News on The Potato Supply Chain from United Kingdom

Las agencias de seguridad de los alimentos del Reino Unido (Foods Standard Agency, FSA) ha lanzado una campaña publicitaria en los medios para reducir el consumo de grasas saturadas en los alimentos y cambiar los hábitos de compra y alimentación hacia ...

Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has signalled that the retailer is willing to back genetically modified (GM) foods, saying consumer attitudes have changed and it has a vital part to play. Speaking at the annual City Food Lecture, held in London, ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) today launches a public health campaign to raise awareness of the health risks of eating too much saturated fat. The UK is currently eating 20% more saturated fat than UK Government recommendations. The campaign will pr...

Tesco is to introducing an ideal treat for Valentine's Day romantics - heart-shaped potatoes (variety Franceline). Grown in France, they are now allowed to be sold in Britain after an EU ruling banning the sale of misshapen fruit was scrapped.

Did you know that if you laid all the chips eaten in Great Britain each year end to end, they would take you around Silverstone Grand Prix circuit over 1.5 million times?… that’s the equivalent of more than 26,000 British Grand Prix’s!National Chip Wee...

Walkers has announced the six finalists in its ‘Do Us A Flavour’ campaign, in which members of the public were asked to invent their own flavour.

After one of the most difficult harvest periods in recent memory in the UK, potato farmers are being advised to be on the lookout for any storage problems from wet stock.Following a delayed, damp and extended harvest season, problems are continuing to ...

Vales Sovereign, a new potato from Greenvale AP, won 'Variety of the Year' in the Tesco Fresh Produce Category. The coveted Variety of the Year award looks at all produce, including fruit as well as vegetables, and the Greenvale team was overjoyed whe...

Britons would sooner give up eating healthily than lose their broadband connection, new research has shown.A survey conducted by British Telecom found that broadband topped the list of things people would refuse to give up even as they found their budg...

figures from the Potato Council putting the loss at around 2% of total crop area. This year's crops have fared considerably better and, although there have been some localised losses in the West Midlands, the Scottish Borders and parts of the North an...

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard. Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its...

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...

Chase vodka, the only potato vodka distilled in England, is the creation of William Chase, better known as the bloke who made a mint as the founder of Tyrrells crisps.It all starts in the potato grading shed, a giant structure, like an aircraft hanger....

The wet weather seen during the late summer is making for challenging harvesting conditions for potato farmers across Yorkshire.The heavy ground is taking its toll on farmers' pockets due to the added expense it has brought in terms of extra labour an...

Potato Council is encouraging school caterers to serve up a delicious and nutritious portion of potatoes every day, while urging suppliers to spread the message that potatoes can be used to help maintain compliant menus and increase their use across ...

Greenvale AP, the leading supplier of British potatoes, has come top in sustainability of food production, according to the latest results of a two-year research project just published by the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing.The Competi...

Potato prices continued their seasonal slide over the past week as harvest progressed and poorer quality processing material was brought straight to the market. The Potato Council’s GB weekly average price was down to £110.24/t last week, some £10/t do...

POTATO growers must handle stored crops carefully to avoid the risk of rots developing, the Potato Council’s Sutton Bridge Experimental Unit (SBEU) has warned. As harvest progresses, reports indicate crop quality entering stores is poorer than last sea...