Innovation

‘True innovation is a collaborative effort’

The innovation climate in the Netherlands is under pressure. This is the main conclusion of the Dutch Innovation Monitor 2023 and the headline of a recent urgent appeal sent to the House of Representatives by FME, with s..

Thermo King wins 'Trailer Innovation' prize 2021

08 October 2020

Thermo King®, a leader in temperature solutions for transport and a Trane Technologies brand, took first place in the 'Smart Trailer' category of the 'Trailer Innovation' awards for 2021. The jury of 16 leading European ...

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...

Kipster develops Vegan egg: VEGGS

05 October 2020

VEGGS is a liquid substance consisting of numerous ingredients, including yeast and soy protein. You can make an excellent scrambled egg with it. Superb mouthfeel For more than two years the chicken farmers o...

Introduction of Yog without Hurt

01 October 2020

Abbot Kinney's, which has been part of the natural food company Wessanen for two years, makes vegetable-based alternatives to dairy based on organic coconut milk, oats and almonds. A letter they received at the end of Au...

Protein drink from waste from the beer industry

29 September 2020

The Dutch beer industry produces enormous quantities (0.5 million tonnes) of beer every year, the residual product of malt after brewing. The bostel contains 30% protein. This residual product is now mainly processed int...

Enjoy meat without regrets with LikeMeat

29 September 2020

Founded in 2013, LikeMeat is still considered a pioneer in the production of plant meat and pursues the mission to create a better world with a better way of eating for a greater way of life. Above all, LikeMeat pro...

The potential of cultured meat and fish is great

28 September 2020

Mosa Meat, the European food technology company which introduced the world’s first cultured beef hamburger in 2013, announced the first closing of $55M as part of a larger Series B funding round. Mosa Meat will use th...

Vegan bitterballs scoop at Royal Spelt

25 September 2020

Royal Spelt Snacks B.V. has a first in the Netherlands, organic croquettes and bitterballs of spelt . "We are the first and only one in the Netherlands", says Fabienne Muller, who runs the company together with her husba...

Weltec builds biogas plant near Seoul

25 September 2020

Weltec Biopower starts building a biogas plant in South Korea. The plant is being set up in the province of Gyeonggi-do, some 60 km north of Seoul, and will transform biogas into heat in an integrated gas boiler. As earl...

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