Potato News from Northern America

TOMRA Sorting Solutions US Food division held its official office opening on Wednesday, June 18 - in its new state-of-the-art facility in West Sacramento, California.

Despite mid-winter concerns, Idaho growers are concern-free this season when it comes to moisture.

Inventure Foods, Inc., expands its licensed Vidalia Brands™ snack food lineup today with the introduction of Vidalia® Kettle Potato Chips™, the first premium potato chip to feature the legendary sweet flavor of real Vidalia® onions.

That's How We Roll LLC today announced that Party-Tizers Dippin' Chips is now Non-GMO Certified and highlights this with a whole new look.

President Obama signed into law revisions to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that ease compliance for farms across Maine.

Two of the most powerful voices in P.E.I.s billion dollar potato industry appeared before the Legislature's agriculture committee Thursday in Charlottetown.

Whether you call them glassy ends, translucent ends, dark ends, jelly ends, or something even less flattering, sugar ends are a significant issue.

The downside and upside for the U.S. restaurant industry in the first quarter of 2014 was that total restaurant visits dipped but delivery and other areas got a boost, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company.

Tyson Foods has won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands against its biggest competitor in the U.S. fresh chicken meat market, Pilgrim’s Pride. The deal is contingent on Hillshire Brands terminating its proposed merger with Pinnacle Foods.

Limiting saturated fat could help people whose genetic make-up increases their chance of being obese

Riverland potato producer Justin Della Zoppa has been named the 2014 Rabobank Potatoes South Australia Industry Award winner.

A University of Florida scientist has pinpointed Mexico as the origin of the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish Potato Famine, a finding that may help researchers solve the $6 billion-a-year disease that continues to evolve and torment potato and tomato growers around the world.

As one of the best-selling indulgent snacks, TGI Friday's™ Potato Skins are undoubtedly, a crowd pleaser. Bacon Ranch is the latest variety to join the brand's restaurant-inspired Potato Skins line, licensed by leading snack food innovator, Inventure Foods, Inc.

Naturally Potatoes broke ground on a seven-and-a half-million-dollar expansion to its Mars Hill, Maine potato processing plant. The expansion is in addition to a one-million-dollar packaging line upgrade that is nearly completed.

To help snack processors meet the increasing demand for kettle-style potato chips, Heat and Control’s MasterTherm Kettle Fryer (MTKF) can produce over 500 finished lbs/hr (227 kg/hr)

With more people buying local and organic food, consumers should know the difference between the two so they recognize what they’re buying, but nearly one in five still confuse the terms, a University of Florida researcher says.

The Frito-Lay Canada chip plant in Kentville, Nova Scotia, celebrated its diamond anniversary this week.

KLN Family brands is moving ahead quickly with rebuilding plans for the former Troyer Farms snack foods plant in Waterford Township, Pennsylvania.