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五月 28, 2010
How to make perfect McDonald's style french fries at home
The picture above is from a blog about how to make McDonald's style french fries at home. The average blog on french fries does not make it to our news section, but this blog is in no way average! First of all you will admire the length this blogger...From the archive

五月 28, 2010
Canada's export of potato products down 11% in first quarter
Canada exported 14.0 million cwt of potatoes and potato products during the January-March quarter. According to the editor of North American Potato Market News (NAPMN), Bruce Huffaker, that fell 1.7 million cwt short of the 2009 pace, a 10.7% decline. ...From the archive

五月 27, 2010
Heinz Reports Strong Fiscal 2010 Results;US Ore-Ida sales increased
H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) today reported excellent full-year and fourth-quarter results for Fiscal 2010 as the Company delivered dynamic double-digit organic sales growth in Emerging Markets. For the full year, sales grew 4.8% to a record $10.5 bi...From the archive

五月 25, 2010
Spin fryer sheds oil, reduces calorie content
Entire fast-food empires have been built around the french fry. But companies still continue to pursue perfection -- as in, a better-for-you fry. The immodestly named Perfect Fry company, out of Calgary, claims to have nailed it. At the National Res...From the archive

五月 24, 2010
Conagra tries to reengineer the sweet potato
ConAgra Foods hopes to make the sweet potato a modern-day equivalent of its stepbrother, the russet potato. In the mid-1940s, entrepreneur J. R. Simplot developed the frozen French fry, thus elevating the russet from kitchen staple to multibillion-doll...From the archive

五月 20, 2010
McCain Foods introduces sweet potato range in South Africa
The sweet potato is now available in a new frozen chip and chunk form from McCain Foods (SA) – in an appetizing orange colour not readily found as a fresh vegetable in South Africa.The new Alternatives Sweet Potato range includes the McCain Alternative...From the archive
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五月 20, 2010
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd reviews PR accounts
McCain Foods is putting its entire consumer and corporate PR account out to pitch as it aims to step up the emphasis on the nutritional value of its food. The wide-ranging account is believed to be worth about £250,000 and is currently held by Fleishm...From the archive

五月 18, 2010
Could Taurine help reduce acrylamide in French Fries?
Taurine, the ingredient most famously linked to energy drinks, may help reduce levels of acrylamide in foods, suggests new research from Korea.French fries exposed to a taurine solution prior to frying contained 96 per cent less acrylamide than control...From the archive

五月 17, 2010
April Potato Processing in Idaho and Malheur County Up 5.5 Percent from Last Year
Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.90 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes during April, up 5.5 percent from April 2009. Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon have used 56.1 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes to May 1, ...From the archive

五月 14, 2010
Simplot study: Ring fries beat straight cut French fries on health and taste
Frying potato rings rather than straight strips produces fries with less oil, lower levels of acrylamide, less salt, and better taste, says a new study from the US. “Our findings provide justification for a partial replacement of French fries with ring...From the archive

五月 12, 2010
Manitoba Potato Growers reach deal with McCain Foods
Growers of processing potatoes in Manitoba have approved a deal with McCain Foods which will see production drop by 12 percent, with prices down around 15 percent. Gary Sloik, general manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, says growers w...From the archive

五月 12, 2010
McCain Foods (GB) brings back Summer Wedges
McCain Summer Wedges with a hint of Shallot &Lime are back by popular demand following strong sales in 2009, when they were McCain Foods (GB) Ltd. most successful Seasonal Edition recipe.Part of McCain's Seasonal Editions Wedge range, Summer Wedges...From the archive

五月 11, 2010
Lamb Weston / Meijer and Frisch & Frost (RWA) announce joint venture
Lamb Weston / Meijer and RWA announced today that Lamb Weston/Meijer has signed an agreement to acquire 74% of the shares in Frisch &Frost Nahrungsmittel GmbH based in Hollabrunn, Austria.Current owner RWA will keep the remaining shares. Both parti...From the archive

五月 11, 2010
Friet aanbod in Nederlandse cafetaria’s
Driekwart van de cafetaria’s in ons land kiest voor één frietsoort in het assortiment. Heeft een cafetaria wel een tweede frietsoort, dan wordt naast gewone friet vaak raspatat aangeboden. Dat blijkt uit het FoodServicePeil Cafetaria, een online ond...From the archive

五月 11, 2010
PinguinLutosa and CECAB Group begin negotiations to combine their european deepfrozen vegetable activities
PinguinLutosa and the CECAB Group have started exclusive negotiations in order to integrate the activities of D’Aucy Frozen Foods (deep-frozen vegetable branch of the CECAB Group) into PinguinLutosa, number two in Europe in the deep-frozen vegetable se...From the archive

五月 10, 2010
State-of-the-art French Fry factory for Agristo Tilburg
French Fry manufacturer Agristo is a relatively young family owned company, founded in 1985 by Antoon Wallays and Luc Raes. Rapidly growing from 20.000 tons, the company reached a volume of 185.000 tons finished product in 2008.From the archive

五月 10, 2010
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd. backs Home Fries with couponing campaign
McCain Foods (GB Ltd. is set to undertake a national couponing campaign worth £2.9 million, aimed at driving trial and sales, in support of its best selling chip brand Home Fries.From May, two half price coupons are to be distributed to 1.16 million UK...From the archive