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April 01, 2012
Idaho Potato Commission launches new website
Hungry for more information on how to perfect your potato dishes? Consider your cravings satisfied with the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) new website Potato 101, an all-you-can-eat buffet of knowledge on America’s Favorite Vegetable. Contents inclu...From the archive
April 01, 2012
Top 10 Functional Food Trends in 2012: Consumers Want Nutrients from Food, Not Supplements
The Top 10 Functional Food Trends of 2012 point to more consumers favor getting their vitamins and minerals from the foods they eat and beverages they drink instead of supplements, according to research presented Wednesday at the Institute of Food Tech...From the archive
March 30, 2012
Five Potato Varieties planted in White House Kitchen Garden
First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed children from five schools across the country to join her yesterday for the fourth annual spring planting of the White House Kitchen Garden. During the day, the kids planted five varieties of seed potatoes: Sangre, Pu...From the archive
March 20, 2012
State of the Snack Food Industry Report Presented at SNAXPO
The rocky road to economic recovery is paved with opportunity, but navigating that road is complex, as nearly one-quarter of consumers struggle to make ends meet. Still, snack frequency is up, and snacks are playing an important role in both wellness-...From the archive
March 19, 2012
School menu success gives potatoes another chance at WIC
The National Potato Council’s successful fight to return potatoes to school menu guidelines in the US was a victory for the industry, but executive vice-president and chief executive officer John Keeling isn’t stopping there.From the archive
March 16, 2012
Undeclared milk and soy in Frito-Lay Cheetos products leads to recall
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and PK Trading Inc. are warning people with allergies to milk or soy not to consume the Frito Lay Cheetos products described below. The affected products contain milk and soy which are not declared on the labe...From the archive
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March 15, 2012
Snacking trend an opportunity for restaurants
Consumers in the United States are snacking significantly more now than they were just two years ago. Almost half (48 percent) of consumers polled say they’re now snacking at least twice a day, compared to 25 percent in 2010.From the archive
March 15, 2012
Clean-Label And Gluten-Free Add Flavor To Savory Snacks, says Innova Market Insights
Despite ongoing economic difficulties, new product activity in the global snackfoods industry appears to be continuing unabated. Launch numbers recorded by Innova Market Insights showed a strong double-digit increase in 2011. Savory and salty snacks ac...From the archive
March 12, 2012
Pepsi, Coca-Cola change caramel colouring affected by Proposition 65
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing how they make an ingredient in their drinks to avoid being legally obliged to put a cancer warning label on the bottle. The new recipe for caramel colouring in the drinks has less 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) - a chemical...From the archive
March 08, 2012
McDonald's Happy Meal focus of new marketing campaign
McDonald's USA will introduce a new, national Happy Meal campaign this week, including TV ads promoting nutrition and active lifestyles.From the archive
March 06, 2012
Key Technology Introduces FoodSafetyPRO™
Key Technology introduces FoodSafetyPRO™ for food processors looking to improve their recordkeeping in accordance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification, and/or Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) cert...From the archive
March 01, 2012
Phosphate in food is ‘health risk’ that should be labelled, claim researchers
Food products with high phosphate contents are damaging to the health of the general public, and as such should be labelled, say researchers behind a new study. The report – published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International – selectively reviewed resear...From the archive
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March 01, 2012
Popchips doing healthy sales, expanding to Britain
Popchips CEO Keith Belling didn't want to just make and sell a new brand of the same old snack;he wanted to create a whole new category. In the five years since Belling's company started making Popchips in San Francisco, it has become one of the faste...From the archive
February 29, 2012
Acrylamide-preventing yeast shows potential in Extruded Starchy Food Products
Functional Technologies Corp. reports that efficacy studies conducted on end-user materials, investigating the Company's proprietary acrylamide-preventing (AP) yeast technology in a novel food application that traditionally does not incorporate yeast i...From the archive
February 28, 2012
General Mills acquires Food Should Taste Good
General Mills announced today the acquisition of Food Should Taste Good, a rapidly-growing natural snack foods company based in Needham Heights, Massachusetts. Food Should Taste Good will become part of Small Planet Foods, General Mills’ natural and o...From the archive
February 28, 2012
Investigadores argentinos estudian cómo aumentar los polifenoles saludables en la papa, a fin de prevenir enfermedades como cáncer o diabetes
El Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB)-Conicet-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), en colaboración con el Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) Balcarce, estudia cómo aumentar los polifenoles saludables en la papa, a...From the archive
February 26, 2012
EFSA: no adverse effects of cultivation GM Amflora potato
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report for the 2010 cultivation season of the genetically modified Amflora potato.From the archive
February 24, 2012
Ministerio de Agricultura peruano apoya aplicación de sanciones por comercializar productos en sacos con más de 50 kilos
El Ministerio de Agricultura (Minag) afirmó hoy que apoya la aplicación de sanciones a productores, comerciantes y transportistas que acopien productos en sacos con un peso superior a los 50 kilos, conforme a lo dispuesto por la Ley Nº 29088 y su regla...From the archive
