News on Chips and Snacks from Germany

Elea representative explains the benefits of PEF processing with real-time visual data on cutting surface and starch leakage.
August 03, 2025
Elea PEF Chip Day 2025: Experience the Future of Potato Chip Production with Pulsed Electric Field Technology
Join Elea PEF Chip Day 2025 on 9 Oct in Quakenbrück to explore the latest in PEF tech for potato chip production, including system demos, AI quality control, expert talks, and a Scotch whisky tasting. Free attendance, limited spaces.
Presence of Elea at Snackex 2022 highlights the opportunities of PEF in savory snack production.
June 03, 2022
Presence of Elea at Snackex 2022 highlights the opportunities of PEF for snacks
Elea's presence at Snackex 2022 highlights the opportunities of PEF for snacks. At booth No. 510, samples of products made with PEF will be available for tasting and you can see the PEFPilot Dual.
Martin Johanning founder of Vakuum Food GmbH
December 16, 2021
'Snacks-TEAM' by Vakuum Food uses PEF process in close cooperation with Elea
Vakuum Food GmbH & Co.KG is a snacks producer based in Neuenkirchen near Osnabrück and was founded by Martin Johanning in 2018. Martin Johanning has his roots in Sweden and has been very successful with 'Die krossen Kerle' at Johanning Snacks.
Anuga presents the top food innovations of 2021
October 11, 2021
Anuga presents the top food innovations of 2021
67 products have made it onto the exhibition area of the Anuga taste Innovation Show. The international food and drinks industry will once again be meeting up at Anuga in Cologne from 9 to 13 October 2021.
Emsland Webinar: New Waxy Potato Starch Solutions for Snack Products
October 27, 2020
Emsland Webinar: New Waxy Potato Starch Solutions for Snack Products
Emsland Group’s EMWAXY® is based on high amylopectin potatoes, containing more than 99% amylopectin.
To demonstrate the capabilities of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) systems in french fry production, Elea cut and fried a record length potato strip in a demo during its recent Elea PEF Advantage Days at their headquarters in Quakenbrueck, Germany.
November 13, 2019
Elea cuts record length potato strip during PEF Advantage Days Demo
To demonstrate the capabilities of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) systems in french fry production, Elea cut and fried a record length potato strip in a demo during its recent Elea PEF Advantage Days at their headquarters in Quakenbrueck, Germany.
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Elea Pulsed Electric Field SmoothCut™
July 03, 2019
Elea Smoothcut With Tayto On The BBC
Tayto, the third largest snack producer in the UK, has installed Elea Pulsed Electric Field SmoothCut™ systems in their factory in Scunthorpe.
The heatwave in Germany is also affecting the harvest of potato varieties needed to make potato chips. Due to the extraordinary weather conditions, the potato chips will be smaller this year.
September 03, 2018
Heatwave will result in smaller potato chips, say German manufacturers
The heatwave in Germany is also affecting the harvest of potato varieties needed to make potato chips. Due to the extraordinary weather conditions, the potato chips will be smaller this year.
Among the new Intelli-flav OMS 5.1 features are the availability of a high-capacity stainless-steel drum, a heated oil circulation system and integrated bulk powder fill technology
March 21, 2018
New tna On-Machine Seasoning System suitable for wider range of food products
Packaging and Processing equipment manufacturer tna has unveiled a brand new version of its flagship on-machine seasoning application system, the tna intelli-flav® OMS 5.1 at the Anuga FoodTec
Elea's compact all-in-one SmoothCut™One Pulsed Electric Field System with the Silver International FoodTec Award 2018 for Innovation.
March 03, 2018
See Elea's award-winning Smoothcut One PEF-system at Anuga FoodTec
Pulsed Electric Field Specialist Elea invites you to the Anuga FoodTec to discuss and taste for yourself what its award winning compact all-in-one SmoothCut™One PEF system can do
Contrary to the majority of case packers that employ vacuum pick and drop technology, the new tna ropac 5 is based on tna’s proprietary revolutionary, semi-rotary bag stacking motion, allowing snack food manufacturers unprecedented levels of throughput
April 27, 2017
tna's ropac 5 case packer offers snack manufacturers unprecedented speed
tna has launched the tna ropac® 5, a ground-breaking, ultra-high-speed case packer for flexible bags that is capable of industry-leading speeds of up to 300 bags per minute.
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Emsland Webinar: Enter the potato snack world with Emsland Group
July 03, 2016
Emsland Webinar: Enter the potato snack world with Emsland Group
As Germany's largest producer of potato starch Emsland creates innovative and future-oriented quality products for the snack industry.
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110,000 tons of potatoes processed in the Emsland starch factory Kyritz
The processing campaign of potatoes in the Emsland-starch factory in German Kyritz is going well. Now at the half way period of the campaign already about 110,000 tons have been processed in the meantime. That is 50 percent of the contract quantity. &q...
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July 25, 2010
German Farmers try to renegotiate processing contracts
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