Food waste

Prevent product giveaway and reduce costs

In the competitive food industry, every gram counts. Small deviations in filling weight can lead to significant product waste, unnecessary product giveaway, and consequently higher operational costs. These inefficiencies..

LIFE College in Finale mbo-Challenge Food waste

27 January 2020

A group of 9 students of the mbo-education Food & Technology of the Lentiz | LIFE College has been selected for the finals of the "mbo-Challenge", a national competition on the theme "Food waste". The students came u...

Foodybag reduces food waste

14 January 2020

As of January 13th, restaurants will be able to display a special #waste-free logo behind their windows or on their menus to show their commitment to fighting food waste. What is not eaten may be taken home. The logo, la...

Future of Food

19 December 2019

Vakblad Voedingsindustrie participates in the Future of Food campaign launched by Mediaplanet on 19 December 2019. Learn more about various trends and developments in the field of food. Subjects such as mechanisation, su...

Ten global interventions against food waste

14 November 2019

On 12 November, the report 'Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Ten Interventions to Scale Impact' was launched during the international congress 'Reduction of food losses and waste' in the Vatican City. The authors of the rep...

Magic Box against food waste

29 October 2019

Consumers can buy a Magic Box from retailers with the app Too Good To Go. The Magic Box is full of food products that would have been thrown away. The buyers consume 90% of the content of the box, according to research b...

Smart barcode against food waste

24 October 2019

Wasteless, a young company that helps supermarkets keep food waste to a minimum, has entered into an effective partnership with GS1 to achieve its goal. They do this by means of smart GS1 barcodes. With this barcode, fre...

The Dutch fight against food waste

03 October 2019

The Dutch have started to waste less food at home. In 2019, the Dutch wasted 34.3 kilos of food per person; almost 7 kilos less than in 2016. There is also less drinking washed away through the sink and the toilet. This ...

7 miljoen extra tegen voedselverspilling

01 October 2019

In de begroting van het ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (LNV) is ruim aandacht voor voedselverspilling. Het tegengaan van voedselverspilling is onderdeel van een bredere transitie naar kringlooplandbo...

Air distribution mats for containers

10 June 2019

Great temperature differences in reefer containers cause many problems for fruit importers and exporters. Due to the difference in temperature, some of the fruit can no longer be sold and exporters receive many damage cl...

Reducing food waste: The search for solutions

04 February 2019

Food waste. There are plenty of initiatives to prevent it but, in practice, it is easier said than done. The objective of the foundation 'Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling' (Fighting Food Waste Together) is to reduce food w...

Johma innovates with Nanotechology

04 February 2019

110 stainless steel funnels and 50 standard bins of specialist spreads manufacturer Johma 'from Twente' now have an RSS Ceramic Nano-coating. Thanks to this coating, the waste of spreads left behind in the funnels has be...

Ongeveer 40% van het groente- en fruitafval in Europa is vermijdbaar

14 August 2018

Er wordt in de Europese Unie ongeveer 35,3 kilo groenten- en fruitafval per persoon per jaar geproduceerd. Ongeveer 17 miljard kilo vers fruit en groenten belandt in de vuilnisbak op jaarbasis. 40% hiervan is vermijdbaar...

Terugdingen voedselverspilling

09 July 2018

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR) voert sinds 2013, in opdracht van het ministerie Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit, jaarlijks de Monitor Voedselverspilling uit. Recent is de update Monitor Voedselverspi...

Inzicht in voedselkeuzegedrag

06 February 2018

Zowel de agrifood- als de tuinbouwsector benadrukken in hun innovatie-agenda’s het belang van een maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemende sector, die een gezondere voedselkeuze wil stimuleren. Bedrijfsleven en kennisins...

Chain-oriented approach is necessary

13 June 2017

The European Parliament is calling on EU countries to reduce their food waste by 30% by 2025 and subsequently by 50% by 2030 (compared with 2014 levels). Parliament has introduced this target in draft waste legislation w...