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The sweet potato is now available in a new frozen chip and chunk form from McCain Foods (SA) – in an appetizing orange colour not readily found as a fresh vegetable in South Africa.The new Alternatives Sweet Potato range includes the McCain Alternative...

McCain Foods is putting its entire consumer and corporate PR account out to pitch as it aims to step up the emphasis on the nutritional value of its food. The wide-ranging account is believed to be worth about £250,000 and is currently held by Fleishm...

There was a need to constitute a potato promotion board at the central level in order to look into various issues beginning from cultivation to consumption of the tuber in the country. The matter was discussed at the annual meeting of the Federation of...

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty snack food marketer and manufacturer, is pleased to announce it has received shareholder approval to change the corporate name to Inventure Foods, Inc. The change better reflects the Compan...

Fast-food outlets and casual dining chains routinely dream up flashy menu items to build buzz and lure ravenous Americans.   Called “stunt foods,” the edible inventions carry some marketing risk. This spring, KFC’s “Double Down” and IHOP’s “Cheesecake ...

As Guizhou prepares for the three-day 2010 China potato festival to be held on May 28, statistics show that potato cultivation in the region is continuing to expand.According to statistics, the potato planting areas in Guizhou province has increased fr...

Potato growers across Australia have been urged to protect the local industry from a major pest which has established itself in New Zealand. New Zealand potato producers have been coming to terms with the disease Zebra chip. The disease is seen as...

Recent research from Mintel Menu Insights found that snacking is the new way to order at restaurants. Menu items that contain the descriptors “snack,” “snackable,” or “snacker” have increased by a staggering 170% since 2007 and growth is expected to c...

Only months after its launch, Greenvale has won no less than two influential awards for Project Cascade, its innovative root vegetable washing system.

Taurine, the ingredient most famously linked to energy drinks, may help reduce levels of acrylamide in foods, suggests new research from Korea.French fries exposed to a taurine solution prior to frying contained 96 per cent less acrylamide than control...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today reported record first quarter sales and earnings for the period ended April 30, 2010.Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 were $99.1 billion, an increase of 6.0 percent from $93.5 billion in the fi...

While the recession forced millions of Americans into the kitchen and to develop an eat-at-home mindset, a new survey(1) released today by ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG) one of North America's leading food makers, shows that despite the ease on economic con...