News on Chips and Snacks from Europe

Mathijs Peters, responsible for EU Corporate Affairs at PepsiCo was elected President of the European Snacks Association asbl (ESA) for a two-year term. He succeeds Dr. Rolf Nilges, Intersnack’s Director of Research & Development and External Affairs.

La compañía pondrá en marcha el próximo año un planta 4.0 que será la más moderna del mundo. Las nuevas instalaciones se abastecerán de energías limpias en una clara apuesta por la sostenibilidad.

Los proveedores de patatas de Lay han completado su campaña de siembra de primavera. En esta temporada agrícola, la siembra se realizó en un área de aproximadamente 19 mil hectáreas para Pepsico.

One of the UK’s largest potato crisp manufacturers, Tyrrells, has taken its latest step in a continued sustainability drive by converting its energy supply to liquefied natural gas (LNG) which will reduce its carbon emissions by over 14% per year.

NDC Technologies, a leading global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, proudly offers the Series 9 online food gauge and InfraLab e-Series at-line analyzer to companies looking for accurate and reliable control of key constituents in the manufacturing process.

Mercadona sorprende con una nueva variedad de patatas fritas de bolsa: las de sabor pollo y limón, por 1,05 euros y de su marca blanca, Hacendado.

UK Potato chips manufacturer Kent Crisps is staying true to their signature approach of working with Kent producers to create classic flavours with a local twist: their latest flavour - Lamb and Rosemary - is made using grass fed Romney lamb from Kent Shepherd.

No one could miss it in the media last year: the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Belgian potato sector hard.

The joint venture behind Mackie’s Crisps is investing £750,000 (just over 1 million USD) in a new production facility to scale up production of a new snack brand.

Laura Claire Bounds recieves an MBE in recognition of her work done through the firm she owns, Kent Crisps of Bridge near Canterbury.

NDC Technologies, a global leader in on-line and at-line process measurement and control solutions, introduces the next-generation Series 9 sensor suitable to measure

Pepsico UK has joined forces with British clean-tech firm CCm Technologies to reduce their carbon footprint by turning their potato waste into fertiliser.

EnWave Corporation announced today that it has signed its second Equipment Purchase Agreement with Patatas Fritas Torres S.L. , a leading snack manufacturer in Spain. This purchase is for a much larger 100kW Radiant Energy Vacuum ('REV™') machine complementing Patatas Torres’ previous purchase of a 10kW REV™ machine.

Albert Adriá sorprende con un turrón elaborado con patatas fritas de bolsa de Lays Gourmet, cobertura de chocolate, chocolate con caramelo y praliné de macadamia tostada. 'Es un turrón que te deja sordo porque cuando lo masticas es tan crujiente que dejas de escuchar a quien te habla'

Italian potato chips manufacturer Amica has installed an ELEA pulsed electric field (PEF) system following a series of tests earlier this year.

Emsland Group’s EMWAXY® is based on high amylopectin potatoes, containing more than 99% amylopectin.

Seguro que se ha fijado y ha comprado más de una vez una bolsa de patatas fritas que llama la atención entre el resto en el supermercado. Su estética vintage atrae visualmente. Y su sabor engancha.

According to the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region, the tenth production line was launched at the PepsiCo enterprise in the Kashirsky District (Frito Lay Manufacturing LLC). It will produce Lay's ® chips. The production capacity of the line is more than 5 thousand tons of finished products per year.