News on Chips and Snacks

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) announced its ambition to become "Net Water Positive" by 2030, aiming to replenish more water than the company uses.

While Japan is home to many great izakaya and other drinking establishments, RTD (ready to drink) canned cocktails are very much a popular way to enjoy a refreshing alcoholic beverage.

Ballreich Snack Food Co. Tiffin, Ohio, is recalling its 1.5oz, 2.75oz, and 7oz packages of BAR-B-Q Potato Chips due to a potential contamination with Salmonella.

Federico Canete se ha criado desde niño en el negocio familiar. En el proceso de elaboración emplean siempre patata de Castilla y León. Desde 1960 elaboran patatas fritas en sartén a baja temperatura de forma artesanal manteniendo el sabor de antaño.

B.E.P.P CO is a potato chip manufacturer from Iraq that offers natural potato chip products under the following brands: Mr.Krisper and Mito. To optimize potato quality, B.E.P.P CO opened this season a new state-of-the-art potato storage facility that can provide optimal conditions for potatoes for processing at all times.

Lay's teams up with two flagship Frito-Lay favorites for lay's flavor swap, bringing fans the ultimate flavor mashup experience.

It's crunch time! On the heels of a $6.1 million raise announced last month, RIND Snacks®, makers of functional and sustainable fruit snacks, is giving consumers an exciting, new, and innovative way to enjoy their daily dose of fruit.

Utz Brands, Inc. announced several changes to its Executive Management Team. The announcements reflect the Company’s ongoing process of evaluating capabilities needed to better position Utz for its next phase of growth.

Romain Cools, President and CEO, World Potato Congress Inc., and Tamas Houlihan, Chairman, WPC Industry Awards Committee, are now requesting nominations for the 2022 World Potato Congress Industry Awards.

The USD 2.4 Million expansion project of Great Lakes Potato Chips is expected to create new jobs and improve energy and operational efficiencies.

VIZZ y Wanna Freak se unen para lanzar la primera marca de patatas fritas creadas por influencers. Las primeras entregas, de edición limitada y disponibles en Carrefour y Supersol, han corrido a cargo de Nil Ojeda y Paula Gonu.

An independent Manitoba-based, Indigenous-owned brand of potato chip will soon be on shelves across the country. Tomahawk Chips is the brainchild of Alfred Lea, who began the Native Canadian Chip Corporation in 2015.

Spudsy, the brand known for creating the world's first Sweet Potato Puff, is introducing a new super snack on National French Fry Day that will excite the tastebuds of fry lovers everywhere.

The brand’s latest potato biscuits will be available first in south India, West Bengal and markets in north-eastern states. These will be made available through ITCstore.in, general trade outlets and modern trade stores.

The company says that with the expansion of its chips production, PepsiCo contributes to the economic reactivation of the Dominican Republic by buying more local potatoes from Dominican farmers.

The Almond Company purchased a TOMRA 5C premium optical sorter which has been operating at its Madera, California facility for the past six months with excellent results.

Starting in early July, Mister Bee’s potato chips will be entering a new territory for the first time in company history. Mister Bee’s will be featured in stores throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., through Labor Day in September honoring military personnel.

EnWave Corporation recently announced that it has signed a License Agreement with Europe Snacks Group, a European leader in savory snack production.