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Pringles is targeting the £630m single-serve snacks market with the launch of two new bagged products – Pringles Pocket Pack and Rice Infusions Bite Size. Pringles Pocket Pack is a scaled down-version of the familiar Pringles core range. It will be av...

The Glastonbury music festival will tell campers to use tent pegs made out of potatoes at this summer's event.Metal pegs that are left behind can harm the cows that live on Worthy Farm, Somerset, where the festival is held. Organiser Michael Eavis will...

The Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has published new research this week to mark Salt Awareness Week 2008, which highlights the health risks posed to British children because parents are confused over salt content."Many parents know tha...

Walkers has delisted its children's crisp brand Potato Heads as it refocuses its healthy snacking portfolio.The product, which was launched in 2005 backed by a £2m advertising campaign, was one of the first UK better-for-you products from the PepsiCo-o...

High levels of salt added to a bag of chips could be pushing consumers over the recommended limits and endangering their health, research shows. Adults are advised to eat no more than 6g of salt a day, with lower limits for children.But a study of ch...

The British Potato Council (BPC) is to concentrate its efforts in regional press in a new PR drive in February to promote a week-long celebration of chips. The National Chip Week campaign, to run from 11 to 17 February, will feature recipes, celebrity...

News that McDonald's will offer "A-level grade"training courses has been met with jibes about "McDiplomas"and "McQualifications". But for journalist John Hand, learning the ropes in a fast-food restaurant was a grounding f...

McCain has now installed the three windturbines near their Whittlesey french fry factory in the United Kingdom. These 80 meter high windturbines will reduce the electricity bill of the Whittlesey french fry factory with 45%, while at off-peak times an...

De verkiezing van de beste Fish&Chip Shop in Engeland is een groot succes voor de Nederlandse bakwandenfabrikant Kiremko Duurland. Nederlandse fabrikanten van bakwanden zijn bezig met een opmars onder de top van de Engelse cafetaria’s. De winnaar ...

Fane Valley Co-operative Society Ltd said it was no longer feasible to retain its Dervock plant as a potato packing centre and it will close in early April. The plant grades, washes and pre-packs 5,000 tonnes of potatoes every year, sourced from arou...

The UK government will say today that the nation must adopt a single, consistent food labelling system. Health Secretary Alan Johnson will announce the government's nutrition labelling plans later today, as part of a wider-reaching obesity strategy.The...

McCain Foods (GB) Ltd announced today that its Rustic Oven Chips was awarded the status of Product of the Year in the Home Cooking Category. McCain's Rustic Oven Chips took the market by storm at launch in January 2007. With only 3% fat, no choleste...

"Spuds Rule OK"is a brand new booklet produced by the British Potato Council (BPC) to help caterers, school meal providers and local authorities meet the government’s nutritional guidelines for school meals. As well as being packed full of nu...

Will Chase, the potato farmer who had a public spat with Tesco, could be about to reap a multi-million pounds fortune from the sale of a stake in his upmarket Tyrrells Crisps business in a deal that is likely to value the company at more than £20m. Mr...

Children's diets are now so poor that more than two-thirds of them do not think fast food is a treat, British Heart Foundation research suggests. A poll of 500 youngsters also found that 82% do not think of crisps as anything special. More than half do...

Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded the contract for biogas purification by McCain Foods (GB) Ltd., England. As a socially responsible company and a highly trusted brand, McCain Foods practices sustainable agriculture and is ...

UK biscuit and snack maker United Biscuits said yesterday it will cut its carbon emissions by more than a third by 2020 and reduce water and packaging use by a fifth as part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.  ...

Walkers, the UK's No.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is putting a massive £27 million (USD 54 million) marketing investment behind the Walkers brand this year, the biggest spend in the brand's 60 year history.   Walkers is an iconic British brand whi...