Potato News

Scientists have developed a new, simple way to cook rice that could cut the number of calories absorbed by the body by more than half - by transforming part of the soluble amylose in resistant starch.

In this week 'Nature Plants', scientists from Wageningen University and The Sainsbury Laboratory report the identification of a resistance gene that enhances resistance against potato late blight from a South American wild relative of cultivated potatoes.

Since the acquisition of Miedema by the Dewulf-group, both companies are busy restructuring their dealer network

Spray Dynamics’ new Slurry On Demand continuous mixer ends the waste and delay normally required to produce pumpable slurries of oil-based seasonings, chocolate, and other coatings.

New research from the United States Potato Board (USPB) reveals the complexity and range of price sensitivities within the potato category.

At the Anuga FoodTec trade fair from 24 to 27 March in Cologne, Insort presents the latest innovation in process monitoring for food production with its 'Sherlock food analyser'.

India's potato exports jumped more than two-fold during April-December period of this fiscal to 2.5 lakh tonnes.

A Prince Edward Island (Canada) farm operation has pleaded guilty to failing to properly rotate its potato crop in one of their fields.

Late last week, the Potato Council published its annual GB Potatoes Market Intelligence report, wrapping up all key information about the GB potato market in order to inform decision-making and provide answers for common questions about the industry.

DSM Nutritional Products has opened a Nutrition Innovation Center for Asia Pacific as part of DSM’s new S$8.8 million premises at Mapletree Business City, further strengthening Singapore’s thriving nutrition science and technology ecosystem.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) today reported results for the fiscal 2015 third quarter ended Feb. 22, 2015.

Farmers in the North Lebanon town of Hissa protested Thursday potato imports they said would devastate their sales, state media reported.

Tyrrells, the English snack brand, this week is unveiling its new Poshcorn popcorn range.

Potatoes continue to be seen as an important staple for Australians according to the latest wave of the Potato Tracker project, with survey respondents indicating that they consume the commodity an average of 14 times per month.

El Comité de patata de FEPEX reunido, ayer, en Madrid, analizó las previsiones de cultivo para la campaña de este año 2015, previendo una reducción media de la superficie cultivada en el conjunto de las regiones productoras del 20%.

Se ha puesto en marcha una planta de procesamiento y empaque de papa amarilla, diseñada y construida por profesores y estudiantes que integran el grupo de investigación ESLINGA del Programa de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

As growth slows down and intense competition emerges from regional brands in potato chips, PepsiCo and ITC are shifting their focus more towards newer and healthier forms of packaged snacks, the market for which is growing at twice the speed.

Even though the ban by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on sale of potatoes to other states over the past three years has been lifted, cases of farmer suicides, which some say may have been driven by the fear of heavy losses, are still being reported.