News on Chips and Snacks from Asia

September 01, 2014

Potato starch and chips factories to open next year in Mongolia

In Mongolia, Tuv Province’s Jargalant soum is set to launch potato starch and chips factories next year to reduce waste and increase profit in the region.

September 01, 2014

Sanjay Ghodawat Group to enter Indian snack market with Star555

The Kolhapur-based Sanjay Ghodawat Group, which has interests in a number of sectors including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), will soon foray into the food and beverage market with the launch of the snack brand, Star555.

India's government asked PepsiCo to develop nutritious processed foods to be included in school lunches around the country, food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Tuesday after a meeting with Pepsico chief executive officer Indra Nooyi.

August 27, 2014

India asks Pepsico to make 107 million school lunches healthier

India’s government is seeking help from an unlikely partner to feed millions of its hungriest children: PepsiCo Inc, the world’s largest snack maker.

July 16, 2014

Baked Lay's Salad Chips: How R&D Helps Drive China Business

PepsiCo research and development leveraged Lay’s potato chips’ strong equity in China to introduce a new and unexpected snack for consumers.

Inaugural Ceremony of Kiremko Potato Chips Processing Unit At Fryo Foods by Mr. Alphonsus Stoelinga, Ambassador of the Netherlands in India

June 25, 2014

Dutch firm Kiremko enters crowded Potato Chips Market in India

Earlier this month, the inaugural ceremony took place of Fryo's state of the art potato chips line built by Dutch equipment manufacturer Kiremko

June 15, 2014

Balaji Group to increase capacity at Rajkot snack plant by 50 percent

Rajkot-based Balaji Wafers Private Limited is in process of increasing its production capacity of its plant in Rajkot by 50 percent.

June 15, 2014

Balaji Wafers now plans IPO; has dropped stake sale option

Indian snacks maker Balaji Wafers Private Limited is now preparing to come out with an initial public offering (IPO) to raise fund for its future expansions. The company that was in talks with private equity (PE) funds to sell stake, has dropped the idea of stake sale for now.

May 29, 2014

Poor crop in India has raised potato prices, leaving snack-makers in a spot

Fries, chips and flakes manufacturers in India are concerned over firm prices of potato, which has seen a jump owing to poor crop this year. Companies assure that an increase in retail price was unlikely to take place in the short run.

May 27, 2014

Profit ITC's FMCG business excluding cigarettes up

ITC Ltd's operating profit from its fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) business excluding cigarettes jumped three-and-a-half times to Rs 43 crore during the January-March quarter from Rs 11.87 crore in the corresponding period a year ago

March 31, 2014

Universal Robina and Calbee sign joint venture to set up snacks factory in the Philippines

The Philippine-based Universal Robina Corporation has teamed up with Japan’s largest snack food company Calbee Inc. to establish a local manufacturing joint venture

Balaji Wafers offers a range of traditional Indian Snacks, next to regular potato chips

March 29, 2014

CIPEF may buy 15% in Balaji Wafers

Balaji Wafers Pvt. Ltd is in advanced talks with Capital International Private Equity Funds (CIPEF) to sell nearly 15% in the snacks maker according to two people familiar with the development, who did not want to be named.

February 10, 2014

Emsland Group presents 'Potato based clean label innovations' at 3rd Starch World 2014

Emsland Group has announced that Henk Jaap Meijer will be participating as speaker at CMT's 3rd Starch World 2014 on 17-19 Feb, 2014 to be held at Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, Indonesia.

Frost Damages Potato and Tomato Crop in Karnal

The continued accumulation of heavy frost on plants for the past few days is feared to have damaged 75% of the tomato crop in the district of Karnal, while potato growers may have suffered losses over 20%.

January 17, 2014

Kellogg Company to build new Pringles Plant in Malaysia

Kellogg Company has announced that it will build a new Pringles snacks manufacturing facility in Malaysia, as part of its recently announced Project K four-year efficiency and effectiveness program

November 30, 2013

Pepsico recycles snack food waste into energy and fertilizer

As part of the zero-waste commitment for its manufacturing operation, PepsiCo's agriculture team in Turkey invested in anaerobic digestion technology several years ago to handle the organic waste created there.

November 11, 2013

PepsiCo says to invest $5.5 bln in India by 2020

PepsiCo Inc, the maker of Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay snacks and Tropicana juice, plans to invest $5.5 billion in India by 2020 to expand its presence in the country, it said on Monday.

October 08, 2013

PepsiCo no longer interested in a piece of Balaji Wafers?

Food &beverages giant PepsiCo India is believed to have backed out of the race to buy a stake in Rajkot-based Balaji Wafers.

September 08, 2013

Competition board fines Frito Lay 18 million liras in Turkey

Snacks maker Frito Lay has been fined almost 18 million Turkish Liras (8.8 million USD) by Turkey’s competition board over single-product loyalty discount allegations.

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