Potato News

De West-Vlaamse producent van diepvriesgroenten Pinguin sluit één van zijn vijf fabrieken in Groot-Brittannië en richt zijn blik nu vooral op Oost-Europa. Dat zegt ceo Herwig Dejonghe. Pinguin sluit een fabriek in North Thoresby, één van de drie sites ...

In a strong demonstration of faith in Chinese product quality, KFC is replacing Nestle with Mengniu products. The global fast food behemoth yesterday signed a dairy product supply agreement with Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Industry (Group) Co Ltd, Ch...

Na de internationale jaren voor de rijst (2004) en voor de bergen (2002) kan een jaar voor de aardappel natuurlijk niet achterblijven. Vorige week opende de Verenigde Naties het jaar met als belangrijkste doel om overheden subsidie te laten verstrekken...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) increases demand for US frozen potato products in Mexico by reaching both trade and consumers. Trade is targeted through restaurant chain training and tailored seminars held in conjunction with the importer/distri...

Organic To Go, a fast casual cafe chain, has acquired the privately-owned Brother's Restaurant &Deli chain, adding three retail cafes and two catering facilities to its roster.   Organic To Go will convert and rebrand the three Brother's locations ...

China fresh potato production in MY07/08 is forecast at 75.6 million tons, up 5 percent from the previous year as a result of growing consumer demand. Average fresh potato prices have risen 15 percent annually over the previous three years. Processed ...

A group led by a local businessman wants to buy foundering Jays Foods Inc. to keep the snackmaker and its production and jobs in Chicago. But Jays' owner, Ubiquity Brands, had resisted working with the group, called Southhorn LLC, ignoring its reques...

La cadena de comida rápida McDonald's Co presentó el viernes un aumento de un 27 por ciento de sus ganancias del tercer trimestre, impulsado por sólidas ventas en Asia y la debilidad del dólar.

At the last British Potato event in 2005, you probably did not give climate change a second thought. Since then your crop has borne floods, heavy rain events and temperature extremes rarely experienced in the UK. Climate change has now climbed to the ...

Post estimates Canadian frozen french fry production in the current year (July 2007 to June 2008) to increase to approximately 1,410,000 metric tons (MT), up 3.0% from 1,370,000 MT produced during 2006/07. On a value basis, Canadian exports of frozen ...

Japan’s imports of frozen potato products slightly increased by 0.3 percent from 299,400 metric tons in 2006 to 300,270 tons in 2007 (Jul. 06 through Jun. 07). The market has soared to over 300,000 tons that had once fallen in 2003 to 255,165 tons and...

Careful and wise storage management decisions are your best defences against crop losses due to potato storage diseases. It is essential to know that you cannot cure tubers of diseases, but you can minimize storage losses from tuber infections.

McDonald's Corporation today announced strong operating results for the third quarter fueled by comparable sales growth. Quarterly highlights included: Global comparable sales increased 6.9% Growth in consolidated Company-operated and franchised re...

On World Food Day, the United Nations launched the International Year of the Potato which will spotlight the humble vegetable discovered in Peru that has become a staple in diets around the globe and the world's fourth largest source of food. The year-...

A probe into the culinary offerings of the UK's favourite fast food restaurants has found "shockingly high levels of salt in some family, individual, and children's meal options", which in many cases could result in kids receiving well over ...

Flavor firm Wild reports seeing a surge in interest for its diacetyl-free butter flavors, following rekindled concerns in recent months surrounding the safety of the ingredient.The group, which originally launched its flavors around four years ago, sai...

Following the Southampton study that cast safety suspicions over certain artificial colourings, ingredients firms are redoubling their development and communication efforts to highlight alternatives from other sources.The FSA-funded study conducted at ...

Syria's government renewed a ban on Lebanese  potatoes entering the country on Wednesday, claiming that the produce does not have a proper health certificate. Last week, Lebanese Agriculture Minister Talal Sahli persuaded his Syrian counterpart to lif...