Word: friese
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Kedia is a new breed of consumer in India--young, increasingly wealthy and willing to spend on everything from mobile phones to sneakers to French fries. In the not-too-distant past, such goodies were off limits to all but a fortunate elite in India, but a rapidly changing economy...
Product developers at major fast-food chains are tinkering with cooking methods that mimic the mouth-watering taste without all the artery-clogging fat. Producers J.R. Simplot, ConAgra Foods and Canada's McCain Foods are secretly developing oils for a healthier fry and introducing products like frozen wedges roasted in...
Experimentation sometimes produces disasters, like the chocolate-and cinnamon-flavored fries introduced and quickly shelved by Heinz last year. But for food purveyors, taking risks has become essential as weight-conscious and fry-fatigued consumers abandon the deep-fried spud. Americans ordered 900 million fewer servings of fries over the...
For the past half-century, not much. Ever since the McDonald brothers perfected a method for deep-frying julienned potatoes and an Idaho researcher figured out how to freeze and refry the potatoes for mass consumption, fast-food chains, where some 40% of the U.S. potato crop ends up, have...
To save the French fry from culinary oblivion, drastic changes are in the works. "To say they are panicking out in Idaho is a gross understatement," says Joseph Hotchkiss, chairman of Cornell University's Department of Food Sciences. Potato growers and the processing companies that make fries held a summit...