马铃薯淀粉及其衍生物

Food fibres are considered as beneficial for our immune system. However ‘considered’ is not good enough;the European guard dog EFSA needs sound scientific evidence based on effects on healthy human people before health claims for these compounds are ap...

De laatste maanden zijn er in Duitsland bijzonder veel aardappelen afgezet met als stempel tweede soort of voor de verwerking tot biogas of zetmeel. Dit komt door de grote Duitse aardappeloogst.

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...

In financial year 2010/2011 potato starch manufacturer AVEBE achieved a net profit of EUR 19.8 million with a net turnover of EUR 525.1 million. By way of comparison: in the previous financial year the net profit was EUR 2.8 million with a net turnover...

AVEBE heeft in boekjaar 2010/2011 een netto resultaat geboekt van 19,8 miljoen EUR, bij een netto-omzet van 525,1 miljoen EUR. Ter vergelijking: het vorig boekjaar was het netto-resultaat 2,8 miljoen EUR, bij een netto-omzet van 521,8 miljoen EUR.

Starch group AVEBE has completed the upgrade of a production line at its production site in Ter Apelkanaal in the Netherlands. The investment, involving a sum of 10 million euros, forms part of an ongoing investment programme. The company is also curr...

At KMC’s annual general meeting on 11 November 2011 Chairman Martin Arvad was very pleased to present a historically strong result. The result represented a highly positive development compared to last year’s result. After several years of investment ...

Op veel percelen verloopt de zetmeeloogst moeizaam door natte plekken en rotte aardappelen. Jan Katerberg huurde de loonwerker in om de aardappelen er snel uit te krijgen. Het blad Boerderij maakte een fotoreportage: Moeizame zetmeeloogst (bekijk...

Penford Corporation (NASDAQ: PENX), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Carolina Starches. Penford will purchase the company interests and certain assets of the businesses currently operated by Carolina Starches, LLC and Ke...

De Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond biedt hun visie over de aanpassingen asl gevolg van het gemeenschappelijke laandbouwbeleid: De Europese Commissie wil dat alle landen voor 2019 volledig overgaan van het historische model naar het regionale model. Oft...

DLV Plant analyseerde de gevolgen van de gemeenschappelijke Landbouwbeleid (GLB) op de inkomsten van de zetmeelaardappelteelt: Er wordt steeds meer duidelijk met betrekking tot de invulling van de bedrijfstoeslag na 2013. In een vertaling van de conto...

Penford Food Ingredients launched a potato-resistant starch, PenFibe™ RS, which allows manufacturers to add dietary to a wide variety of food applications. PenFibe RS features a low water-holding capacity for increased solids/bulk without affecting pro...

Potato starch manufacturer China Essence Group Ltd issued a profit warning for Q2 FY2012 and H1 FY2012, saying the company expects a loss in these periods due to "unexpected sharp movements in the prices of potatoes and potato starch".

De zetmeelcampagne van Avebe is in volle gang. Het natte weer van de afgelopen periode leverde nauwelijks achterstand op bij de verwerking. De fabrieken van Avebe in Gasselternijveen en Ter Apelkanaal draaien deze weken op volle toeren. Van het total...

Last week, the Commission presented its proposals for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2020) to the European Parliament. That triggered a number of reactions from stakeholders. The European starch industry association (AAF), as a major user o...

Potato starch has a wide range of applications beyond food. Ever considered the use of modified potato starch in the building and construction sector? Here is a recent news item from Avebe: AVEBE, global leader in potato starch, presents the latest in...

Recently the USDA has published a revised overview of the United States Potato Industry statistics for harvest 2010. This report contains a wealth of data on the production per state and utilisation, for which we refer to the report itself.

A new extraction method promises to deliver large-scale extraction of potato fibres rich in the are especially rich in the pectin rhamnogalacturonan I, could help to produce new ingredients and functional hydrocolloids, say researchers. Writing in Foo...