Noticias sobre la Salud y Nutrición de Las Américas

In cooperation with Olde York Potato Chips, ALDI has voluntarily recalled 96 cases of Clancy’s Wavy Potato Chips from limited stores as a precautionary measure due to the potential presence of milk resulting from product mislabeling.

Fueron necesarios cuatro años de estudio constante y sacrificado para que científicos cusqueños lograran crear un nuevo tipo de papa, una tan fortificada que podría acabar con la anemia en Perú y el mundo entero.

Kawsay, desarrollada por el CIP, tiene el potencial de mejorar los ingresos y la seguridad alimentaria de las comunidades con pocos recursos, ubicadas en tierras altas.

Son el producto de un trabajo conjunto de Visión Mundial, Orposacha y el INIAF. Por su alto contenido de hierro y zinc contribuirán a reducir la desnutrición crónica,

McCain Foods USA Inc. is recalling all products from its Colton facility in California, which produces fire-roasted, caramelized or sauteed frozen fruit and vegetable products.

An equipment fire at the Simplot potato processing plant in Grand Forks, ND late last Wednesday, forced employees to evacuate and caused an estimated USD 150.000 of damage.

Potatoes USA has launched a video campaign on social media to boost the image of potatoes by focusing on their performance-boosting benefits

J.R. Simplot has acquired a license for CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools. This provides Simplot with another avenue to add desirable traits to fruits and vegetables, including potatoes.

Four of the largest food companies in the United States have launched the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, a new organization focused on driving progress in public policies that shape what people eat and how it impacts their health, communities, and the planet.

In what’s sure to be a disappointment to everyone who has been missing Art’s & Mary’s Homestyle Tater Chips, the Wichita company has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Research has shown that the reward center of the brain values foods high in both fat and carbohydrates - such as french fries - more than foods containing only fat or only carbs.

Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World Potato Congress (WPC) and the 28th Congress of the Latin American Potato Association (ALAP) were held together for the first time.

PepsiCo, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bare Foods Co. (doing business as Bare Snacks), a U.S.-based maker of baked fruit and vegetable snacks.

El evento se realizó en Julcán y tuvo como objetivo promover la activa participación de agricultores, ganaderos, artesanos y agroindustriales en temas referidos a dos sectores primordiales como la agricultura y la ganadería.

Sterzing's Potato Chips reformulated its recipe to meet the deadline of the 2015 U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandate banning oils that contain trans fat. At first that didn't go too well...

To help monitor salt intake, researchers have developed a flexible and stretchable wireless sensing system designed to be comfortably worn in the mouth to measure the amount of sodium a person consumes.

Utz® Quality Foods, LLC, is voluntarily recalling select expiration dates of some Golden Flake, Good Health, Utz and Weis Brand Tortilla Chip items due to potential contamination of undeclared milk allergen.

Potato Grower Bill Skinner heads to Massachusetts this weekend to compete in his second Boston Marathon – at the age of 72.