Chips en Snacks

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announced its inclusion in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). PepsiCo is ranked as the number one company in the DJSI Food and Beverage Supersector, the only company based in the United States to earn a t...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today announced that it will be added for the first time to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America. One of the world's most recognizable sustain...

Om de toenemende zwaarlijvigheid en de stijgende gezondheidszorgkosten aan te pakken heeft Hongarije een wet ingevoerd waarbij speciale belasting moet worden betaald voor 'vet' voedsel. Mensen gaan meer betalen voor voedingsmiddelen met een hoog vet- ...

PepsiCo India will make its food plant at Sankrail near Kolkata a hub for making newer products as it expands its portfolio of health and nutritious food. "We plan to make this plant as a global benchmark,"PepsiCo India Holdings CEO (Foods) ...

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 (Sept. 26–28, Las Vegas Convention Center) is collaborating with several industry associations to add even more value to the most comprehensive processing and packaging event taking place in North America. “While brand owners ...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division is taking spicy snacking to the next level with the introduction of new Doritos and Cheetos Fiery Fusion snacks. Now available in convenience stores across the U.S., Fiery Fusion snacks are the latest evolutio...

If you think a Hot Dog flavored potato chip is not going to work, think again... It looks like 7-Eleven Big Bite Hot Dog Potato Chips have the flavor and the buzz. This is what the Huffington Post writes about them: "When we at HuffPost Food rea...

Chio (Intersnack) ziet grote kansen voor de zoutjescategorie in de segmenten specialty chips en zoute biscuits. In deze segmenten vindt weinig innovatie plaats, waardoor de aankoopfrequentie onder druk staat. Met echt vernieuwende, onderscheidende con...

Shippers say consumers like the convenience of picking up bagged sweet potatoes, and the 3-pound bag seems to be just the right size. Sales of bagged sweet potatoes are picking up, said George Wooten, president and partner, Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co....

Fifteen years after he quit PepsiCo's Frito-Lay as brand manager in charge of potato chips and traditional namkeen, Sameer Suneja has the global beverages and snacks maker looking over its shoulder with caution.

This new snack, Cherkees are a blend of two delicious snack foods;beef jerky and potato chips. These are NOT beef jerky flavored potato chips. Cherkees are real beef jerky AND potato chips at the same time! Lean beef and crispy potato are finally com...

Desicant application trials to monitor spray deposition in different parts of the potato crop canopy have demonstrated that the angled Syngenta Potato Nozzle gives better all-round coverage of leaves and stems at all heights of the leaf canopy, compare...

Saratoga Specialties Company is excited to announce that Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott T. Johnson will proclaim that August 24th is “Saratoga Specialties Original Saratoga Chip Day”. A presentation is set to be made on the steps of City Hall in Saratog...

The USPB is pleased to deliver the industry’s sales and utilization estimates for calendar year 2010. The full report is attached following this story.

United Biscuits may be broken up as its private equity owners plan to revive attempts to sell the U.K. food manufacturer, The Sunday Times reports without citing sources. The move could see the group's biscuits business, including the McVitie's brand,...

Gary Lineker is to take a back seat in the latest advert for the Walkers crisp range following a brand revamp. The move comes as brand owner PepsiCo makes a decision to shift the marketing message to provenance in its latest push. The new campaign fo...

De Nederlandse aardappelverwerkende industrie neemt in Europa een vooraanstaande plaats in bij de productie van aardappelconsumptieproducten. En er wordt meer gemaakt dan alleen voorgebakken producten (frites, blokjes, schijfjes e.d.).

Malaysia's traditional snack industry is growing rapidly with the sales figure hitting RM200 million (66 Million USD) last year. While consumers have ample choice when comes to local snacks, crispy chips made of tapioca, banana, sweet potato and onion...