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Greenvale, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, has installed more than 2,100 Solar PV panels across four...

Senior manufacturing executives rank the UK 2nd, along with China, as a country where global companies expect to derive the...

Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, and renewable energy company, Triodos Renewables Plc, announced the completion of a...

Nearly one in five, aprox.17%, potato crisp varieties sampled from major retail food outlets in the UK have high levels of...

Key Technology will exhibit its Python laser sorter and Impulse® electromagnetic conveyor at interpack Hall 02 / Stand C11, this May...

The Kiremko sliver remover has undergone a major innovation resulting in a more efficient machine which now removes more than...

Precision is key when it comes to volume cutting of potatoes, whether for French fries, crinkle cut chips or diced and...

Complete and non-destructive inspection at full production volumes is achieved by ensuring optimum functionality of all factors and equipment components...

Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen, based in Albert Lea, Minnesota, the USA, included with the latest expansion of the company, a new...

Florigo has opened its Food Technology Centre on Friday March 14th, comprising the cutting, drying, (vacuum) frying and freezing technology....

The potato processing plant in Delmas, Mpumalanga, has recently completed a total revamp of its raw material receiving system at...

Lamb Weston has introduced a new Sweet Potato Fries range: Sweet ‘n Savour, bringing restaurant owners innovative and profitable solutions that...

Tummers Methodic aims to meet theme potato seasonal trends by developing new cutting blocks with custom-shaped blades, which allow for...

The American provider of solutions for food production Heat and Control has announced its latest equipments that will be exhibited...

Continuing the innovation and introduction of new technology for today’s requirements,  Florigo announces the launch of an innovative new design...

Visitors attending Interpack in May 8-14 will be able to experience directly the two different configurations of the tna robag®...

A cutting edge test kitchen was equipped in Maastrich to enable processors seeking productivity and quality improvements to conveniently see...

Kellogg Company announced that it will build a new snacks manufacturing facility in Malaysia, as part of its recently announced...

Key Technology announces its new potato strips Sort-to-Grade feature for all belt-driven G6 optical sorters: Manta, Optyx, and Tegra. The...

Take the Baker Perkins Innovation Centre in Peterborough, UK, for example. As well as product development, customers use Baker Perkins’...

The Australian provider of food processing solutions tna will be presenting its systems for fresh produce applications in February at...

A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to...

A new report from PCI Films Consulting forecasts that flexible packaging demand in the Middle East and Africa will grow...

Fries are undeniably one of the most important food products in the word. As health-conscious consumers are continuously increasing in...

The number of people who prefer snacks rather than meals is increasing and producers are turning to consumers in order...

The better the peeling process, the better the potato and, possibly, the wastage can be reduced, too. But wastage is...

Being so versatile, potatoes can be processed in numerous ways. Because health is an increasingly important factor regarding food choices,...

Potatoes are the sustainable carbohydrate; it’s a fact. This comes as a result of new research from Cranfield University to...

Invisible inefficiencies, says Heat and Control’s Clark Hicks, can severely hamper the productivity of a packaging operation. In this article...

Packaged food sales in India are forecast to soar by more than two-thirds over the next four years, according to...

The perfect blend of foam and defoamer is essential in potato processing as Andre Erasmus finds with the help of...

Over 35,000 finished pounds/hour (16,000 kg/hr) of crispy batter-coated french fries will be produced for fast-food lovers using Heat and...

The market for food innovations is growing strongly and therefore one of the most dynamic and interesting markets in the...

The horticulture industry of Zimbabwe is calling for higher import tariffs on imported horticulture products to avert the collapse of...

Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE has announced the company will start this year's starch production on August 26. That is a...

As the $186 million-plus fresh potato export market continues to grow an average of 9 percent annually, the Idaho Potato...

Officials from Oregon and Washington are working on an upcoming joint trade mission to expand export opportunities for Northwest potatoes....

Furious potato growers are going head to head with supermarkets and restaurants in a campaign to reclaim the "British New...

In the aftermath of last year’s difficult growing and harvesting season, almost one in ten of Britain’s potato growers decided...

Nora Olsen is The Potato Association of America president for 2013-2014. Olsen is a professor and Extension potato specialist at...

Furious potato growers are going head to head with supermarkets and restaurants in a campaign to reclaim the "British New...

McCain Foods' Aug. 7 announcement that it will invest more than $100 million to expand its Burley potato processing plant was...

Ishida Europe is introducing an enhancement to its market-leading Atlas range of snack food bagmakers which the company says will...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June...

The price of potatoes in Brazil reached the highest level in the last 10 years. Farmers say that this increase...

McCain Foods USA has announced plans to expand its Burley, Idaho manufacturing plant with the addition of a third production...

McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 0.7% in July.Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 1.6%Europe...

Heat and Control’s new FastBack FDXM Force Displacement drives are now 40 per cent smaller than comparable inertia drive horizontal motion...

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027...

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by...