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一月 15, 2008
Bengal all set to gain from potato
West Bengal farmers are now on a track to tap profit from potato cultivation and even started several organised potato processing unit in the state. It seemed to them very profitable compared to any other crop within their limit. According to a recent ...From the archive

一月 10, 2008
AFT France plans more potato flakes units in India
France-based agricultural company, Advanced Food Technologies (AFT), is planning to set up a couple of potato flakes plants in the Hoogly district near Kolkata. Both the plants with capacity of producing 1200 kg/hour of flakes, would also facilitate...From the archive

十二月 07, 2007
Procter & Gamble says blocked Pringles shipment not intended for China market
Procter & Gamble said a small shipment of its Pringles-brand potato chips rejected by Chinese quality inspectors involved a product not designed for release in the China market. Charles Zhang, a Guangzhou-based spokesman for the company, told XFN-As...From the archive

十二月 07, 2007
P&G says Pringles not made with banned additive
Pringles potato chips are not made with an additive banned in China, Procter &Gamble Co, which markets the potato chips, said on Friday. China state media had reported on Friday that a batch of chips had been blocked from import. The batch of bar...From the archive
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十二月 06, 2007
Patent row over Pogo brand name
Turner International India has dragged potato wafer-maker Gee Pee Foods to court for using its Pogo channel name to brand its wafers, thereby scripting yet another patent skirmish. The Kolkata-based food company has been manufacturing Pogo chips sinc...From the archive

十二月 05, 2007
Pringles taken of the shelf in Hong Kong potassium bromate cancer scare
Packets of the popular snack Pringles were Wednesday removed from Hong Kong supermarkets after tests in mainland China found them to contain a cancer-causing chemical. Barbecue-flavoured packets of the potato crisps were taken off sale in Wellcome, one...From the archive

十二月 04, 2007
Frito-Lay goes Indian to up its market share
Multinational snack maker FritoLay has Indianised its potato chips brand Lay’s in the wake of competition by new entrants like ITC’s Bingo. As part of its rebranding exercise, FritoLay has introduced Lay’s Chaat street, India’s Mint Mischief and Wafer...From the archive

十一月 27, 2007
ITC Aiming for Top Spot in India
Indian giant ITC has announced that it aims to treble the turnover of its packaged food operations and to become the overall leader of the Indian packaged food sector by 2011.The cigarette giant’s food units are growing at a rate of 68.17% annually.Exa...From the archive

十一月 22, 2007
Interview with Manu Anand, managing director of Frito-Lay India
FritoLay India has become the largest player in the branded salty snack market in the country and has been one of the fastest-growing FMCG companies in India for a number of years. Fritolay India managing director Manu Anand discusses the future plans ...From the archive

十一月 16, 2007
The Indian Snack segment is getting bigger
Packaged snacks are getting a lot of attention from big, branded players. So Frito-Lay, with its Lays, Cheetos, Kurkure, Lehar, Uncle Chipps and Quaker Oats snack brands is seeing some pretty concentrated competition from ITC’s Bingo! with its 16 flav...From the archive

十一月 14, 2007
Calbee secures potato supply for snacks through partnership with R.D. Offutt
Calbee Foods Co. has partnered with R.D. Offutt Co., the largest potato grower in the U.S., to establish a large and stable supply of potatoes for its snack foods, especially for its strategic new product Jagabee, The Nikkei reported in its Wednesday m...From the archive

十一月 12, 2007
Dairy company GCMMF enters Indian snack market with Munch Time
Taking a cue from the success of ITC's Bingo, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), universally known for its dairy products brand Amul, has decided to enter the branded snacks market with Munch Time, a salty snack much like Frito Lay’...From the archive

十一月 02, 2007
Potato and potato products in the Phillipines
In the Philippines, potato is consumed as a vegetable and occasionally as a snack item. It is ideally cooked with meat, often as a meat extender in recipes such as “adobo,” “egado,” curry, and “lumpia.” There are about 12 Philippine companies that prod...From the archive

九月 26, 2007
The power of private labels: Retailers take on established brands with their own
When Pepsico’s Frito-Lay decided to boycott Pantaloon’s Food Bazaar due to differences in terms of trade, it was the latter’s private label which got a boost in shares. Today Tasty Treat, the ready-to-eat private label of Food Bazaar, is leading with ...From the archive

九月 23, 2007
Potato varieties for Processing identified in the Phillipines
After five years of field trials, root crop experts at Benguet State University (BSU) in the Phillipines said Benguet farmers could now plant four new potato varieties which possess the desired dry matter content required by fast-food chains to make ...From the archive
