Potato News

August 25, 2008

Frito-Lay launches new initiative to position potato chips as a snack that belongs in a healthy diet

The July issue of Better Homes and Gardens introduced Frito-Lay’s new advertorial (an advertisement that looks like editorial content). Titled “Keeping up Like the Joneses,” it features a photo of a mother and her three children bringing groceries in ...
August 25, 2008

Florida startup company to offer line of cocktail-inspired potato chips

Startup snack-food company Infused-Sun Products is looking to raise $300,000 in new capital to take a chip out of the snack category. The West Palm Beach-based firm has developed a line of cocktail-inspired potato chips called Intoxi-Tators, although t...
August 24, 2008

Study finds small snacks encourage eating more

Spanish and Dutch researchers found that instead of reducing the amount of calories consumed by people, treats in small-sized packages ("diet"and “fun” packs) actually increase the amount of high-calorie foods eaten. The researchers had subje...
August 23, 2008

La franquicia Burger King consigue sacar partido a la crisis

La cadena estadounidense de hamburguesas ha batido sus previsiones de crecimiento alcanzando un beneficio neto de 100 millones de euros al cierre de su ejercicio fiscal. La cifra supone un crecimiento del 28% sobre el ejercicio anterior gracias al fuer...
August 22, 2008

Indonesia largest potato producer in SE Asia

Indonesia is the largest potato-producing nation in Southeast Asia with an annual production of 1.1 million tons, a minister said. "Indonesia is the largest potato-producing country in Southeast Asia. The prospects for potato production in the wor...
August 22, 2008

Periodistas chilenos encantados con la papa peruana

Una delegación de periodistas gastronómicos de los más importantes medios de comunicación de Chile que visita el Perú destacó hoy la campaña de promoción y de revaloración de la papa que se realiza en el país y reconoció la calidad de los platos elabor...
August 21, 2008

España: la superficie dedicada a la patata cae casi un 50% en siete años

Lo hace para situarse en las 89.300 ha en 2007 distribuidas entre Castilla y León, Andalucía y Galicia. En total, la producción durante el pasado año alcanzó los 2,5 millones de tn, aunque los precios, a partir de abril, cayeron a niveles de 2004. En e...
August 21, 2008

Stimulant-infused energy snacks

Companies are infusing energy-giving ingredients into food products as a new way to attract customers. Energy foods provide all the stimulation of energy drinks, whilst possibly cutting out high levels of sugar, unpleasant tastes and unnatural chemical...
August 21, 2008

Potato supply agreement grows profits and cuts waste

Sole supply agreements in the potato processing sector are helping to improve profits, reduce waste and raise quality. An £8.4m investment by H J Heinz at its Westwick factory, just north of Norwich, is good news for potato growers in the area, says Ia...
August 21, 2008

Hail puts dent in San Luis Valley potato volumes

Demand for potatoes from Colorado’s San Luis Valley could be even stronger than first anticipated, following hailstorms Aug. 16-17 expected to reduce volumes from the region. The storms, which cut a mile-wide swathe near the towns of Center and Mosca, ...
August 21, 2008

Heinz profit rises on french fries, China dumplings

H.J. Heinz Co. said first-quarter profit rose 12 percent and forecast full-year earnings that exceeded its earlier projection on sales of Ore-Ida french fries in the U.S. and dumplings in China.
August 21, 2008

Se implementa una caracterizacion de 100 variedades de papas nativas en Peru

El INIA viene trabajando en las caracterización de 100 variedades de papas nativas de las 500 que existen en la actualidad. Es un trabajo conjunto con los agricultores pues ellos las siembran y el INIA se encarga de los estudios para la elaboración de ...

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