Potato news archive – Page 119
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Sainsbury's bumper Christmas hopes
Sainsbury’s is expecting a good Christmas when it comes to fresh produce.
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ArticleMBM loses Sainsbury's business
Sainsbury’s has announced it is to axe one of its four potato suppliers in a move to streamline its supply chain.
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Primary kids get potato lecture
Sutton-Bridge-based potato supplier Solanum has been promoting healthy eating to schoolchildren.
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ArticleAlliance spurs French spuds
Major French potato distributor Pom’Alliance increases its business in United Kingdom with new products.
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ArticleChips off a new block
Quality standard The British Quality Chip Charter (BQCC) is being rolled out nationwide in a bid to try and guarantee the perfect chip.
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NIAB reports increase in pre-planting tests
Potato growers are increasingly sending their farm-saved seed potatoes to NIAB for testing prior to planting, according to the potato experts.
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Potato growers warned of breakdown
Potato experts at Cambridge-based NIAB, the UK independent plant science company, have warned growers to watch out for an increase in lenticel breakdown in their crop.
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B&F invests in production line
B&F Potatoes has invested in a new production line for its range of fresh, whole-peeled and cut potatoes.
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ArticleWelsh research booster
Welsh researchers are working on a project which could help give a big boost to winter vegetable products.
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ArticlePotatoes don't grow on trees you know
Sixty per cent of children believe potatoes grow on trees, according to research by the British Potato Council (BPC).
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ArticleBPC talks rot in Crieff
Soft rot infections may be masking the true extent of dry rot infection in store, seed potato producers were warned at the Seed Industry Event held in Crieff by the British Potato Council (BPC).
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ArticleChemically enhanced fry colours
New formulations and label recommendations for CIPC, the main potato storage chemical used in the UK to control sprouting, will help improve fry colours in processing potatoes, according to the British Potato Council.
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AB OK with BRC
Measham-based AB Produce PLC has gained Higher Level Certification to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food.
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ArticleCo-op's yellow potatoes
The Co-operative Group is set to launch a little known yellow-fleshed salad potato this week.
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ArticlePrepare for convenience
The fresh produce market has seen big changes over the past few years, mirroring consumer changes in lifestyle with the increased need for convenience, writes Anabella de Sousa, enhancing the growth in the prepared produce sector.
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Accumulator success multiplies
Greenvale AP’s seed treatment Accumulator is showing unprecedented increases in stem and tuber numbers in its first commercial harvest.
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ArticleKeeping track of the packs
Growth is forecast for produce packaging, fuelled by increasing demand for ready-to-eat produce and retailers’ desire to reduce costs by using display-ready containers that require less handling. Food safety and traceability demands, and branding opportunities will also have a favourable impact on packaging, writes Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleEfficiency through machines
In this week’s focus on machinery we look at, among others, an Italian company bringing innovation to packaging, the efficiencies a potato supplier has gained through automation and a sticky solution to packaging problems
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ArticleNew Flandria specifications to take effect
New basic specifications for Flandria producers are ready and will come into effect on January 1, 2005.
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ArticleApples key to cancer prevention breakthrough
Scientists have made a potentially significant breakthrough in the search for cancer prevention techniques, with the help of apples.