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Prospective buyers of Kettle Foods are to attend site visits at the company's Norwich headquarters in the UK over the next few weeks, according to reports.Several blue-chip food groups are believed to be among those companies planning to visit with an ...

New Jersey lawmakers passed Wednesday a measure requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets around the country to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards in their locations throughout the state.The state Assembly passed the bill by a margi...

Roast potatoes are one of the most traditional of British side dishes. But really great roast potatoes, ones that are crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy in the middle, need really great potatoes. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear and...

Leading snack food manufacturer, The Inventure Group(R) (Nasdaq: SNAK), expands its portfolio of licensed brands today by announcing a partnership with Bruce Foods to add its signature Original Louisiana Hot Sauce(R) to a new line of Hot Fries snacks u...

U.S. biologists say they've improved on the Yukon Gold potato, which has already been making a name for itself — and the northern Canadian territory it's named after — in kitchens around the world. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Ecolab Inc. today announced it has developed Exelerate(R) ZTF, a breakthrough cleaning program to help food manufacturers address the growing problem with cleaning zero trans fat food oil residue from processing equipment and environmental surfaces. Th...

HZPC's Pommonde concept, which , in cooperation with Nedato at Albert Heijn , involves selling different  types of potato , has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2010.

Potatoes have been attacked for their less than exciting image, ignored by low carb dieters and ostracised from the five a day allowance, but new research from Mintel finds that the fortunes of the humble spud have turned, as today, potatoes are eaten ...

Native potatoes are known for their exquisite, unique taste, their great nutritional properties.  And now their also experiencing an increased demand in local and foreign markets. France and Venezuela are some of the countries already enthralled by the...

The National Salt Reduction Initiative, a New York City-led partnership of cities, states and national health organizations, today unveiled its proposed targets to guide a voluntary reduction of salt levels in packaged and restaurant foods.Americans co...

Today the NYC Health Department announced the details of its National Salt Reduction Initiative. The program will ask food producers to voluntarily cut their sodium output 20 to 25 percent by 2014. Some big-name companies have signed on (PepsiCo plans ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports efforts to reduce the sodium content of manufactured and restaurant foods.  Most American adults should consume no more than 1,500 mg. of sodium – the equivalent of about two-thirds of a t...