News On Ingredients

These days people expect instant gratification. From finding where you parked your car to checking movie times on the go, 'there's an app for that.' In the same vein, no longer do you need to sit down and order a full meal. Now, there's a chip for that!

William Chase lives a life dominated by potatoes. Hailing from a family of Herefordshire spud farmers, he is best known as the man behind Tyrrell's.

For all potato starch producers 2011 will be a year in which it will prove impossible to meet the total demand from the customers. Also KMC’s customers will experience the consequences of the extreme weather, but everything possible will be done to m...

Food prices hit a record high last month, surpassing the levels seen during the 2007-08 crisis, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said on Wednesday.

La división de América del Norte de Frito-Lay dijo hoy que aproximadamente el 50 por ciento de sus productos se elaborarán con ingredientes naturales, incluyendo tres de sus principales marcas: Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips y SunChips® ...

Potential end users who learn about U.S. dehydrated potatoes at trade shows and seminars and who decide to incorporate dehy into a product don’t have to go it alone.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today said that approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands, Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips and SunChips® multigrain snacks.

California restaurants must end trans fat use by Jan. 1.

Extreme weather patterns wreaking havoc on many parts of the world could put the global farmer on the endangered species list, says an international agricultural expert.

La compañía productora de almidón AVEBE y la compañía de biotecnología BASF han anunciado hoy una alianza para la investigación y el desarrollo de la biotecnología vegetal. AVEBE y BASF combinan sus conocimientos en biotecnología y mejoramiento de la p...

The potato starch manufacturer AVEBE and the plant biotechnology company BASF Plant Science announced today a research and development alliance in plant biotechnology.

Diacetyl - a chemical used in butter flavoring – may damages the lungs by reacting and forming complexes with amino acids in cell membranes, according to a new US study.

When it comes to calories, parents lack a basic understanding of their impact on weight and may even be skeptical that calories are just the latest food and nutrition fad.

It is possible to breed potatoes in such a way that they produce new types of starch for use as a new and improved plant-based raw material in the construction, paper, glue, fodder and food industries.

AVEBE’s supply-chain of starch potatoes continues uninterrupted despite the frost and wintry conditions.

During the 2009/2010 financial year, AVEBE posted a net result of 2.8 million Euro, whilst net turnover amounted to 521.8 million Euro.

Royal Cosun announces that it has decided to investigate the potential sale of Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients (Unifine F&Bi), its pastry ingredients business.

Potato starch manufacturer Avebe reports that due to better weather conditions in the first half of October the potato harvest is well underway. Many storage barns have been filled over this period.