FOODPROCESSING

Construction: Important considerations for food entrepreneurs

You want to expand or renovate. So, you decide to build! Once you’ve made that decision, questions start arising. What materials will you choose? Are they sustainable? How does this choice affect fire safety? What about ..

Food industry remains stable sector

11 October 2019

The annual Monitor of the Dutch Food Industry Federation (FNLI), which was presented on Thursday 10 October, shows that the food industry in the Netherlands continues to develop in a very stable manner. The future challe...

Six ways to tackle the plastic puzzle

10 October 2019

The Dutch use approximately 26 billion plastic food packaging per year and the trend points to a further increase. However, if consumers reduce their use by five packs per year, this could halt growth. This is the conclu...

Vion launches meat substitutes

09 October 2019

Vion, the largest meat processor in the Netherlands, presented a new brand for plant-based meat at the Anuga trade fair in Cologne on 9 October. According to ProVeg Nederland, the introduction of Vion is the next step in...

Breadcrumb production perfected

07 October 2019

The whole process of breadcrumbs production at De Korrel Beheer in Barneveld - from mixing to filling the packaging - takes place without a single person. Fast and accurate. Penko in Ede combines these properties in its ...

Retail meets foodindustry

25 September 2019

Are you an entrepreneur of a food producing company? Do you want to know how to ensure that you remain relevant as a company in a changing chain? Be inspired by speakers from the retail sector on 7 November 2019 and come...

Multipond on the Fachpack

17 September 2019

At the upcoming packaging exhibitions Pack Expo Las Vegas, Fachpack in Germany and at the PPMA in England, Multipond will present the advantages of the new patented Argus system. The system will be shown live on a J-gene...

Can transparency encourage healthy choices?

16 September 2019

The University of Groningen and Wageningen University & Research have started a research project with almost all supermarkets in the Netherlands. The research 'Transparent Health & Sustainability' focuses on inte...

Start of experimental garden for recycled agriculture

13 September 2019

InsectoCycle starts with the experimental garden FeedBackFarm. They do this in cooperation with cheese and dairy farm Kuiper. The construction of the experimental garden has started and will be opened on 28 February. The...

Intrusive report on abuses in slaughterhouses

13 September 2019

Minister Carola Schouten (LNV) recently launched an investigation into abuses in small and medium-sized slaughterhouses in the northern Netherlands. The report gives a penetrating picture and shows the seriousness of the...

Rejuvenation warrants continuity at Bessels

10 September 2019

Bessels architekten & engineers has its 40th anniversary in October. ‘My ambition is to continue for many more years’, says founder and owner Herman Bessels, who will be 70 soon. But he does not do this on his own: a...

Yakult: ‘We are a bacteria company’

10 September 2019

Worldwide, 40 million people drink the fermented dairy drink Yakult. The production process starts with a small tube of bacteria of our mother company from Japan. ‘Growing a minimum of 6.5 billion bacteria per bottle in ...

Lack of throw-away info obstacle for recycling

29 August 2019

Consumers find it difficult to determine in which waste bin the packaging should be put. Strikingly often, on almost half of the packaging, there is no information at all about which waste bin it should be thrown i...

Launch of ScaleUpFood

26 July 2019

The Netherlands: ScaleUpNation, Foodvalley NL and Rabobank announced the launch of ScaleUpFood: a comprehensive support program dedicated to scaling entrepreneurial ventures in food and agriculture. “Climate change, g...

Start construction of Sligro Maastricht

22 July 2019

In Maastricht, Aan de Stegge Twello has started the construction of a delivery service distribution centre for wholesaler Sligro. After the successful cooperation in the construction of the delivery service distribution ...

Nieuwe versie van informatieblad 85

15 July 2019

De NVWA heeft een nieuwe versie van het informatieblad 85 uitgebracht. In een extra versie met gemarkeerde wijzigingen is te zien welke wijzigingen zijn aangebracht ten opzichte van de vorige versie (van september 2017)....