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Con el objetivo de integrar a empresas proveedoras de papas a cadenas productivas que les permitan mejorar y estabilizar el vínculo comercial con su cliente.

Reductions in restaurants’ use of trans fats may have played a role in declining levels of the fats in the blood of white American adults between 2000 and 2009, a Centers for Disease Control study found Wednesday. The level of trans fats in those who ...

Procter &Gamble Co. has decided it will seek to terminate its sale of the Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods Inc., said three people with knowledge of the situation, following the accounting probe that ousted Diamond’s chief executive officer...

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE) today reported results for its fiscal year 2011.  Snyder's-Lance, Inc. was formed on December 6, 2010 as a result of the merger ("Merger") of Lance, Inc. ("Lance") and Snyder's of Hanover, Inc....

The three Pacific Northwest Potato Commissions, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), the Oregon Potato Commission (OPC) and the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) have entered into an agreement to hire a Pacific Northwest Potato Regional Research ...

The Top Producer Seminar annually features the Top Producer of the Year award. This year, Gregg Halverson of Black Gold Farms, a 20,000-acre potato operation based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, won the prestigious honor. Other outstanding producers who...

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is standing firm Tuesday on taking a voluntary approach with the food industry on trans fat, even though newly released documents show her department was ready to impose regulations in 2009. Documents obtained by the Cen...

A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart, the largest food retailer in the United States, unveiled the “Great For You” icon at an event today in Washington, D...

Ante el riesgo de que las fuertes presiones de congresistas estadounidenses para la introducción de papa fresca a territorio nacional hagan mella y el gobierno mexicano ceda a esta pretensión, el gobernador de Sinaloa encabezó las gestiones ante el Sen...

Researchers hope to find potato varieties that form less acrylamide, a naturally occurring chemical compound, when cooked.

Con el fin de centralizar la información que Redepapa ofrece a sus usuarios a través de sus listas de distribución, a partir de hoy se fusionan InfoPapa y el Boletin de la Papa en una sola lista que se seguirá llamando InfoPapa.

Better Made Snack Foods is one of America's oldest potato chip manufacturers.

En 2011 hubo menos hortalizas y más frutas ingresadas al Mercado Modelo en relación al año 2010. La caída más importante en el volumen de ingresos se dio en la papa con un 13,6% menos que el año pasado. Según un informe del Observatorio Granjero, una p...

La empresa británica de papas fritas Walker sorprendió hace unos días cuando anunció un nuevo concepto en papas fritas. Cansados del sabor del tradicional snack decidieron lanzar una línea en donde el sabor sea un misterio: así nació “What´s the flavou...

Por primera vez en su historia, Huancavelica contará con una novedosa planta procesadora de flakes de papa en el distrito de Acostambo, que ayudará a mejorar los ingresos de los cientos de productores, puesto que la región produce más de mil variedades...

Forget what you thought you knew about supermarkets. How Americans buy food is changing, says Phil Lempert, the self-styled “Supermarket Guru”.

Purple potatoes that contain high levels of antioxidants could help to lower blood pressure in people with obesity, according to new research.

Chris Voigt updated growers about long-range planning in the potato industry, research programs and government regulations during the annual Washington-Oregon Potato Conference.