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十月 22, 2008
Keystone Potato Products: sustainable potato dehydrates
Keystone Potato Products is committed to sustainability: In 2000, co-op members began looking at building a dehydrated potato processing facility in Pennsylvania – which would be the first dehy plant on the East Coast. A local plant would provide a ma...From the archive

十月 17, 2008
Lamb Weston and Unisur announce strategic partnership;Unisur expands facilities.
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, the largest potato company in North America, and Unisur Alimentos Ltda, the only frozen French fry and dehydrated potato processing company in Chile, announced the formation of a new strategic partnership focused on Chile an...From the archive

十月 09, 2008
Dehydrated potatoes versatile option for food aid
Representatives for charitable organizations were back in Idaho this week to explore different ways of using dehydrated potatoes in international food aid programs.The visit, sponsored by the U.S. Potato Board, included representatives from nine privat...From the archive

九月 05, 2008
USPB International Dehy program demonstrates physical properties of Dehy in Bakery Applications
Chef Yutaka Yamazaki of the Technology Development Division of Saint-Germain made potato pan bread for this study. Based on his experience in Europe, he recommends making bread with potatoes. He used US dehy standard potato flakes, which have high qual...From the archive

八月 05, 2008
Lima offers tax benefits to Kettle Creations
City tax incentives are on the way for Kettle Creations, a company planning to open a $25 million food manufacturing facility in Gateway Commerce industrial park in Lima, Ohio.Kettle Creations, a new company, will manufacture 50 million pounds of mashe...From the archive

八月 01, 2008
Technical seminars teach Mexican Bakers about US dehydrated potato
During May the USPB representative in Mexico held a training session for bakers in Vera Cruz. The seminar was held in conjunction with CANAINPA, the Mexican bakery association annual meeting, was very well received by the local bakery industry, and was...From the archive
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七月 31, 2008
Lima (Ohio) possible site for mashed-potato plant
Food processor Kettle Creations LLC is considering putting a mashed-potato plant in the Gateway Commerce Industrial Park here.It plans to a $21 million factory to make refrigerated mashed potatoes for sale in stores and use in restaurants. The operati...From the archive

七月 27, 2008
Farmfoundation report: 'What is driving Food prices'
For many commodities, prices are at or near records. Why have commodity prices gone up so much? In the debate surrounding this question some have singled out one or two factors as the primary drivers of food price increases. The real and much more com...From the archive

七月 25, 2008
New FSA guide advises short shelf-life for vacuum - and Modified atmosphere packed foods
A new UK food regulator guide recommends a restricted shelf-life for vacuum packed and modified atmosphere packed food products to avoid C. Botulinum growth. Although Clostridium botulinum food poisoning is very rare in the UK, its very serious natur...From the archive

七月 07, 2008
AgraWest now a Major Supplier to KFC
In the USA, KFC serves steaming hot mashed potato with their finger-lickin' good chicken. If you eat at KFC restaurants on the eastern seaboard of the USA, the mashed potato you are served originates in Prince Edward Island and is made by AgraWest Food.From the archive

六月 25, 2008
Siex instala su primera maquina productora de harina de papa en Peru
Junín se convirtió ayer, fecha en que el país conmemora el Día del Campesino, en la primera región del país en la que se instaló la máquina que permite la transformación industrial de papa en harina. El equipo industrial, cuyo diseño y fabricación fue...From the archive

六月 21, 2008
Idaho Potato Commission works on promo of Dehydrated Potato in Mexico
The Idaho Potato Commission is developing the details of a promotion for dehydrated potato products in Mexico.The details of the project are still being worked out, said Seth Pemsler, vice president of retail and international affairs for the commissio...From the archive

六月 13, 2008
USDA buys an additional 70MT dehydrated potato flakes for food aid in Africa
An additional 70 MT (10,032.75 cwt fresh weight equivalent) of dehydrated potato flakes (dehy) was purchased by USDA, June 3rd for Africare, a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in Africa. The dehydrated potato flakes will be utilized in progr...From the archive

六月 08, 2008
Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry
Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry, even though potato prices are good, the executive director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee says. Three years ago, cost of production in the San Luis Valley was about $4 ...From the archive

六月 04, 2008
Guia de la buenas practicas de procesamiento para la produccion artesanal de la tunta
Esta guía tiene por finalidad difundir las “buenas prácticas de procesamiento” (BPP) para la elaboración artesanal de la tunta, con el propósito de promover la producción de alimentos que no constituyan un riesgo para la salud y cumplan con las carac...From the archive

五月 29, 2008
Alicorp estudia en Peru el desarrollo de harina a partir de papa, cebada y camote
La empresa Alicorp estudia el desarrollo de harinas a partir de productos nativos de Perú como la papa, la cebada y el camote, para hacer frente a los altos precios internacionales del trigo, señaló hoy el gerente central del negocio de productos indus...From the archive

五月 16, 2008
Amino acids may extend sweet potato starch's gelling possibilities
As interest in potato starch increases due to clean label pressures, US scientists report that the gelling and paste-forming properties of starch from sweet potatoes can be controlled by using amino acids. The nature of the amino acid was found to str...From the archive

五月 15, 2008
Penford Food Ingredients Licenses Resistant Potato Starch Technology
Penford Food Ingredients, a leading manufacturer and marketer of ingredients for the processed food industry, announced today that it has entered into a sublicense agreement with MGP Ingredients, Inc., which grants to Penford the exclusive right to man...From the archive