Food waste

Packaging: necessary or not?

Packaging is often under fire in public debate. It is seen as unnecessary and harmful to the environment. Wageningen researchers place clear reservations on that view. According to them, the picture is too black-and-whit..

NutriControl can make specific analyses in a new laboratory

11 May 2026

What’s in food, feed, and dairy? And perhaps even more importantly: what isn’t? NutriControl investigates this every single day. With a new laboratory in Veghel, the company is taking the next step in flexibility, tailor...

Albert Heijn deploys AI to reduce bread waste

05 May 2026

Albert Heijn is rolling out a new approach to tackle food waste in its bakery section. The supermarket is combining smart baking with dynamic pricing across all stores. Using AI, the assortment of bread products is bette...

Wheat bran: from by-product to egg replacer

28 April 2026

Wheat bran is produced in large volumes worldwide, yet remains underutilized in food applications. This is despite its content of valuable proteins. Research from the University of Groningen shows that this by-product ha...

Lidl turns residual streams into circular animal feed

24 April 2026

Lidl Nederland is launching a pilot that takes a different approach to food waste. As the first supermarket in Europe, the chain is converting unsellable food into circular animal feed. This shifts the role of residual s...

Foodservice joins forces to reduce food waste

22 April 2026

The foodservice sector is taking the next step in tackling food waste. In early April, the kick-off of the Foodservice Cluster took place at the Social Impact Factory in Utrecht. Various parties from the sector came toge...

Dutch military takes action on food waste

10 April 2026

During large-scale field exercises abroad, the Dutch military provides thousands of soldiers with meals every day. Proper nutrition is crucial for deployability and endurance. At the same time, part of the food remains u...

Food Tech Event 2026 – the one-stop trade fair for the food industry

07 April 2026

On 20 and 21 May 2026, the 3rd edition of Food Tech Event will take place: the one-stop-shop trade fair for food production and processing. For two full days, the Brabanthallen in ’s-Hertogenbosch will focus on innovatio...

No Waste Army launches National Potato Week

07 April 2026

An exceptionally large surplus is putting pressure on the potato supply chain. No Waste Army is therefore launching National Potato Week from April 17 through 26. The goal is to save 500 million kilos of potatoes from go...

Dutch consumers waste 33 kilos of food per year

18 March 2026

Food waste in the Netherlands is declining, but too much is still being wasted. And the clock toward 2030 keeps ticking. “Although this decline is an important step, the Netherlands is not yet on track to meet the target...

More visibility on waste in the AGF sector through processors

16 March 2026

The food waste monitor in the AGF sector is gaining another layer. For the first time, processing companies have been included as a separate subsector. This makes it clearer where losses occur. Not because there is sudde...

VleesNL launches new food waste monitor for the meat sector

12 March 2026

How much food is lost in the Dutch meat sector? That question is central to a new monitor by VleesNL. In 2026, the sector will once again begin collecting data. The goal: to gain clearer insight into food residues and wa...

Toine Timmermans: 'The most sustainable packaging prevents waste'

09 March 2026

“Continue making packaging choices that prevent food waste, because every company achieves its greatest sustainability gains by minimizing the waste of all raw materials.” Toine Timmermans, director of ‘Samen tegen Voeds...

HAS Food Experience | The Circle of Food

09 March 2026

During the annual HAS Food Experience, graduating students in the agri and food sector show what they are capable of; this year’s theme was ‘The Circle of Food’. Each year, HAS green academy once again turns the Food ...

1.5 million kilos of potatoes without buyers after CêlaVíta bankruptcy

18 February 2026

In Harskamp, 1.5 million kilos of firm-boiling table potatoes are sitting without a buyer. Following the bankruptcy of potato processor CêlaVíta, the volume now risks going to waste. Arable farmer Richard Hardeman lost h...

Ugly fruits and vegetables sell just fine

16 February 2026

Ugly fruits and vegetables too often disappear from view. Not because consumers refuse them, but because they are barely available on the shelf. When the supply is large enough, shoppers simply take them home. That is th...