FOODPROCESSING

Summer offer on used MULTIVAC machines

MULTIVAC offers both new and refurbished machines. The refurbished tray sealers, thermoformers, labelers, and portioners have original parts and provide the same quality and warranties as new machines. They are ideal for..

Roodbonter: About cows and hares, but mainly about cheeses

11 September 2023

Evert Fokker is the only farmer in the Netherlands who is also a cheese trader (and vice versa). From the milk of "his girls," almost five hundred ‘Roodbonter’ cows of the MRIJ breed, a delicious protein-rich cheese is m...

Special promotion: processing, packaging & labeling

07 September 2023

Are you looking for a complete state-of-the-art fresh food line with the latest technology? With the right plastic-saving packaging materials, end-of-line inspection, robotics handling, Smart Services, not to mention 24/...

The added value of using robotics

05 September 2023

The first automata operated on water, steam and radar mechanisms. They were mainly used for entertainment; moving puppets, self-playing instruments or walking animals. Leonardo Da Vinci even built a complete mechanical k...

E-Piim, Royal A-ware and Interfood Group: First Cheddar produced in Estonia

01 September 2023

The brand-new dairy factory in Estonia has produced its first Cheddar cheese after an extensive process of planning, design, and construction. This project is the outcome of a collaboration between E-Piim, Royal A-ware, ...

Plant-Based Pioneers: 15 Years of TOP-inside Technology

30 August 2023

The team at TOP b.v. has focused on developing innovative meat substitutes and plant-based products over the past 15 years. Their primary aim was to mimic the texture and taste of meat. From this effort, three prominent ...

Agristo's new fry factory in Northern France

29 August 2023

The Belgian fry producer Agristo is taking over the former factory location of sugar group Tereos in Escaudoeuvres, Northern France. With an investment of 350 million euros, Agristo is launching a potato processing facto...

WUR: Strip cropping demands flexibility from food processors

24 August 2023

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has published revealing findings after studying three wheat harvests produced from strip cropping. It turns out that while strip-grown wheat is not inferior to commercial varieties...

Production growth in food industry comes to a halt

22 August 2023

Production growth in the food industry is expected to come to a halt in 2023. Entrepreneurs are anticipating a change in the pricing landscape, with the once dominant wave of price increases appearing to subside. However...

COV launches monitor food waste in meat sector

17 August 2023

A new initiative was launched at the end of July: the periodic monitoring of food waste within the meat sector, a collaboration between COV, WUR and the Foundation Together Against Food Waste (STV). The previous survey o...

Climate neutrality in the food sector: all hands on deck

08 August 2023

Food companies play a crucial role in achieving Dutch climate goals. According to the FNLI, climate and energy are the biggest challenges. Green power alone is insufficient to achieve climate neutrality. Besides...

China imports 13 percent more pork

02 August 2023

In the first half of 2023, China imported 13 percent more pork than in the same period of 2022, amounting to 1.54 million tons, an increase of 180,000 tons. Spain retains the title of main supplier. Spending on import...

System integration for robots in greenhouses

01 August 2023

TNO is working with partners to develop a semantic explanation and navigation system (SENS) that improves communication and information exchange between robots and operators in greenhouses. With the growth of greenhouses...

Ultra-processed foods are not necessarily unhealthy

01 August 2023

A new research project is challenging the idea that heavily processed foods can't be part of a healthy diet. This study aims to develop a diet plan that gets 80% of its calories from heavily processed foods, while still ...

New research into animal-free dairy proteins

25 July 2023

The SAFERMENT project was recently launched, this project explores the production of dairy proteins without the use of animals. Using precision fermentation technology, microorganisms are genetically modified to produce ...

Unilever aims to boost ice cream sales with smart freezers

24 July 2023

Unilever has increased the deployment of its smart freezer system in an effort to better respond to the growing ice cream market. The company has a total of 3 million refrigerators worldwide, 50,000 of which are classifi...