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PROCESSING HEADLINES
U.S.-based food cutting technology specialist Urschel Laboratories is preparing to introduce a new cutting platform, the Little Gem Aspire Dicer, w…
BUSINESS INSIGHTS
Potatoes USA is encouraging retailers to intensify potato merchandising efforts during the spring season, citing data that links the category to si…
POTATO TRENDS
The rapid uptake of GLP-1 medications is beginning to alter food consumption patterns in Canada, with potential implications for potato demand acro…
The Idaho Potato Commission has used a large-scale promotional installation tied to the United States’ 250th anniversary to reinforce retail visi…
A newly published scientific paper by the Institute for the Advancement of Food & Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) seeks to introduce a more rigorous…
PB SPECIAL FEATURES
Temperature defines whether a potato processing line remains within validated safety limits, meets regulatory requirements on process contaminants,…
Production efficiency in potato processing is constrained by how quickly deviations in raw material condition, utilities, or equipment performance …
AGRO UPDATES
New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority has approved a new fungicide seed treatment for potatoes, clearing a key regulatory step for the…
Potato growers are facing a broader and more complex risk profile, with weather volatility, market uncertainty, reputational challenges and reduced…
STORAGE SPECIAL
A decade-long research effort led by Phillip Wharton at the University of Idaho is providing potato growers with updated management strategies to a…
A new study published in the journal Plant Disease has identified several Fusarium species responsible for potato dry rot in Colorado’s San Luis …
Restrain, a specialist in residue-free technologies for potato production and storage, has appointed Van Iperen BV as the distributor of its Accumu…
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McCain Foods has introduced a new addition to its foodservice portfolio with the launch of Brew City® Beer Battered Potato Waves, a product positi…
Kent Crisps is expanding its range with the launch of Beef Brisket & Stout Flavour, a new hand-cooked variant developed with Kent brewer Shephe…
Glen Powell’s food brand Smash Kitchen is expanding into the snack aisle with the launch of a four-flavor line of non-GMO kettle potato chips, ex…
