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January 11, 2010
Mintel: UK consumers dig potatoes again
Potatoes have been attacked for their less than exciting image, ignored by low carb dieters and ostracised from the five a day allowance, but new research from Mintel finds that the fortunes of the humble spud have turned, as today, potatoes are eaten ...
January 11, 2010
Native potatoes of Peru now available as flakes
Native potatoes are known for their exquisite, unique taste, their great nutritional properties. And now their also experiencing an increased demand in local and foreign markets. France and Venezuela are some of the countries already enthralled by the...
January 06, 2010
Wal-mart cambia su sistema de compras para bajar costos
Wal-mart está lanzando una campaña este año para recortar miles de millones de dólares de costos de su cadena de abastecimiento combinando las compras de sus tiendas a través de las fronteras nacionales. Será una nueva etapa en la globalización de su n...
January 05, 2010
KMC responds to the interest from its Iranian customers
KMC is responding to the increasing interest from Iranian customers to our range of potato based products by joining hands with the leading Iranian trading and investment company – Arsha Pouyeh Trade and Investment Co.Arsha Pouyeh has a very high comme...
December 15, 2009
US Potato use for French Fries processing down 12%;Recovery in processing of Potato flakes
Potato processors in the 9 major potato processing States have used 60.9 million cwt of potatoes this season (harvest 2009), down 12 percent from the same period last year and down 17 percent from 2 years ago. Dehydrating usage accounted for 11.0 milli...
December 09, 2009
Alemania cultiva papa que solo tiene amilopectina;útil en alimentación e industria del papel, adhesivos y textil
El principal fabricante alemán de almidón de patata, Emsland Group, ha anunciado que está procesando patatas TILLING, las cuales contienen exclusivamente amilopectina. Las patatas normales contienen un almidón formado por amilopectina y amilosa. La pat...
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December 03, 2009
Pack Expo 2010: Packaging and Processing combined in one powerful show
At next October’s PACK EXPO International 2010 (October 31-November 3;McCormick Place, Chicago, IL) several new features will make it easy for packagers and processors from around the globe to enhance operational excellence across the production line, ...
November 29, 2009
Closure of Idahoan Foods plant causes uncertainty in Dubois
Closure of the Idahoan Foods plant that employed 22 percent of Clark County's labor force, causes uncertainty for the residents of the southeastern Idaho town of Dubois.The shuttering of the Idahoan Foods plant on Oct. 22 eliminated 128 jobs from a pla...
November 13, 2009
China Essence sees signs of recovery in potato starch market
China Essence Group Ltd. (“China Essence” or the “Group”), one of the largest, leading integrated producers of potato products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), announced results for the second quarter year ended 30 September 2009 (“2Q FY2010”...
November 02, 2009
German government endorses growing of GM starch potato Amflora
The new German government has endorsed the growing of genetically modified Amflora starch potatoes in its policy on the use of plant biotechonology. A report on the website, www.gmo-safety.eu, says the new coalition government will promote a policy of ...
October 20, 2009
UK Food and drink exports buck the trend
Exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks bucked the recessionary trend and were up 10.2% to £4.82bn in the first six months of the year, according to new research commissioned by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF)[1]. Exports of all UK goods were dow...
September 22, 2009
Michael Jensen to succeed Uffe Andreasen as CEO of KMC
KMC has appointed a new CEO, Michael Jensen, to succeed current CEO, Uffe Andreasen who announced his plans to retire the post earlier this year. Michael Jensen takes over the position starting September 21, 2009
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September 02, 2009
KMC to unveil exciting new product at FIE 2009: glazemaker
With FIE 2009 in Frankfurt just around the corner KMC is all geared up to show what is new and exciting within our comprehensive range of starch products and functional ingredients. The newest star on the horizon is GlazeMaker - a functional starch ble...
August 06, 2009
Potato Dehy Manufacturer Basic American Foods helps foodservice with 'Menu economics'
Basic American Foods, the largest manufacturer of dehydrated potato products in the United States offers a program called "Menu Economics". This program is designed to help restaurant owners and foodservice professionals with regards to menu...July 28, 2009
Delaware French fry vending machine startup gets state funding
One of the country's leading manufacturers of frozen potatoes worked more than 20 years trying to perfect a french fry vending machine, with little success. In the 1990s, another company promised just such a machine but foundered amid allegations that...June 19, 2009
Importante instalación de planta industrial
En el municipio de General Alvarado se inauguró la planta industrial de Conasud. Conosud es una empresa de origen santafesino que elabora escamas de papas y exporta el 50% de su producción a Europa y países como Brasil, Venezuela y Japón. Produce más d...
June 12, 2009
US Potato Stocks and Processing as of June 1
The 13 major potato States held 44.8 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2009, down 11 percent from a year ago but 1 percent above June 1, 2007. Potatoes in storage accounted for 12 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production, slightly b...