News On French Fries and Potato Specialties

McCain Foods’ Smiley Faces have appeared at number six in a list of top ten British inventions, which was compiled by MP’s who were asked to nominated the best example of design for an online Great Exhibition. The Smiley Potato Faces were put forward ...

French fry manufacturer AVIKO launches a new website in the United Kingdom. As part of the launch, caterers in the UK have the chance to win an IPAD 2. The site, www.aviko.co.uk , features downloadable recipes, culinary advice, a handy Productfinder s...

The international derivatives exchange Eurex has recently reached a further milestone in the agricultural derivatives segment. Last week, futures contracts on European processing potatoes (FEPP) traded in the order book passed the 100,000 mark for the ...

Cavendish Farms has made changes to its potato frying equipment after a worker was badly burned there a few weeks ago. The employee suffered second and third-degree burns after being doused in hot grease while draining the oil from the fryer. He was ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Dionisio Arturo Pèrez-Jàcome Friscione joined July 6 in Mexico City to sign agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul, cross-border trucking services between ...

McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited - the world’s largest producer of frozen French fries and potato specialty products, has launched new product for the Indian market.

The United States Potato Board believes a study released in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine perpetuates unfortunate myths and misconceptions about the potato.

In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain.

Infra-red heating and blanching, meeting today's food safety regulatory demands, innovative sorting solutions, enzymes against acrylamide and working out the real cost of ownership kept delegates busy at the final day of the 2011 International Potato Processing and Storage Convention in Denver, Colorado.

De Belgapom-notering is de wekelijkse notering van de meest gehanteerde prijs van de voorbije dag(en) op de Belgische fysieke markt van aardappelen met bestemming verwerkende industrie.

McCain Foods regional CEO Nick Vermont and Asda category director Rick Bourne will be speaking at this year’s East Midlands Potato Day offering industry delegates a unique opportunity to hear about recent developments in the processing and fresh sectors.

In response to data that Australian imports of vegetables have tripled between 2000 and 2010 AUSVEG spokesperson Andrew White today warned this increase poses a threat to the Australian vegetable industry and the community.

In Nederland werden in de maand mei 285.500 ton aardappelen verwerkt tot consumptieproducten. Dat is 12.400 ton (4.5%) meer dan in mei 2010 (273.100 ton).

Wanneer op 1 juli de overnames van Scana Noliko en d’Aucy worden afgerond, groeit PinguinLutosa uit tot een wereldspeler. De groep wordt dan zo groot dat het nood heeft aan een nieuwe naam. “Alle suggesties zijn nog welkom”, grapt topman Herwig Dejong...

Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen is een speerpunt voor McCain.

In the United States, the 13 major potato States held 35.5 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2011, down 36 percent from a year ago.

Ballarat district potato growers have struck a new price deal with McCain Foods, months ahead of schedule. The growers will be paid an increase of $15 a tonne of potatoes for next year's crop.

French fries and potatoes are not evil but they have been demonized. What will it take to get the buying consumer to realize that a potato is a very simple, healthy and wholesome food and not the primary culprit in rampant obesity?