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mei 25, 2025
Foreign Material Contamination: How Intralox prevents the Top 5 Causes of Conveyor Foreign Material Contamination in Food Processing
Intralox unveils updated strategies and tools to prevent the top 5 causes of conveyor-related foreign material contamination (FMC), helping food processors enhance safety, reduce recalls, and extend belt life through proactive prevention.
maart 24, 2025
Are Sweet Potatoes More Nutritious Than Regular Potatoes?
Americans know people love potatoes—they’re America’s favorite vegetable. But misinformation can undermine consumer confidence. That’s why Potatoes USA actively works to correct inaccurate, misleading information wherever it appears.
februari 23, 2025
Researchers identify biosynthetic pathway of GlycoAlkaloid formation in potato
Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in space and other extreme environments.
september 17, 2024
Michael Family Farms Supplies Potatoes Year-Round and Advocates for Children's Nutrition
Kathy Sponheim, a fourth-generation potato farmer, grew up around vegetables and found a passion for agriculture at an early age. When she was young, her dad said that she had to work somewhere else for at least two years before she could work on the family farm. Sponsored Content
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september 16, 2024
New AI-Based Inspection System Brings Profitability to Potato Packers and Processors
Food processors know that foreign objects and inaccurate quality grading is cutting into profits. To fix this, they have tried X-ray detection, metal detection, vision inspection systems, and large teams of human inspectors, yet success has been limited.
september 08, 2024
Potatoes USA Recognized with Gold MyPlate Champion Achievement
The MyPlate National Strategic Partner Team recently recognized Potatoes USA with the Gold MyPlate Champion Achievement for actively participating in the MyPlate national strategic partnership and promoting MyPlate to important audiences.
februari 27, 2024
Michigan State University researchers further unravel the mechanism of cold induced sweetening in potatoes
Michigan State University professors Jiming Jiang and David Douches has discovered a key mechanism behind the darkening and potential health concerns associated with cold-stored potatoes. 
november 26, 2023
PepsiCo sets goals to further reduce sodium and deliver more diverse ingredients in convenient foods portfolio
PepsiCo, Inc. unveiled new nutrition goals under its strategic transformation, PepsiCo Positive (pep+). The objectives focus on reducing sodium and enhancing nutritional value in consumer-preferred foods.
oktober 01, 2023
The Nutritional Power of Potato: Carbohydrates
The journalist, Ben Feller, wrote, in 2009, an interesting story titled "The President and the Potato." David Letterman hosted President Barack Obama at his talk show and offered 10 funny reasons why his guest accepted to come. But Obama stopped him, saying, "The reason I’m here? I want to see that heart-shaped potato."
april 17, 2023
Idaho® Potatoes to Participate in American Diabetes Association Better Choices for Life Program
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) and the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) have announced a multi-year partnership making fresh Idaho® potatoes the first vegetable to participate in the ADA’s esteemed, Better Choices for Life program.
februari 08, 2023
Not Just Delicious! Potatoes are also Nutrition Powerhouse
It's the New Year, which means many of us are trying to eat better, save money and find more time in our day. Cara Harbstreet, registered dietitian and intuitive eating expert, recommends a kitchen hero that's a solution for it all: the potato!
november 21, 2022
Kerry Introduces Acryleast Pro - Next-generation acrylamide - reducing yeast now even more effective
Kerry, the world’s leading taste and nutrition company, has announced that it had released Acryleast™ Pro, the advanced iteration of the company’s signature acrylamide-reducing non-GMO (non-genetically modified) yeast, Acryleast™.
november 01, 2022
More good news on the nutritional value of potatoes - in all forms
If you adore potato salad, scalloped potatoes, or sweet potato fries, then you might be concerned about how they're affecting your body. The good news is that a new study has found that potatoes might be healthier than we thought.