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November 21, 2008
Hoeksche boeren werden chipsfabrikant
Drie boeren in de Hoeksche Waard, onder de rook van Dordrecht, besloten in 2002 hun aardappelteelt samen te voegen. "Je kunt rooimachines wel gezamenlijk gebruiken, maar je wilt natuurlijk toch jouw eigen aardappelen als eerste binnen hebben, voor...From the archive
November 21, 2008
Heinz’s Top 15 Brands Grew 8.5% on an Organic Basis;Ore-Ida Steam 'n Mash Potatoes successful
Heinz Reports 5.8% Organic Sales Growth, and a 22.5% Increase in EPS to $0.87 in Second Quarter. The second Quarter highlights: Total sales growth of 3.5%, driven by organic growth of 5.8%* Organic sales of Heinz’s Top 15 brands grew 8.5%* Net inc...From the archive
November 21, 2008
Snack food manufacturer Intersnack wants to expand its share in crisp maker Largo Foods
Enterpreneur Ray Coyle sold a 15 per cent stake in his Largo Foods crisp-making business last year to Cologne-based food group Intersnack for €15 million. Mr Coyle revealed details of the transaction to The Irish Times and said the German company migh...From the archive
November 21, 2008
La bolsa del super será de maiz o patata
Los plásticos biodegradables se abren camino en el mercado español de la mano de empresas como Basf y Sphere, y se adelantan a la normativa del Plan Nacional Integral de Residuos, que se aprobará en enero de 2009. El nuevo Plan Nacional Integral de R...From the archive
November 20, 2008
Major restaurant chains in UK commit to healthier foods
Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...From the archive
November 20, 2008
University of Bath research will seal the future of green packaging
Researchers at the University of Bath and the food &drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled materials and reduce the amount of plastic...From the archive
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November 20, 2008
McDonald's brings moms behind the scenes
The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. "They are probably one ...From the archive
November 20, 2008
PepsiCo stands by 2008 earnings outlook
PepsiCo Inc reiterated its full-year 2008 earnings outlook on Thursday and said it would discuss innovation plans for 2009 for its North American beverage unit later in the day. Pepsi, which makes Pepsi-Cola drinks, Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker foods, h...From the archive
November 20, 2008
Axium Foods pushes its own snack food label: Pajeda's
Axium Foods, based in South Beloit, Ill., is a division of McCleary Inc., which for nearly 50 years has been making snack foods sold under store labels or by other companies.Axium is making a push into the market with its own snack foods label: Pajeda'...From the archive
November 20, 2008
Jobs lost and moved at Wendy's headquarters
About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated. In September, Tria...From the archive
November 20, 2008
Peru podria exportar papa a China en forma procesada
Perú podría exportar papa a China pero en forma procesada, y no en la modalidad de producto fresco porque antes se deben vencer barreras fitosanitarias, señaló el ministro de Agricultura, Carlos Leyton. "En la manera en que vayamos avanzando (en ...From the archive
November 19, 2008
Albert Heijn haalt aardappelkroketjes terug
Albert Heijn haalt met onmiddellijke ingang de AH aardappelkroketjes met de houdbaarheidsdatum 04-2010 uit de diepvries.De aardappelkroketjes kunnen volgens Albert Heijn bij het bereiden ontploffen.Klanten ontvangen het aankoopbedrag retour. Van de ver...From the archive
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November 19, 2008
BMA improved range of industrial fryers for nuts
BMA / Florigo have built up many references and over more than 40 years of experience in the nuts industry. With the knowledge that the healthy benefits of regular nut consumption are becoming widely recognised, BMA / Florigo improved their present ran...From the archive
November 18, 2008
Higher Yields boost UK potato crop
Total GB potato production for the 2008 harvest was up significantly on last year to 5.8m tonnes, according to the first provisional estimate by the Potato Council.The figure, based on a survey of 339 crops, was 7% higher than last season's flood-hit h...From the archive
November 18, 2008
Key Technology offers help to Kettle Chips Manufacturers: the Optyx for sorting of Kettle Chips
Key Technology introduces Optyx® sorters designed specifically for kettle-style potato chips. Featuring a unique camera and lighting configuration to sense opacity as well as subtle color differences, these new Optyx sorters identify and remove objecti...From the archive
November 18, 2008
McCain Foods (GB) winner of the Green Business Award 2008 in the category Best Consumer Goods
In 2007, McCain launched major investments in renewable energy at one of its manufacturing plants, resulting in a reduction of 7,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide in six months. The company is continuing to explore further opportunities for eco-innovation a...From the archive
November 17, 2008
Obesity 'programmed before birth'
Eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that lead to over-eating and obesity early in life, research suggests.Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialised to prod...From the archive
November 17, 2008
Bangladesh looking for huge potato harvest
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a record target of producing 58,99,250 tonnes of potato from 3,37,100 hectares of land during the current season in all 16 northern districts of the country. The fixed target is much higher than that ...From the archive
