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Peeled Innate® Gen 2 Hibernate (Atlantic) potato, left, next to a conventional Snowden potato (Courtesy: J.R. Simplot Company)

八月 03, 2017

Second Generation Innate® Potatoes Receive Approval in Canada

Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have completed the food, feed, and environmental safety assessments of the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation of Innate® potatoes. The authorizations enable the potatoes to be imported, planted, and sold in Canada.

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Since getting into the restaurant business in Prince Edward Island, Hamid Sanayie has spent the past few years developing his Fry Factory operation in Charlottetown the West Royalty Industrial Park. They make machines that can produce french fries quicker

六月 19, 2017

Fry Factory Inc adjusts automatic restaurant french fry cutter to North American potatoes

An entrepreneur in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island has modified an automated restaurant french fry cutter to the North American market.

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Renaissance’s acrylamide-reducing yeast has shown promising results in large-scale industrial trials in baked goods and snack foods, as well as in lab scale tests in fries and coffee.

五月 30, 2017

Orkla Food Ingredients signs licence agreement with Renaissance BioScience Corp. for Acrylamide-Reducing Yeast Technology

Orkla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Orkla ASA (OSE:ORK) has signed a license agreement with Renaissance BioScience Corp. to exclusively produce and sell Renaissance acrylamide-reducing yeast to food manufacturers in the European Nordic and Baltic markets, starting in Q3 2017.

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In the past (10-15 years ago) french fries were a major source of trans fats, but now most companies have switched to healthier oils. Nowadays, bakery products are the main source of trans fat in the Canadian diet.

四月 29, 2017

Health Canada proposes to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) in food

Health Canada is introducing a regulatory proposal to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs)—the main source of industrially produced trans fats—in food to help protect the health of all Canadians.

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Jalapeño-flavoured Miss Vickie's® kettle cooked potato chips recalled in Canada due to potential presence of salmonella in seasoning recalled by supplier (Courtesy: Pepsico Canada)

四月 22, 2017

Recalled in Canada: Jalapeño-flavoured Miss Vickie's® kettle cooked potato chips - due to potential presence of salmonella in seasoning

The Miss Vickie's® brand today announced a voluntary recall of Jalapeño-flavoured Miss Vickie's® brand kettle cooked potato chips due to the potential presence of Salmonella in the seasoning used in the product.

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Potato Power Bars: lower Glycemic Response Carisma potatoes make for a healthier snack food

四月 19, 2017

Carisma is back! Lower GR Potato Returns to Ontario Grocery Stores

Following a highly successful launch in 2016, Canadian produce company EarthFresh is bringing its lower glycemic response (GR)* Carisma potato back to Ontario grocery retailers for an extended season.

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Innate Potatoes are less sensitive to bruising, which means less waste throughout the potato supply chain. (Courtesy: Simplot Plant Sciences)

三月 23, 2017

After 15+ years of absence, genetically engineered potatoes will return to Canada

Since Monsanto took their genetically modified Newleaf /Naturemark potatoes of the market in 2001, no GM potatoes have been grown commercially in Canada. But Simplot's Innate potatoes are going to change that in 2017.

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Many vegetables (such as onions) and other ingredients (spices, vegetable oils) used for processing are affected by the changes. Based on our quick examination of the ruling, fresh potatoes for processing did not seem to be affected.

一月 20, 2017

Canada cuts import tariffs on food ingredients to boost manufacturing

As the incoming Trump administration talks about piling on new tariffs to discourage imports and protect American jobs, the Canadian government quietly moved in the opposite direction over the holidays: eliminating tariffs.

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Grand Bend Produce introduced the Blue Steele Potato in 2015 (Courtesy: twitter / @beachnot)

十二月 01, 2016

EarthFresh Farms acquires Grand Bend Produce

EarthFresh Farms recently announced the acquisition of the assets of Grand Bend Produce, a Southwestern Ontario based fresh potato business.

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After further investigation by the General Investigation Section and the Forensic Identification Section of the Halifax Police, they concluded it can not be determined where the needle originated.

十一月 29, 2016

Halifax Police: Unclear if needle came from potatoes

After further investigation of the food tampering report of this weekend, Halifax Police concluded it can not be determined where the needle originated. This additional reporting caused a sigh of relieve among Canadian Potato Packers.

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