News on Chips and Snacks

There's a major potato shortage in New Zealand and it's big enough that it's forced chip producers to temporarily stop production in the countdown to Christmas.

Barrel O'Fun, which produces potato chips and other snack foods has agreed to pay a $45,000 penalty for not effectively pre-treating wastewater from its production plant before sending it to the now improved city treatment facility.

Snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is completing a $10 million investment to improve operations and build on its commitment to sustainability at its manufacturing facility in Hyannis, where the company makes Cape Cod Potato Chips.

The potato processing industry is always in motion and so is Kiremko. An ongoing process of innovating and developing of processing lines and machines.

“This is too good to be true” you might think when reading this article. Well….. it’s not!

The world of snack foods is a Manichean struggle for the soul of your stomach. Do you reach for the tasty, high-calorie, additives-rich mozzarella sticks–or less processed, lower-calorie fruits and veggies?

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, has been named to Forbes magazine's 'America's Best Small Companies' list for 2014.

Ten Acre, the creators of Ten Acre hand cooked crisps, have launched new Ten Acre popcorn.

TOMRA Sorting Food will exhibit its popular Genius modular sorting system at Gulfood Manufacturing, the largest food processing exhibition for the Middle East, Africa and Indian Sub-Continent.

According to a news item in Freshplaza,the German company Lorenz Snackworld is planning to build a potato processing plant in the Tula region (Russia)

Plans are underway to construct an Irish potato processing plant in Musanze District to cut down post-harvest losses, Tony Nsanganira, the State Minister for Agriculture, has said.

The Snack Food Association (SFA) will participate in the PACK EXPO Partner Program November 2-5, 2014 at McCormick Place in Chicago, SFA President & CEO Tom Dempsey announced.

The winner of the Lay's Canada 2014 Do Us a Flavour contest is Jalapeño Mac N' Cheese on Lay's Wavy, submitted by Randall Litman from Calgary.

'Pulled Pork in a Sticky BBQ Sauce' has been unveiled as the winner of Walkers' 2014 'Do us a Flavour' competition in the United Kingdom

Today, Lay's Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger flavored potato chips was announced as the winner of this year's Lay's 'Do Us A Flavor' contest

Cargill and ConAgra Foods, Inc. announce a partnership to bring the Hunt’s® line of condiments and ACT II® microwave popcorn to Brazil.

Already sixty-six billion dollars in revenue, Pepsico faces growth demands from investors at four to six percent a year--which, Nooyi says, means the company needs to find an additional three and a half to four billion dollars of revenue. Every year.

While millions of people from around the world traveled to the iconic Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany this year, Snyder's of Hanover is giving consumers a way to experience the annual beer festival from the comfort of their own homes with the introduction of new Limited Edition Oktoberfest pretzels.