Noticias sobre los Productos de Patata Deshidratada de Las Américas

A fines de abril, entrará en funcionamiento la primera planta de procesamiento de papa del Perú en la provincia de Andahuaylas (Apurímac) y producirá en el primer año unas 324 toneladas de almidón para abastecer el mercado nacional, principalmente hosp...

Ante la necesidad de los productores de papa, de la región del Cofre y el Valle de Perote, de aprovechar una parte importante de su cosecha que no se logra comercializar, con el apoyo del trabajo científico Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Perote, se ...

From 1996 through October 2007, officials say Glenns Ferry cogeneration sold power to Idaho Power under a contract;but now Idaho Power Company is seeking $11.15 Million in damages for an alleged breach of that contract. Gene Fadness, Spokesman for Id...

La primera parte de este documento describe la evolución del procesamiento de la papa. Se hará hincapié en el crecimiento de la industria de transformación en unos pocos actores mundiales, la ampliación de la escala, las tendencias de consumo, el des...

The first part of 2008 began as a banner year for spuds."But then all of a sudden in the fourth quarter of 2008, things started to change,"Dale Lathim said, Executive Director of the Potato Growers of Washington.Despite how good the french f...

Basic American Foods announced plans to moth-ball its Plover, WI facility. The downturn of the economy, coupled with the high costs of energy and raw material in Wisconsin requires Basic American Foods to shift production to other facilities in the we...

The quick response of the Hartland Fire Department limited the damage to the contents of a storage warehouse in Hartland, NB on Thursday morning. Just before 10:30 a.m., the fire department responded to a call of a structure fire along McLean Avenue in...

Hopes for National Starch to be sold by the end of the year have been dashed by the credit crisis and a sale is unlikely in the near future, said owner Akzo Nobel. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business af...

The United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Dehydrated Potato Program attracted a record number of interested attendees at the 2008 Food Ingredients Asia Trade Show.

The 13 major [US] potato States held 242 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2008, down 9 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below December 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 66 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production,...

La primera dama de la Nación, Pilar Nores de García, lanzó el “papanetón”, un panetón navideño hecho a base de harina de papa. Este producto es posible gracias al esfuerzo de Sierra Exportadora y la empresa privada, con el cual se busca promover el c...

En los laboratorios de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA), el investigador Galo Sandoval y un equipo de estudiantes logró que la papa se transforme en una harina blanquecina y fina. Este técnico de la Facultad de Ingeniería en Alimentos indica qu...

Basic American Foods announced it will be closing part of its Shelley plant, one of three facilities the business has in Idaho.Their reasoning they say is the downturn of the economy, the high cost of Idaho potatoes and the loss of sales volume.However...

Basic American Foods announced Monday they are consolidating their production facilities in Eastern Idaho by laying off 65 positions in Shelley along with cost reductions at the Rexburg and Blackfoot production facilities and the central distribution c...

The MEXIPAN Trade Show is one of the most important events for the Mexican bakery industry. The United States Potato Board (USPB) participated in this event, providing information about the use of dehydrated potatoes (dehy) in bakery applications.

ADM has revealed its starch and sweetener operations saw profits tumble by more than US$100 million in the first quarter of 2009 – almost the only negative in an otherwise buoyant set of results.The company’s starch and sweeteners sector made US$65 mil...

Akzo Nobel has postponed the sale of its National Starch unit because of the financial turmoil gripping global markets.The Dutch chemical giant said it would not sell its starch business this yearChief Financial Officer Keith Nichols said: "There ...

Tras un año de negociaciones, la semana pasada ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, la mayor empresa de papas en América del Norte, y Unisur Alimentos Ltda, compañía nacional de procesamiento de los tubérculos, cerraron un acuerdo de asociación estratégica. “Nos...