News On Ingredients

The FAO Food Price Index - an indicator of global food prices - averaged 209.3 points in April 2014, down 3.5 points, or 1.6 percent, from March and 7.6 points, or 3.5 percent, below April 2013.

Canola oil is widely regarded as heart-healthy and versatile by health professionals and chefs, but some consumers may not understand why – or know what canola is in the first place.

Vegit, the agro division of the Rs 950 crore Merino Group which offers ready-to-cook packaged foods, plans to raise capacity of potato flakes facility by 50 per cent to meet growing demand.

Responding to the increased consumer demand for strong traceability and high quality ingredients, British crisp producer Burts Chips started using locally sourced Cornish Sea Salt in its top-selling salt variant.

Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Canyon Cut™ potato chips awarded as cleanest packaged snack food

President George W. Bush, in a fascinating conversation before a SNAXPO audience yesterday, shared many of his experiences as President, and the years following, in a discussion that for many in the audience was a “once in a lifetime experience.”

De aardappelverwerking bij AVEBE dit seizoen is beëindigd. De kwalietit van de aardappelen was uitstekend en het zetmeelgehalte hoog.

Novozymes announced the launch of a new enzyme solution that helps make starch conversion more efficient.

Un proceso para hacer los purés se ha extendido a los mercados internacionales con patentes concedidas en EE.UU. y también en China, Nueva Zelanda y Australia. El proceso fue patentado conjuntamente por colaboradores con el Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS).

Daymer Ingredients, a distributor of AVEBE Starches located in the United Kingdom, reports an (upcoming) increase in potato starch prices

Kettle Brand is issuing a voluntary recall on a limited run of its 4-ounce Kettle Brand Bakes Sea Salt Potato Chips because of potential exposure to milk-based sour cream seasoning, a potential milk allergen not declared on the ingredient label.

Fitopatólogos de la universidad holandesa de Wageningen han descubierto un mecanismo que aumenta la resistencia a Phytophthora infestans, patógeno causante de una de las enfermedades más devastadoras de la papa, el tizón tardío.

AVEBE announces that Dr. Piet Buwalda - R&D AVEBE - will give a presentation titled “Starch - the gelling agent of the future” at StarchWorld conference 2014

Emsland Group has announced that Henk Jaap Meijer will be participating as speaker at CMT's 3rd Starch World 2014 on 17-19 Feb, 2014 to be held at Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, Indonesia.

Spice Application Systems is launching an exclusive new facility which allows customers to test out the power of electrostatics on their products.

KMC's Innovative potato-based CheeseMaker solutions enable a quick and cost-effective production of processed cream cheese products

Germany's first straw-fired heating plant will soon be commissioned in Emlichheim. Burning approximately 60,000 metric tons of straw per year, it will supply heat to Emsland-Stärke GmbH, public facilities and private households.

Megabusiness LLC of Danbury, CT is recalling Del Campo Papa seca / DRY POTATO 24x14 oz. because they contain undeclared sulfites.