Potato News

India's potato production has seen a phenomenal increase since the 1950s, mainly due to strong demand from the processing industry and remunerative returns.

Texas Sen. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso and Rep. Carol Alvarado of Houston, both Democrats, are pressing for legislation that would phase in bans of trans fats in restaurant foods — a move they said would help fight obesity and reduce health insurance co...

Eighteen major catering companies, including many high street brands, will introduce calorie information on their menus for the first time. The list of trailblazers, announced today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo and the Food Standards Agenc...

In order to further promote potato consumption in Peru and help producers increase their income, Agriculture Minister Carlos Leyton and representatives from the Municipality of Lima launched today the new "Carritos Paperos"(Potato Carts). A t...

Fast-food chains have recently deflected criticism of their menu offerings by adding healthy items like salads. But a paper soon to be released in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that the presence of healthy options on a menu can induce some ...

as noticias de que la crisis golpeaba al mundo en el último trimestre de 2008 no disminuyeron los ingresos de las grandes cadenas de comida rápida ni el apetito de sus clientes. Por el contrario, la gente siguió comiendo como antes e incluso más. Así l...

K+S of Germany agreed Thursday to buy Morton Salt from Dow Chemical Co. for $1.68 billion to become the world's biggest salt producer and reduce its dependence on potash fertilizer.

In fiscal 2008, the Buhler Technology Group increased its sales (turnover) by about 7% to CHF 1893 million, and with an EBIT margin of 8.4% achieved an excellent operating result. Due to the negative financial result, the Group’s overall result decline...

McDonald's Corp, el mayor comprador de la papa en los Estados Unidos, ha acordado adoptar los primeros pasos para reducir el uso de plaguicidas en las explotaciones de sus proveedores nacionales, dijo el martes un grupo de accionistas . Tras el acuer...

Union representatives in Alberta are calling for a boycott of Old Dutch potato chips after the company locked out its unionized workers at Calgary on Sunday. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 confirmed Wednesday that its members h...

McDonald's Corp, the largest purchaser of potatoes in the United States, has agreed to take preliminary steps to reduce pesticide use in its domestic potato supply, shareholder groups said on Tuesday. Following the agreement, the Bard College Endowme...

CDC Software  announced today that Intersnack is expected to implement CDC Factory, a manufacturing operations management and enterprise manufacturing intelligence solution, at its two plants in the Netherlands to help increase capacity, improve effici...