News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from Europe

Lamb Weston / Meijer, manufacturer of deep-frozen potato products and dried potato flakes, is investing 20 million euros in its biggest plant in Kruiningen, Zeeland (NL). A fully-automated potato sorting process is being implemented in a new, state-of-the-art potato grading area.

Lamb Weston / Meijer, producent van diepgevroren aardappelproducten en gedroogde aardappelvlokken, investeert 20 miljoen euro in haar grootste fabriek in het Zeeuwse Kruiningen. In een nieuwe, state-of-the-art aardappelontvangst- en sorteerruimte wordt een volledig geautomatiseerd aardappelsorteerproces geïmplementeerd.

Lamb Weston has introduced a new Sweet Potato Fries range: Sweet ‘n Savour. With this new range Lamb Weston continues to bring restaurant owners innovative and profitable solutions that fulfill the growing consumer demand trend for Sweet Potato products across markets.

The ‘Aviko Diner’ will be open for business at the UK’s first Casual Dining Show – visitors are encouraged to head down to the 50s inspired stand (U121) to sample the potato expert’s wide range of premium fries.

McCain Foods is exhibiting two latest additions to their premium Signatures product range at the Casual Dining Show: the new Gastro Thick Cut Chip and Skin-on Fry

UK food brand Birds Eye is launching Mashtags this month, a new product inspired by social media.

Wondering who made the french fries for Sochi - fried to a nice GOLDEN colour - the colour most craved for by all athletes and their supporters?

McCain Foods GB brings the 'Chips' marked sweater starring in its commercial to retail clothing chain Primark

With its annual exports of approximately 418,000 tons, Flandria is Europe’s biggest vegetable brand. You can get to know the products and sixteen fruit and vegetable suppliers at Fruit Logistica.

Bioversity International está llevando a cabo una encuesta para evaluar las perspectivas en todo el mundo sobre los cultivos tolerantes al crecimiento bajo condiciones de estrés .

Chip Week has become one of the biggest awareness weeks in the calendar, but, as important as it is, it is still only one aspect of the work that Potato Council does to support the sector.

Profits have fallen by more than £10m at McCain Foods GB after Britain's market-leading frozen chip maker was hit by a severe shortage of quality potatoes in the UK as a direct result of the extreme weather conditions in the 2012 growing season.

There's nothing quite like the mouth-watering taste and smell of an oven-baked jacket potato, so McCain has specially designed a 'Jacket Taxi' which did just that.

Bannisters’ Farm continues to innovate in the frozen food category with the addition of two new product ranges: Fully Loaded Jackets and Farmer’s Roasting Potatoes.

Breeders Trust, an organisation set up by seed potato companies to enforce proper contributions by farmers for use of proprietary potato varieties, has sued two Belgian Farmers for infraction of breeders rights of potato varieties.

McCain Foods is set to launch new McCain Waffles as part of its £35m drive to deliver brand and category growth, by appealing to a broader age range of children who may have outgrown its McCain Smiles product.

Mydibel has existed for 25 years as of 2013 and they are not letting this go by unnoticed. The site in Moeskroen has changed into a striking eye-catcher.

Over the next 5 years, northwest European potato prices are expected to gradually climb and elevated price volatility set to persist, according to a new report by Rabobank.