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China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), today announced positive results for the third financial quarter ended 31 December...

Aviko houdt de contractprijs voor fritesaardappelen dit jaar gelijk. Aviko doet dit, ook al zijn de kosten voor het aardappelverwerkend bedrijf gestegen. Dat zegt directeur Grondstoffen Dick Zelhorst van Aviko in een interview met het Agrarisch Dagblad...

The first part of 2008 began as a banner year for spuds."But then all of a sudden in the fourth quarter of 2008, things started to change,"Dale Lathim said, Executive Director of the Potato Growers of Washington.Despite how good the french f...

Basic American Foods announced plans to moth-ball its Plover, WI facility. The downturn of the economy, coupled with the high costs of energy and raw material in Wisconsin requires Basic American Foods to shift production to other facilities in the we...

The quick response of the Hartland Fire Department limited the damage to the contents of a storage warehouse in Hartland, NB on Thursday morning. Just before 10:30 a.m., the fire department responded to a call of a structure fire along McLean Avenue in...

Police in southwestern Sichuan province arrested three people who bilked 92 million yuan (£9.13 million/13.4 million USD) from more than 1,600 people in a potato starch production scam.The three set up a company promising returns of more than 23 percen...

Hopes for National Starch to be sold by the end of the year have been dashed by the credit crisis and a sale is unlikely in the near future, said owner Akzo Nobel. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business af...

The United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) Dehydrated Potato Program attracted a record number of interested attendees at the 2008 Food Ingredients Asia Trade Show.

The 13 major [US] potato States held 242 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2008, down 9 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below December 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 66 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production,...

La primera dama de la Nación, Pilar Nores de García, lanzó el “papanetón”, un panetón navideño hecho a base de harina de papa. Este producto es posible gracias al esfuerzo de Sierra Exportadora y la empresa privada, con el cual se busca promover el c...

The leading European potato starch companies AVEBE, Emsland-Stärke, and Lyckeby Industrial demand the use of innovative technologies in agriculture. According to the starch producers, genetically optimized starch potatoes like Amflora from BASF Plant S...

KMC’s annual meeting was held on November 28, 2008 and Chairman Martin Arvad was pleased to report of a year in which KMC not only celebrated its 75 year anniversary, but also of a year that presented one of the best results in KMC’s history.In Denmark...

En los laboratorios de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato (UTA), el investigador Galo Sandoval y un equipo de estudiantes logró que la papa se transforme en una harina blanquecina y fina. Este técnico de la Facultad de Ingeniería en Alimentos indica qu...

Basic American Foods announced it will be closing part of its Shelley plant, one of three facilities the business has in Idaho.Their reasoning they say is the downturn of the economy, the high cost of Idaho potatoes and the loss of sales volume.However...

Basic American Foods announced Monday they are consolidating their production facilities in Eastern Idaho by laying off 65 positions in Shelley along with cost reductions at the Rexburg and Blackfoot production facilities and the central distribution c...

Chinese Potato Starch Manufacturer China Essence Group reports: Revenue increases 39.1% to RMB359.7 million for 1H FY2009 thanks to stronger potato starch sales and a higher average selling price of potato starch. Gross profit surges 26.1% to...

KMC is proud to announce the addition of Henrik Skoett, MSc in biochemistry as head of the environmental team. Henrik brings 12 years of experience and service in public wastewater management with him.KMC is committed to maintain a healthy world enviro...

The MEXIPAN Trade Show is one of the most important events for the Mexican bakery industry. The United States Potato Board (USPB) participated in this event, providing information about the use of dehydrated potatoes (dehy) in bakery applications.