Ingredients

Cutting sugar and boosting protein in ‘better-for-you’ sweet treats

The drive towards healthier choices in food and beverages has become so strong that it is even relevant to treating. Taste quality is essential to confectionery, sweet bakery, ice cream and desserts, however, formulating..

An optimal food label for allergy information

23 February 2021

Walk into a random supermarket and you will be overwhelmed by the sheer diversity of products and labels. This may not be a problem for most people, but if you have to take a food allergy into account, it is. The numerou...

HAS: salt and sugar reduction workshop for the food sector

10 February 2021

HAS University of Applied Sciences will hold the Salt and Sugar Reduction Workshop for the Food Sector for the first time on Thursday, 4 March 2021, at the Delta Agrifood Business in Bergen op Zoom. It is a new step in t...

First vegan cheese from Dutch soil is a fact

17 December 2020

At Boermarke they are ready to go! The first production tests have been done and Boermarke will, as previously announced, deliver the first vegetable alternatives to traditional cheese in the Netherlands as well as withi...

HAK werkt aan ‘intelligent groentebord’

11 December 2020

HAK werkt aan het ontwerp en de productie van een ‘intelligent groentebord’ om kinderen op geraffineerde wijze en ongemerkt te verleiden dagelijks meer groenten te laten eten dan nu het geval is. De groentefabrikant wil ...

Processed meat and meat substitutes too salty

04 November 2020

On average, products such as processed meat and meat substitutes contain almost a quarter of the daily amount of salt that is still healthy for the kidneys. This is shown by Questionmark's research commissioned by the Du...

Vivera launches 100% vegetable bratwurst

02 November 2020

Vivera is expanding its range with a Vivera Plant bratwurst. A tasty and 100% vegetable alternative to the bratwurst. Vivera Plant bratwurst A 100% vegetable bratwurst that is just as tasty as an ordinary bratwurst...

Protein transition allows companies to flourish

07 October 2020

Helping entrepreneurs to increase their national and international impact on the road to a future-proof protein system. That is the idea behind a joint initiative of the provinces of Gelderland, Overijssel, Zeeland, Noor...

CBS: The Netherlands grows fewer protein crops

30 September 2020

The cultivation of protein crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soya beans has declined by 2020. The area under cultivation shrank by 3% compared to a year earlier. The decrease is mainly due to less soya being grown. ...

Feed to Food, BOON sausage rolls from field beans

22 September 2020

The Dutch company BOON develops vegetable food products made from, the name says it all, beans. They not only look at the possibilities to make a tasty product of it. The innovation team is continuously studying differen...

More variety in meat substitutes in demand

21 September 2020

In March, Distrifood reported that sales of meat substitutes never grew as much as in 2019. Data and research agency Nielsen calculated a growth of 30%. This trend, which will continue, will also lead to the demand for a...

New vegan alternatives to cheese

18 September 2020

Onder de naam This is Not Parmesan en This is Not Classic Cream Cheese, introduceert plantaardige kaasmaker Willicroft twee nieuwe veganistische alternatieven voor kaas. De producten zijn te koop bij Picnic, Crisp en via...

Vegetable wraps made with 35 percent vegetables

18 September 2020

Uit onderzoek van het Voedingscentrum blijkt dat de Nederlandse consument gemiddeld 131 gram groente per dag eet. De aanbevolen hoeveelheid is 250 gram. Knorr wil laten zien dat dit op meerdere eetmomenten van de dag mog...

Sustainable and innovative ME-AT

16 September 2020

ME-AT wakkert de transitie naar een duurzamere voedingsindustrie aan door zich te richten op innovatie en duurzaamheid. Het assortiment bestaat uit plantaardige burgers, gehakt, schnitzels, kipstukjes, spekjes en worstje...

Plantbased private label concepts

16 September 2020

Het Giessense familiebedrijf Schouten Europe, dat zich in 1990 als eerste Nederlandse partij ging toeleggen op het ontwikkelen en produceren van plant-based protein producten, gaat zich de komende jaren focussen op priva...

The Blue Butcher

15 September 2020

Als vleesliefhebber hoef je niks te missen als je een dag geen vlees eet. Stel je voor dat je een heerlijke Amerikaanse burger kunt eten, die precies smaakt zoals jij hem graag wil hebben, maar dan zonder vlees! The Blue...