Noticias sobre los Productos de Patata Deshidratada de Las Américas

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...

This report contains market data on potato and potato products.Domestic potato production in Korea expected to rebound in 2008 reaching 608,000 metric tons.Imports of U.S. fresh potato are forecast to end the year at a record 15,000 tons, equivalent to...

Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America, and Unisur Alimentos Ltda, the only frozen French fry and dehydrated potato processing company in Chile, announced the formation of a new strategic partnership focused on Chile an...

Representatives for charitable organizations were back in Idaho this week to explore different ways of using dehydrated potatoes in international food aid programs.The visit, sponsored by the U.S. Potato Board, included representatives from nine privat...

Chef Yutaka Yamazaki of the Technology Development Division of Saint-Germain made potato pan bread for this study. Based on his experience in Europe, he recommends making bread with potatoes. He used US dehy standard potato flakes, which have high qual...

City tax incentives are on the way for Kettle Creations, a company planning to open a $25 million food manufacturing facility in Gateway Commerce industrial park in Lima, Ohio.Kettle Creations, a new company, will manufacture 50 million pounds of mashe...

During May the USPB representative in Mexico held a training session for bakers in Vera Cruz. The seminar was held in conjunction with CANAINPA, the Mexican bakery association annual meeting, was very well received by the local bakery industry, and was...

Food processor Kettle Creations LLC is considering putting a mashed-potato plant in the Gateway Commerce Industrial Park here.It plans to a $21 million factory to make refrigerated mashed potatoes for sale in stores and use in restaurants. The operati...

For many commodities, prices are at or near records. Why have commodity prices gone up so much? In the debate surrounding this question some have singled out one or two factors as the primary drivers of food price increases. The real and much more com...

A new UK food regulator guide recommends a restricted shelf-life for vacuum packed and modified atmosphere packed food products to avoid C. Botulinum growth. Although Clostridium botulinum food poisoning is very rare in the UK, its very serious natur...

In the USA, KFC serves steaming hot mashed potato with their finger-lickin' good chicken. If you eat at KFC restaurants on the eastern seaboard of the USA, the mashed potato you are served originates in Prince Edward Island and is made by AgraWest Food.

Junín se convirtió ayer, fecha en que el país conmemora el Día del Campesino, en la primera región del país en la que se instaló la máquina que permite la transformación industrial de papa en harina. El equipo industrial, cuyo diseño y fabricación fue...

The Idaho Potato Commission is developing the details of a promotion for dehydrated potato products in Mexico.The details of the project are still being worked out, said Seth Pemsler, vice president of retail and international affairs for the commissio...

An additional 70 MT (10,032.75 cwt fresh weight equivalent) of dehydrated potato flakes (dehy) was purchased by USDA, June 3rd for Africare, a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in Africa. The dehydrated potato flakes will be utilized in progr...

Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry, even though potato prices are good, the executive director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee says. Three years ago, cost of production in the San Luis Valley was about $4 ...