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The number of people who prefer snacks rather than meals is increasing and producers are turning to consumers in order to develop new flavours and products. Evie Serventi reports. The biggest change ...

The better the peeling process, the better the potato and, possibly, the wastage can be reduced, too. But wastage is not everything, it’s the degree of cleanliness that is just as important. ...

Invisible inefficiencies, says Heat and Control’s Clark Hicks, can severely hamper the productivity of a packaging operation. In this article for Potato Processing International, he examines ways to improve efficiency. In this ...

Packaged food sales in India are forecast to soar by more than two-thirds over the next four years, according to research from industry analysts BMI. Rising disposable incomes and the on-going urbanisation ...

The perfect blend of foam and defoamer is essential in potato processing as Andre Erasmus finds with the help of Emerald Foam Control’s Frank Magazine. Foam is all around us – it ...

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 Control’s latest batter applicator and multi-zone fryer system. The batter applicator applies ...

The market for food innovations is growing strongly and therefore one of the most dynamic and interesting markets in the world. Increasing population numbers in the developing countries and changing habits in ...

Ishida Europe is introducing an enhancement to its market-leading Atlas range of snack food bagmakers which the company says will increase its already-high speeds on Potato Chips by a further 35% to ...

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 ...

McCain Foods USA has announced plans to expand its Burley, Idaho manufacturing plant with the addition of a third production line. “There is an increasing demand for potato products from customers nationwide ...

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 down 1.9%Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) down 1.9% "McDonald's Plan to ...

Heat and Control’s new FastBack FDXM Force Displacement drives are now 40 per cent smaller than comparable inertia drive horizontal motion conveyors and convey up to 2,500 pounds This, says the company,  makes ...

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food waste by ...

The Highlander crisps plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, closed on July 31 with the loss of 28 jobs. The Italian parent company, Unichips SpA, said it was closing the factory due to ...

Machine manufacturer DT Dijkstra has improved their washing system to better suit the needs of its customers.There are extra inspection hatches around the rotating parts in the new washing installation. The hatches ...

AUSVEG, the National Peak Industry Body for Australian vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the Prime Minister's acknowledgement of the importance of investment in agribusiness as part of his announcement of an ...

SignalDemand recently announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected SignalDemand's EnterpriseOptimizer(TM) software solution to provide additional insight into how to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and production capacity. ...

Even McDonald’s (MCD) own hypothetical household budget (pdf) for its restaurant employees seems to suggest it’s difficult, at best, for many in its low-wage workforce to make ends meet. And all this ...

Snack Food Company LesserEvil has set up a new factory in Danbury, Connecticut where it now produces kettle corn and Popcorn made from chia seeds. The company LesserEvil started in 2004 and ...