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Red Sky, the new premium potato chip brand, is being supported by a major TV advertising campaign. The Red Sky Potato Chips TV advertising starts April 11, 2009 for five weeks.Featuring the strap-line ‘From Nature’s Kitchen’, the exciting animated adve...

Snack makers on the alert for acrylamide formation in their baked products have a new tool at their disposal to rapidly analyse asparagine levels.   Thermo Fisher Scientific claims its automated photometric method is a "simple and effective&quo...

Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of holistic systems in the world of packaging and process technology, is changing the company names of some of its subsidiaries, effective April 2nd 2009. The US-based Doboy Inc., New Richmond, will chang...

Eighteen major catering companies, including many high street brands, will introduce calorie information on their menus for the first time. The list of trailblazers, announced today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo and the Food Standards Agenc...

K+S of Germany agreed Thursday to buy Morton Salt from Dow Chemical Co. for $1.68 billion to become the world's biggest salt producer and reduce its dependence on potash fertilizer.

In fiscal 2008, the Buhler Technology Group increased its sales (turnover) by about 7% to CHF 1893 million, and with an EBIT margin of 8.4% achieved an excellent operating result. Due to the negative financial result, the Group’s overall result decline...

CDC Software  announced today that Intersnack is expected to implement CDC Factory, a manufacturing operations management and enterprise manufacturing intelligence solution, at its two plants in the Netherlands to help increase capacity, improve effici...

United Biscuits, a leading UK manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes, is pleased to announce the promotion of Paul Graham to UK Sales Director, effective from Thursday 2 April.Paul has been with UBUK for eleven years and is promoted from his curren...

Door pootaardappelen de hele winter elke dag met een snufje Talent (carvon) te behandelen, komen alle kiemogen op de knollen los, maar de kiemontwikkeling blijft keurig onder controle.

Ecofrost NV is a young Belgian Company, situated in Peruwelz who specialise in frozen potato products, mainly deep-frozen fries. Ecofrost NV was founded by Pol and Dries Vervaeke along with Luc and Marc Hoflack. Both families have gained enough experien...

People remain cautious about the emergence of new food technologies according to a review of existing research, published by the Food Standards Agency. The report, which looks at research since 1999, brings together knowledge from the UK and beyond, ...

A vending machine that bakes fresh pizza in minutes for a few euros has got Italian chefs in a whirl before it hits the streets in the coming weeks. The bright-red "Let's Pizza"machine uses infra-red rays and technology developed at the Uni...

The technical challenges of coping with a reduced pesticide armoury were high on the agenda at a recent Potato Council Yorkshire Potato Day. If you rent land, don't saddle yourself with soil-borne threats. Techniculture's Neil Pratt told growers at the...

Het aantal aardappeltelers dat zich tot nu toe heeft aangemeld voor het plan van de Stichting Poolfonds Aardappelen (SPA) stelt teleur. 'We hebben absoluut meer deelnemers nodig', stelt Louis Beemsterboer namens de initiatiefnemers van het poolfonds. H...

Schade door ritnaalden, de larven van de kniptor, komt over de jaren heen steeds vaker en heftiger voor. Dit kunnen we bij Bayer CropScience alleen al zien aan de gestage toename van het gebruik van Mocap 20 GS. Maar ook geluiden vanuit aardappelhandel...

Phileas Fogg crisps and snacks is using RPM for its relaunch and in-store promotions at major UK supermarkets.Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrison's will see the first wave of promotion, tailored to each supermarket's customer base.Among other activity cust...

Labels showing a product's carbon footprint should be displayed on goods and services to help consumers tackle climate change, according to an influential committee of MPs.Some foods are already displaying "carbon reduction labels"alongside t...

Als het aan burgemeester Aalderink van bronckhorst ligt, komt er een frietmuseum bij Aviko in Steenderen. De burgervader van Bronckhorst wil hierover binnenkort met de directie van de aardappelfabriek in gesprek. Aviko meldt dat het slechts om een idee...