Chips en Snacks

CIEGO DE AVILA.- La primera planta productora de papas prefritas en el país comenzó su nueva campaña en la central provincia de Ciego de Avila, y se propone comercializar unas 1 800 toneladas del nutritivo alimento. Naíl Pérez Guizán, director del Com...

Document written by Ordinola, M., T. Bernet and K. Manrique. Papa Andina Initiative. 2008 (PDF file;6.2 MB). Content There is vast biodiversity of potato in the Peruvian highlands, which is not being made sufficient use of on a sustainable basis. Mos...

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay business unit, the snack chip leader, is focusing its snack expertise and passion for innovation to break new ground in the nut aisle with TrueNorth, a contemporary line of 100 percent natural, great tasting nut snacks that have 5g ...

The SeaSalt Krinkle Sticks from LesserEvil-- all-natural, crunchy potato snacks that are baked and have 75 percent less fat than regular potato chips -- were selected as one of SHAPE Magazine's top five salty snacks in its "Salty Craving Category...

Buoyed by the growing demand of its snacks, Pepsico India Holdings is increasing production across its various plants by one third of its current capacity in India in the next 18 months. "There has been a growing demand for our products and we wil...

As the chef whose reputation has been built on his ability to confuse and tantalise tastebuds with such confections as crab ice cream and leather purée, Heston Blumenthal would be naturally drawn to a company that depends upon the strange alchemy of s...

Children's favourite snacks are crisps, biscuits, cakes and confectionery but the healthy eating message is filtering through, according to a new survey. The survey was commissioned by the UK Federation of Bakers (FoB) and Flour Advisory Bureau (FAB).W...

PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi criticized Washington on Wednesday for not doing enough to counter the soaring cost of oil. "I don't think in recent years we've seen such a sudden ramp-up in energy costs,"Nooyi said at a discu...

Popchips Inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company, is a proud recipient of Health magazine’s “America’s Healthiest Food Awards” for its original popped potato chips. With more than 30,000 different products at the typical grocery store, the...

The potato production in Pakistan has significantly risen and it touched the figures of 2919.21 thousand tons during 2007-08 fiscal year against the set target of 2148.26 thousand tons.  Official sources in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livesto...

If you are out and about and are looking for a quick, healthy snack for your children, an orange and lemon wholegrain muffin may sound like a good option. If you are watching their salt intake, however, you would be better off giving them a bag of cri...

At Penn State, thousands of potato varieties from around the globe are put through extensive cross-breeding programs, genetic research and intercollegiate collaborations.

On May 27, the Hokkaido Simbun press reported that the swedish potato chips manufacturer "Svenska Lantchips AB", will construct a new potato chips factory in Japan. Svenska Lantchips supplies potato chips to IKEA stores worldwide. The new fa...

Conmemorando el Día Nacional de la Papa, Frito Lay, división de alimentos de corporación PepsiCo, dio a conocer un nuevo proyecto de responsabilidad social, por el cual más de 6 mil pobladores alto andinos se verán beneficiados: Lay´s Andinas, singula...

The inventor of the Pringles can, Dr. Fredric J. Baur, had an odd request regarding the treatment of his final remains. Well, odd for anyone but the inventor of the Pringles can, that is. Like any proud inventor, Baur requested that his ashes be burie...

Pepsico Alimentos Perú podría exportar snacks elaborados con papas de zonas andinas a mercados potenciales como Estados Unidos y otros en América Latina, como Brasil, informó hoy el presidente de Pepsico Alimentos Sudamérica, Olivier Weber.   “Veremo...

En el Año Internacional del la Papa, Deprodeca S.A.C., empresa integrante del Grupo Gloria que incursionó el año pasado en la categoría de snacks bajo la marca Mr. Chips, es la primera en lanzar masivamente al mercado Papas Nativas, hojuelas de papas d...

Frito Lay launched lower-sodium versions of some of their popular salty snacks. Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Tostitos tortilla chips and Fritos corn chips now have 30%-50% less sodium. Regular Lay's classic chips have 180 milligrams of sodium per ou...