Potato News from Asia

Investigadores israelíes anunciaron la creación de una batería eléctrica a base de patatas cocidas que promueven como una solución asequible y eficaz para los países subdesarrollados. Yissum Research Development Co, empresa afiliada de la Universidad ...

Chinese consumers will soon be enjoying the taste of Tayto crisps.The Irish snack has undergone a major makeover for its Asian adventure.Businessman Wei Quoinhas has struck an agreement to deliver the iconic Irish crisp to 1,200 outlets in Shanghai, wh...

Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, introduces solid organic electric battery based upon treated potatoes. This simple, sustainable, robust device can potentially provide an immed...

The Buhler Technology Group has acquired 100% of the Chinese company Bangsheng Bio-Technology Co. Ltd. Bangsheng, the Chinese market leader in the field of flour improvement solutions for specialty flours, is opening up additional opportunities for Buh...

China Essence provided the following update on its financial position, no doubt in part in response to last week's drop in stock price:It has come to the management’s attention that there were concerns regarding the debt level of the Group. The managem...

Idaho ag groups hope to find new export opportunities in China during a trade mission led by Gov. C.L. "Butch"Otter, from June 4-12.Potato processors from Idaho and the Idaho Potato Commission will focus on promoting frozen and dehydrated pot...

Retail prices of potatoes are expected to remain stable in the next three months, despite monsoons being right at the doorstep in most parts of the country as rabi production in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal has exceeded estimates

In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, and hopes are high that it could...

The stock price of potato starch manufacturer China Essence Group, listed at the Singapore Exchange, dropped 36%.   The drop in the stock price triggered the Singapore Exchange to query the China Essence Group regarding trading activity, which meanwhi...

CEO Indra Nooyi announced today that Pepsico plans to invest $2.5 billion in China over the next three years, beyond the $1 billion it has spent on its Chinese operations since 2008.   Pepsi will build 19 new beverage and manufacturing plants and will...

PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, today announced that it plans to invest an additional US$2.5 billion in China over the next three years.  The newly announced investment is in addition to the US$1 billion investment the ...

There was a need to constitute a potato promotion board at the central level in order to look into various issues beginning from cultivation to consumption of the tuber in the country. The matter was discussed at the annual meeting of the Federation of...

As Guizhou prepares for the three-day 2010 China potato festival to be held on May 28, statistics show that potato cultivation in the region is continuing to expand.According to statistics, the potato planting areas in Guizhou province has increased fr...

Taurine, the ingredient most famously linked to energy drinks, may help reduce levels of acrylamide in foods, suggests new research from Korea.French fries exposed to a taurine solution prior to frying contained 96 per cent less acrylamide than control...

Frito Lay India is looking at increasing contract farming of potato in India by almost four-fold over the next three years.   “Currently, there are 15,000 farmers doing contract farming of potato for us while we are sourcing the commodity from 40,000 f...

Frito-Lay India - with a market share of 60%- is drawing up a fresh game plan to drive volumes. To start with, the company is increasing its manufacturing capacity by setting up a new plant in West Bengal in the second half of 2010.“We are extending ou...

Frito-Lay, the snack food division of PepsiCo India, is contemplating export of indigenously-developed products Kurkure and Aliva to markets such as the US and UK. 'We are looking at markets where the Indian diaspora is strong'.

The results for the 'Give Us Your Dillicious Flavour' that was launched in October 2009 by Frito Lay's have been declared. Four flavours have been shortlisted from around 1.3 million entries from consumers. Each of the entries that got shortlisted get...