmbH, producer of Anuga FoodTec, today announced a strategic partnership to enhance the resources available to attendees at the largest food and beverage processing shows in North America and Europe.

May 16, 2011

Top Culinary Masters and Celebrity Chefs to Heat Up World Culinary Showcase at NRA Show 2011

Celebrity chefs - you watch them create masterpieces on TV, and now you have a chance to see them up close and personal in the World Culinary Showcase at the 2011 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

May 11, 2011

Potatoes are Gluten-Free!

According to a recent survey, only 19% of Americans rate potatoes as excellent for being gluten free (2011 USPB’s Attitudes &Usage Study). In fact, potatoes are 100% gluten-free!