Noticias sobre los Chips y Aperitivos de Europa

Eco-friendly plans to generate power using waste from a crisp factory proved the real McCoy for Durham County councillors yesterday. Farmer Philip Johnson asked Durham County Council for permission to produce electricity – enough to heat 1,200 homes ...

A crisp factory employing 300 people in the Black Country could close after its owner lost one of its biggest contracts. Workers are facing redundancy at Red Mill Snack Foods Ltd in Globe Street, Wednesbury, which makes Transformers crisps and Mr Pork...

BASF Plant Science today filed an action with the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg against the EU Commission for failure to act. According to the company, the approval process of the cultivation of Amflora, its genetically improved potato...

Het bedrijf FZ Organic in Wolvega heeft in het afgelopen jaar de chipsproductie fors verhoogd. De producent van biologische chips (waaronder het merk Trafo) zag de productie stijgen met 6 tot 8 procent stijgen. Volgens directeur Frans Andringa is dat o...

Tayto announced to cease production at its crisp manufacturing plant in the Corby, threatening 264 jobs.   The decision follows the cancellation of the only contract at the factory by Proctor and Gamble to manufacture Pringles Minis.Workers at the pl...

As crop production costs spiral, serious savings can be made across a range of potato inputs if you manage and monitor them carefully.

Walkers is offering the public the chance to create a new flavour and make money by taking 1% of future sales of the crisps. Chef Heston Blumental will lead a panel of "flavour experts"from Walkers to select the finalists. The Do Us a Flavou...

In the UK the High Court ruled that Pringles are not crisps. Procter and Gamble successfully challenged the ruling of a VAT (tax) tribunal that Pringles should be standard-rated at 17.5 per cent as the product fell within the definition of 'potato crisps, potato sticks, potato puffs and similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour, or from potato starch'.

Las Pringles no son patatas, según el Tribunal Supremo británico. El popular aperitivo de inconfundibles rodajas ovaladas perfectamente encajadas en un envase de tubo tienen menos del 50 por ciento de patata y «una forma artificial». Esta decisión judi...

Their 'mouth-melt' taste and geometric shape 'not found in nature' ;means that Pringles must henceforth be struck from the list of snacks that Brits can call 'crisps' and, more crucially, that they can tax.

A Pringle is is not a potato crisp according to a High Court ruling today.The result means the top-selling snack is exempt from VAT. It is good news for manufacturers Proctor &Gamble who now stand to save millions of pounds on UK sales.The ruling c...

Walkers, Britain's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is set to drive growth of its leading better-for-you brand, Walkers Baked, with a larger 37.5g pack aimed at the Impulse channel.Walkers Baked is the most successful launch in the Crisps and Snack...

Controlling portion size is one of the corner stones in the efforts to reduce Obesity. In an effort to help consumers control portion size, snack manufacturers are increasingly offering these small packages.

That is a step in the right direction. Right? Maybe not....

PepsiCo UK has drafted in Mars strategy chief Ian Ellington as vice president of marketing for its Walkers business. He joins from Mars UK, where he has worked for the past 17 years. The move marks a departure in Pepsico’s strategy of promoting from ...

Kettle Chips, the number one hand-cooked crisp brand, is launching a new variety - Red Thai Curry - in time for the key summer sales period.The new seasoning is a deliciously simple take on the popular south-east Asian dish, embracing a variety of spic...

Pringles, the UK's No. 1 large sharing brand from P&G, is offering shoppers the chance to "Take away a tempting taste of China” by adding two exotic new limited edition flavours to the current range. Sweet and Sour and Peking Duck with hoi si...

Consumers outside Yorkshire can now savour the taste of Henderson'sRelish from Sheffield for the  first time, courtesy of the Yorkshire Crisps Company. It has teamed up with the Sheffield sauce maker - whose popular secret recipe has been produced in t...

Lincolnshire farmer Alex Albone set up Pipers Crisps in 2004. Today, he produces 75,000 bags a week, good for a sales of £1.3m– but downright refuses to supply major supermarkets.   “I’d rather sell to the village shop where you buy your daily newspa...