Chips en Snacks

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.

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...

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...

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...

Pepsico heeft heeft donderdag een speciale Wheel of Retail gekregen. Lay's Baked, de in de oven gebakken aardappelchips, werd gekozen tot meest innovatieve product.

The Snack Factory, creators of Pretzel Crisps® brand pretzel crackers, announced today an agreement with Madison Square Garden to have its thin, crunchy pretzel cracker available throughout the complex. Madison Square Garden, known for its great famil...

Choosing your junk food used to be easy. During the “shortage economy” under communism, Czechoslovakia was deprived of the variety of prepackaged processed food found in the West. If you wanted a savory snack, your options were simple: salted sticks...

The takeover of potato products maker Mr Chips is inching towards certainty after more institutional shareholders agreed to accept Simplot Australia's impending takeover offer. Agreements with Balle Bros and Jon Davison gives food manufacturer Simplo...

Daryl Thomas, senior vice president for sales and marketing, at Herr’s Foods Inc., was installed as the 2008 SFA Chairman Monday, March 3 during SNAXPO 2008 in San Antonio, TX. Thomas succeeds Tom Dempsey, president, Utz Quality Foods, the 2007 chairman.

In light of dramatic increases in food prices and the environmental costs of fuels derived from food crops, Congress should revisit federal food-to-fuel mandates and subsidies, a top official of a Pennsylvania-based snack foods company told Congress t...

Today the Snack Food Industry made its case in US congress for changes in the US biofuel policy, in light of the dramatic increase of food prices and the environmental costs.

SunChips, Frito-Lay's popular line of multigrain snacks, is stepping up to help rebuild the city of Greensburg, Kansas, which was tragically struck by a devastating tornado that destroyed nearly all of the community. In conjunction with Discovery Commu...