Noticias sobre los Productos de Patata Deshidratada de Las Américas

Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...

La empresa Alicorp estudia el desarrollo de harinas a partir de productos nativos de Perú como la papa, la cebada y el camote, para hacer frente a los altos precios internacionales del trigo, señaló hoy el gerente central del negocio de productos indus...

As interest in potato starch increases due to clean label pressures, US scientists report that the gelling and paste-forming properties of starch from sweet potatoes can be controlled by using amino acids. The nature of the amino acid was found to str...

Penford Food Ingredients, a leading manufacturer and marketer of ingredients for the processed food industry, announced today that it has entered into a sublicense agreement with MGP Ingredients, Inc., which grants to Penford the exclusive right to man...

National Potato Council (NPC) has signed onto a letter with many other groups requesting Chairman Byrd (D-WV) of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member Cochran (R-MS)  include additional funding for PL 480 Title II food aid in the Senat...

It will come as no surprise to insiders of the potato processing industry that the worldwide flakes industry finds itself in a favourable position over the last 1½ years. Demand for this versatile ingredient mainly driven by savoury snacks

Sierra Exportadora logró obtener una de las harinas de papa más baratas del mundo, utilizando como insumo la papa nacional de segunda y de descarte, así lo informó el presidente ejecutivo de Sierra Exportadora Gastón Benza Pflucker, durante la presenta...

The 13 major potato states held 172 million cwt. of potatoes in storage March 1, up 8 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2006, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potatoes in storage accounted for 43 percent of the 2...

The amount of reducing sugars in the potato are responsible for the colour formation of fried products. So if potatoes are too high in reducing sugars, they are not suitable for processing.

Fire damage to a Grand Forks potato plant is estimated at about $25,000. The fire early Thursday morning was contained in the dust collection system at the North American Foods plant, but the facility was shut down for the day. The plant makes dehydrat...

The 13 major potato States held 206 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2008, up 7 percent from last year and 9 percent above February 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 52 percent of the 2007 fall storage States’ production, up 3 pe...

The J. R. Simplot Company is transferring its vegetable processing plant in Pasco, Wash., to a new manufacturing joint venture to be managed and co-owned by Washington Potato Company. Washington Potato Company (WPC) will run the plant and continue to p...

North American Foods confirmed Wednesday that it will close its potato processing plant in Glenns Ferry, ending nearly six months of uncertainty about the future of the plant. The Idaho Department of Labor estimates that about 110 people will be left w...

2008 marks the 20th anniversary of Radix Systems Limited. This experience is reflected in the latest generation of Autosorts, constantly evolving to meet the increasing demands of today’s food producers.

El presidente Alan García destacó hoy la necesidad de que los peruanos redescubran el valor de la papa procesada convertida en chuño, por su alto valor nutritivo, su mayor duración y su bajo costo.   Dijo que gracias a los procesos de congelamiento, e...

Staff of a Denver-area organization supposedly brokering a deal to set up an organic potato processing facility in Center were reluctant to release information locally about the proposal but told residents of Grand Forks, North Dakota, they might have ...

Workers at North American Foods' dehydrated potato flake processing plant have been told that the operation will be closed March 15.The company, previously RDO Foods Co., employs about 125 people at the plant.Officials at the R.D. Offutt Co. corporate...

La papa, tubérculo que se consume mayoritariamente frito en el país, puede retomar parte del esplendor que tuvo en la alimentación de los Incas. ¿La razón? Muy simple, pasaría a reemplazar parcialmente al trigo dentro de la producción de alimentos indu...