News on Chips and Snacks from the Americas

Just in time for football playoff games and the “big game” in February, Cape Cod Potato Chips is launching the Big Game Chip Switch.

La Placita Botanas Mexicanas, Inc. of South El Monte, California is recalling Wheat Snacks with Chile, Potato Chips with Chile, and Corn Churritos with Chile because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

DeMet's Candy Company announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the TrueNorth® nut snack brand from Frito-Lay North America ('FLNA'- a division of Pepsico, Inc.).

Zappe Endeavors LLC, the maker of Zapp’s potato chips, has agreed to be acquired by Utz Quality Foods Inc., the largest independently held snack food company in the country.

York-based Bickel's Snack Foods Inc. made no ironclad promises to Mark Troyer when Troyer agreed to sell Troyer Potato Products Inc. in December 2008.

Diamond Foods, Inc. announced the launch of a website dedicated to providing information on living a healthy and active lifestyle, www.diamondsnackbetter.com.

Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC) announced today that Kettle Brand® Chips will begin shipping its products throughout the U.S. on iGPS' all-plastic pallets with embedded RFID tags

The overall economy may continue limping along in 2011, but American farmers could plow their way to record harvests.

Tropical Foods, a food manufacturer that specializes in raw and roasted nuts, dried fruit and snack mixes, is launching Garden Chips just in time for the New Year.

A small group of scientists in white lab coats — some bearing the Pepsi logo — wander through their laboratory, describing the state-of-the-art equipment.

La división de América del Norte de Frito-Lay dijo hoy que aproximadamente el 50 por ciento de sus productos se elaborarán con ingredientes naturales, incluyendo tres de sus principales marcas: Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips y SunChips® ...

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today said that approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands, Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips and SunChips® multigrain snacks.

Diacetyl - a chemical used in butter flavoring – may damages the lungs by reacting and forming complexes with amino acids in cell membranes, according to a new US study.

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today reported strong financial performance for its first quarter of fiscal 2011 and increased guidance for the full-year.

Wise Foods Inc., a leading regional salty snack company, announced that it has completed a new $48 million credit facility.

Better Made Potato Chips is planning to move its growing $17 million private label potato stick manufacturing business to a new facility.

ConAgra Foods Inc (CAG.N) cut its 2011 earnings outlook for the second time after quarterly results were weaker than expected, underscoring the difficulties facing the U.S. food industry.