News tagged with potato chips

Enticing words on bags of potato chips have a lot to say about social class, researchers find

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, the manufacturers of potato chips vary the wording on their bags to convey their products' authenticity in different ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Trust Labels, Not Taste Buds, to Monitor Salt Intake

(PhysOrg.com) -- Did you know that a cup of corn flakes has about the same amount of sodium as a cup of potato chips? Trust labels, not your taste buds to control salt intake.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Americans who believe in equality are more likely to buy on impulse

A new study from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that Americans who believe in equality are more-impulsive shoppers. And it has implications for how to market products differently ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Study provides additional evidence that potato chips should be eaten in moderation

A new study published in the March 2009 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by Marek Naruszewicz and colleagues from Poland suggests that acrylamide from foods may increase the risk of heart disease. Acrylamide has be ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Can you really eat just one?

A Kansas State University genomicist is hoping an old potato chip slogan -- "betcha can't eat just one" -- will become the mindset of researchers when it comes to sequencing insect genomes.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UW-Madison scientists create low-acrylamide potato lines

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? Not much-but perhaps we love them more than we ought to. Fat and calories aside, both foods contain high levels of a compound called acrylamide, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cornell releases two new potato varieties for chips

Kettle-cooked or ridged, salted or flavored, Americans love potato chips, consuming an average six pounds per person per year.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bacterium Identified as Potato Disease Culprit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies tying a new species of Candidatus Liberibacter bacteria to zebra chip (ZC) disease in potato should speed efforts to better protect the tuber crop from costly outbreaks.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Biobased approaches examined in fight against zebra chip

Thanks to investigations by scientists-turned-detectives with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New scientist tackles complexity of growing zebra chip disease

The complexity of the zebra chip disease of potatoes, a vector-borne disease that is a growing industry concern recently drew Dr. Arash Rashed to the program directed by Dr. Charlie Rush, AgriLife Research plant pathologist.

Biology / Other

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potato psyllid research helps producers determine best management practices

One potato field west of Bushland hosts three separate studies, all aimed at helping growers nationwide, even internationally, understand the habits and controls of the potato psyllid.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's elemental: Potato after-cooking darkening may be affected by nutrients

Irish potato, one of the world's major food crops, is increasingly grown and processed for use in various products; consider the popularity of consumer favorites like French fries and potato chips. In the ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

AgriLife researcher studies chemical control of potato psyllid

A Texas AgriLife Research entomologist in Lubbock is trying to determine the best management practices to reduce a potato crop's risk to zebra chip, a disease that discolors the potato and causes discounts to the producer.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dietary acrylamide not associated with increased lung cancer risk in men

Dietary acrylamide was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to data from a large prospective case-cohort study in the April 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0