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Potato Starch manufacturer AVEBE has announced the launch of two new ETENIA products, specifically designed for confectionery (ETENIA 568) and cake (ETENIA Legato).  Both products are the result of the successful joint venture between AVEBE Food and DS...

The leading European potato starch companies AVEBE, Emsland-Stärke, and Lyckeby Industrial demand the use of innovative technologies in agriculture. According to the starch producers, genetically optimized starch potatoes like Amflora from BASF Plant S...

The McCoy's crisp range has been revamped in light of strong retail growth, and the brand will have a new flavour added to the range, it has been announced. United Biscuits (UBUK) has added the Sizzling King Prawn flavour to be out in January. To coin...

McDonald's Corp posted higher November sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, helped by an extra weekend, while the strengthening dollar pressured international sales, especially in Europe.McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants have been boo...

State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, has filed a bill that would ban the sale of food with trans fats, the "bad"fats in items such as shortening and margarine that have been linked to high cholesterol, heart disease and stroke. "Alr...

A farmer in southern Lebanon has dug up what might be the heaviest potato in the world. "This giant weighs 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds),"Khalil Semhat told the AFP news agency at his farm near Tyre, 85 kilometres (50 miles) south of Beirut. The ...

Fish and chip shops are to form the vanguard of Britain's biggest annual potato push. The Potato Council hopes next February's National Chip Week will mirror this year's success when over two-thirds of fish and chip shops increased sales over the week...

Este año Burger King sentará un precedente en el curso de sus operaciones al darle la vuelta, por primera vez, a McDonald´s México en lo relacionado con el número de restaurantes. Armando Jacomino, presidente para América Latina y el Caribe de Burger ...

figures from the Potato Council putting the loss at around 2% of total crop area. This year's crops have fared considerably better and, although there have been some localised losses in the West Midlands, the Scottish Borders and parts of the North an...

ConAgra Foods is eager to start a new office building for subsidiary Lamb Weston now that the Richland City Council has approved a new $1.4 million deal for land at Columbia Point. ConAgra spokesman Jeff Mochal said Thursday that some details remain to...

KMC’s annual meeting was held on November 28, 2008 and Chairman Martin Arvad was pleased to report of a year in which KMC not only celebrated its 75 year anniversary, but also of a year that presented one of the best results in KMC’s history.In Denmark...

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard. Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its...