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Japanese snack companies are always looking for new and exciting ways to tantalize their taste buds. Now, the country’s leading potato chip maker, Calbee, is changing the game entirely by taking the crunch out of their potato…
Calbee’s experts decided to change the game entirely by taking the crunch out of their potato chips, with a new product called “Nure Jaga”, which translates to “Wet Potato“. Nure Jaga chips are ‘moist’, and inspired by…
A potato-made vodka that originated from a northern Michigan family farm, and was inspired by the Manistee River has started one of its few production runs. North River Vodka is distilled in Traverse City through a partnership…
Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE: UTZ), a leading US manufacturer of branded salty snacks, announced that its subsidiary Utz Quality Foods, LLC has purchased a brand new, recently completed snack food manufacturing facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina …
McDonald's Philippines has paused sales of larger portions of their fries due to the global freight crisis. The fast-food restaurant initially released advisories on their website that larger sizes of fries were not available for delivery. McDonald's then…
Pioneering work to use potatoes to generate a plant-based protein that’s ideal for vegan and vegetarian food products is being led by Branston in the first UK partnership with innovations company RootExtracts Ltd. In this respect, Branston…
Processing contracts on Prince Edward Island have been settled with growers receiving a little more than 20 per cent increase, the April 21 issue of the North American Potato Market News (NAPM) says. Fry contracts have also been settled…
Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches from its storefront, the business…
Popchips, the better-for-you salty snack brand known for its popped, never fried potato chips, announced a complete brand overhaul with a reimagined visual identity and the debut of two new delicious flavors. After conducting in-depth market research…
Lamb Weston’s president and chief executive officer, Thomas P. Werner, recently declared that the company’s analysts expect restaurant traffic and consumer demand for French fries in the US to remain strong, although it may be more volatile…
Even though the total Canadian Potato Storage Holdings on April 1, 2022, counts up 20%, they grew 33% in the four Eastern Provinces and down 8% in Western Canada, showing the regional differences in the country. According…
Potatoes and their processed products such as chips and snacks are a few items that may face shortages or disappear totally from grocery store shelves this year, due to United States’ inflation that has already reached a…
