JAPAN’S NISSIN PLOTS POTATO CRISPS FACTORY IN CHINA
May 1st, 2017
Japanese food giant Nissin Food Holdings is to start manufacturing potato crisps at its China factory, aiming to leverage the popularity of its instant noodles range to score sales in this snacks segment.
The Osaka-based company already operates an instant noodles production facility in the southern province of Guangdong and is installing a new potato crisp line. The first bags of crisps - using locally-sourced potatoes - are expected to be available in August or September.
"We are developing products that we hope will be accepted by Chinese consumers and we ...
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