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Weeks before flying to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, pebble-sized potatoes growing in the city of Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu Province, were picked gingerly and stored in a refrigeration house at a constant ...

When UK potato chips manufacturer Seabrook Crisps was acquired by its current management in July 2015, private equity investor LDC backed the management buy-out to support Seabrook's growth. Over the past three years, ...

Peru expects to produce 4.77 million tons of potatoes in the 2018/2019 campaign, which runs from August 2018 to July 2019, more than the 4.45 million tons it produced In the previous ...

Research at the James Hutton Institute has led to the discovery of genetic variations which can help protect potato crop yields at high temperature, potentially providing potato breeders with a valuable tool ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 168.8 points in July 2018, down as much as 6.5 points (3.7 percent) from June and 10.3 points (3.7 percent) from the corresponding period last ...

PotatoEurope 2018, one of the top events for the international potato industry, returns to Germany on September 12 and 13. PotatoEurope, an annual exhibition, is held in Germany every four years. This ...

The Pulsed Electric Field Technology (PEF) machine on display at McCain Foods in Washdyke The aim is to produce healthier fries as the potatoes absorb less oil during the cooking process after ...

On June 5, the government of Mexico published a list of retaliatory tariffs in response to the Section 232 tariffs being imposed by the United States on steel and aluminum imports from ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 176.2 points in May 2018, up 2.2 points (1.2 percent) from April level and hitting its highest level since October 2017. The increase in May ...

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is preparing for an expanded sales push both in the United States and abroad with the addition of Ross Johnson as the new Idaho Potato Commission International ...

Vietnam's Lam Dong Province has approved a programme to build a Da Lat potato brand to prevent farmers from selling cheap Chinese potatoes disguised as potatoes from Da Lat, which are more ...

The Irish Potato Chip manufacturer Keogh’s Crisps has secured a major contract with Emirates, which will see an estimated one million bags of chips being served on their planes each year.The news ...

The demand for complete potato processing lines has increased over the past few years and with an unprecedented amount of new lines installed including green-field projects. Worldwide, a lot of new potato ...

Emerging markets have provided double-digit returns for McDonalds as sales begin to decline in the US and Europe. McDonalds (MCD) has expanded aggressively in countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and China. ...

Japan’s food and beverage group Nissin Food Holdings is set to introduce its potato chips across mainland China. By leveraging sales and the manufacturing channels of its noodle plant in the southern ...

Potato and fruit Chinese processor Kaida invested in two large agricultural product processing plants in Beijing and Inner Mongolia, for whom Tomra’s steam peeling and optical sorting solutions were chosen. After 15 ...

U.S. exports of frozen and fresh potatoes continued to grow in December while dehy exports were still down but by a lesser degree, according to the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association.  The ...

TaiMei Potato Industry Ltd, a Chinese potato processor belonging to Lamb Weston, signed an agreement with American Lorain Corporation, to produce the Lorain brand of French fries in China. “We all find ...

Key Technology announces the expansion of its global customer service and support, helping food processors reduce costs, increase uptime, and improve equipment performance with the addition of a new online service portal, ...

Lamb Weston / Meijer, a joint venture between US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Netherlands-based Meijer Frozen Food, recently announced plans to invest approximately USD150 million (EUR 120 million) to expand its frozen potato facility in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands.  This ...

Crisps manufacturer Mackie’s Crisps uses three Ishida iTPS (Integrated Total Packaging System) for snacks at the new factory in Inchcoonans in Errol, Perthshire, Scootland. The Ishida iTPS comprises an Ishida 14 head multihead weigher ...

French fries are amazingly popular the world over. And whether they are bought from the supermarket in a pack of frozen or fresh fried in a restaurant, the consumer wants them to be just ...

Senior manufacturing executives rank the UK 2nd, along with China, as a country where global companies expect to derive the majority of their sales growth over the next two years, ahead of ...

A new report from PCI Films Consulting forecasts that flexible packaging demand in the Middle East and Africa will grow by around 5% p.a. over the next five years as confidence in ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June and 7 points (or 3.3 percent) lower than in July 2012. The ...