Chips en Snacks

A snack food promotion accused of encouraging children to eat the equivalent of more than a kilogram of fat has been stung by the Advertising Standards Authority. The authority upheld a complaint by the Ministry of Health that Bluebird Foods' "R...

Cargill has opened a new innovation center for snack and cereal products which it says will help food manufacturers create new products that drive sales growth.   The agro-giant's Snacks and Cereal Product Innovation Center in Minneapolis, which is no...

Snack maker Frito-Lay has signed a long-term lease for a 35,000-square-foot, build-to-suit distribution facility in Fort Myers, FL.   The building will include state-of-the-art racking and distribution equipment, a 30-foot clear height and 5,000 squar...

Las Pringles no son patatas, según el Tribunal Supremo británico. El popular aperitivo de inconfundibles rodajas ovaladas perfectamente encajadas en un envase de tubo tienen menos del 50 por ciento de patata y «una forma artificial». Esta decisión judi...

Herr Foods is still in the chips despite a recent potato shortfall.The southern Chester County salty snack maker purchases about 15 tractor-trailer loads of potatoes each weekday.That's 3.4 million pounds a week, roughly 125 million to 150 million poun...

Last year, in the U.S., an average of 126 pounds of potatoes per person were consumed, according to the Department of Agriculture. Twelve percent of the total -- 16 pounds -- was in the form of chips. That's where the Hoekstra family comes in. For ha...

A Pringle is is not a potato crisp according to a High Court ruling today.The result means the top-selling snack is exempt from VAT. It is good news for manufacturers Proctor &Gamble who now stand to save millions of pounds on UK sales.The ruling c...

Walkers, Britain's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is set to drive growth of its leading better-for-you brand, Walkers Baked, with a larger 37.5g pack aimed at the Impulse channel.Walkers Baked is the most successful launch in the Crisps and Snack...

Their 'mouth-melt' taste and geometric shape 'not found in nature' ;means that Pringles must henceforth be struck from the list of snacks that Brits can call 'crisps' and, more crucially, that they can tax.

A study has found that “diet-sized snack portions encourage people to eat more,"The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper said that researchers had warned that smaller sized packets could make people believe they had already limited their food ...

Major Japanese snack food maker Calbee Foods Co. said Thursday that it will raise prices of its mainstay products as early as November.The markup on the products, which include potato chips and "Kappa Ebisen"snacks, reflects surging prices of...

Controlling portion size is one of the corner stones in the efforts to reduce Obesity. In an effort to help consumers control portion size, snack manufacturers are increasingly offering these small packages.

That is a step in the right direction. Right? Maybe not....

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) announced today that it has been added to the Russell Microcap Index after the Russell Investment Group reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 27, 2008. "We are very pl...

Chips manufacturer Ira Middleswarth &Son, a Snyder County company, is having trouble because of the weather. Normally, Ira Middleswarth &Son gets eight tractor-trailer loads of potatoes from its supplier each week. Middleswarth Vice President...

PepsiCo UK has drafted in Mars strategy chief Ian Ellington as vice president of marketing for its Walkers business. He joins from Mars UK, where he has worked for the past 17 years. The move marks a departure in Pepsico’s strategy of promoting from ...

Mini packets of crisps, sweets and biscuits, are becoming increasing popular among children and those keen to watch their weight. However, new research suggests that the size of the packaging could actually be counterproductive. Scientists gave diff...

The Pulaski Frito-Lay plant has announced the addition of a new line that produces the new TrueNorth™ nut snack products. Frito-Lay representatives made a presentation of the new product to the Giles County Economic Development Commission last week. Ac...

Only a true health and wellness vision can enable global snack players to tap into the booming market for obesity solutions, claim experts. A new report from Credit Suisse projects the market for obesity fighting consumer staples could hit a massive $1...