Nieuws uit Europa

La escasez tanto en España como en el resto del continente durante la presente campaña provoca la subida de los precios en origen a niveles que no se recordaban en el sector.

La nueva asociación está formada por trece socios, entre cooperativas, empresas y autónomos. Tiene presencia en las provincias de Burgos, Palencia, Álava y Navarra, y representa a una amplia mayoría del sector.

Baker Perkins will showcase its technology and services that enable snack manufacturers to take advantage of new market opportunities, at Snackex 2013

Want to learn more about Electrostatic flavour application? then make sure to visit Spice Application Systems at the Snackex in stand 125.

At Snackex, Lamine Lahouasnia, Head of Packaged Food Research at Euromonitor International, will provide a strategic insight and analysis on how retailer own brands are developing and what manufacturers are doing to keep one step ahead of private labels.

Harvester specialist the Ploeger Oxbo Group announced in June it had acquired all the shares of SAS Bourgoin Investissements, the Bourgoin Group, headquartered in Bournezeau, France.

McCain Foods and Pinguin NV have completed the sales agreement of the Lutosa division.

Leading global food packaging specialist, tna, will unveil its intelli-flav® model, the new addition to its ground-breaking seasoning range at Snackex 2013.

Equipment manufacturer Kiremko recently produced and delivered a complete French fry line including a substantial 2-stage fryer to one of the largest fries producers in Western Europe.

The UK government has stepped up its efforts to control the potato disease ring rot.

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century

La gran hambruna irlandesa fue causada por una variante de un hongo desconocida hasta ahora, según un nuevo estudio.

The chips are down as Germany launches a probe into suspected potato price fixing (table potatoes) over the past decade which may have cost consumers and farmers hundreds of millions of euros, according to local media.

Tyrrells, a Potato Chips Manufacturer in the United Kingdom, is reportedly being put up for sale for about £100 million (~ USD 150 million).

Of course. Your product must be correct. [...] But without going there and building a personal relationship one will not be successful in a foreign market. A discussion with Piet de Bruijne of Farm Frites.

Puntos de venta y mercados de la Provincia de Cataluña participarán en la campaña de promoción de la patata nueva, que se ha emprendido en el marco del código de buenas prácticas a lo largo de la cadena alimentaria.

Interest in natural products has grown markedly in recent years. This has been reflected in a number of ways in new product activity, such as the use of all natural colors, flavors and other raw materials and in the growing use of GMO-free labeling.

Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, has installed 210 solar photovoltaics (PV) panels at its site in Floods Ferry, Cambridgeshire.