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2025 Trend Report for the Food and Beverage Industry

2025 promises to be a transformative year for the food and beverage sector. Strengthen your business strategy and gain a lasting competitive edge with this practical guide to the industry’s most significant challenges an..

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Europe wants stricter rules for packaging waste

01 December 2022

The European Commission wants to reduce packaging waste by imposing stricter rules. For example, companies will have to offer a certain percentage of their products in reusable or refillable packaging and disposable, sin...

Oerlemans Packaging launches new name OPACKGROUP

01 December 2022

The Oerlemans Packaging Group is leading the way in making the packaging economy more sustainable under a new name. During the conference 'Verduurzamen doen we Samen' (Making it sustainable is something we do together), ...

CBS: Livestock numbers barely changed

30 November 2022

The cattle population in 2022 remained virtually unchanged from a year earlier at 3.8 million cattle. The number of dairy goats rose slightly to almost 489 thousand. The pig population decreased by 1.6 per cent to 11.3 m...

WUR: We should not replace meat but reduce it

30 November 2022

The shift to consuming more plant-based protein is an essential aspect of the protein transition. “The responsibility lies not just with the individual consumer, and the solution lies not just in innovative food products...

5 trends that will change the food sector

29 November 2022

The Dutch food sector is moving fast. Convenience trends, including delivery, have been driving growth in the sector for years. Fairly new is the focus on mental convenience. Reducing choice stress will be a major driver...

Too Good To Go starts home delivery with Unilever

29 November 2022

Too Good To Go and Unilever are taking the next step in the fight against food waste. From 29 November 2022, it will be possible to use the Too Good To Go app to have a parcel with products from Unox, Knorr, Calvé and Co...

Young generations seek alternative to eating out

28 November 2022

The more consumer research the FSIN does, the more clearly it reveals that eating and drinking is of great importance to the youngest two generations. For them, food is much more than a functional form of belly filling. ...

KIDV: Beverage cartons are quite recyclable

28 November 2022

According to research by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR), the recycling rate of beverage cartons was 31 per cent in 2020. Only the paper fibres were recycled; incidentally, these are not used in new bevera...

Food heroes of 2022 announced!

28 November 2022

At the Verspillingsfabriek in Veghel on 25 November 2022, the 2022 Food Heroes were announced: the 6 most impactful food changers in the Netherlands. They were chosen by the professional jury from the 2022 Food100 list a...

Food industry turnover rises in fourth quarter 2022

24 November 2022

17.6 per cent of food industry entrepreneurs expected sales to grow in the current fourth quarter in early October 2022. This is mainly due to higher prices: 67 per cent expect prices to continue to rise in the fourth qu...

Zalmhuys Group acquires operations H. van Wijnen

24 November 2022

The Zalmhuys Group in Urk has taken over the operations of H. van Wijnen. Van Wijnen is the oldest salmon company in the Netherlands. In mid-October, salmon smoker H. van Wijnen b.v. was declared bankrupt. The high pu...

New opportunities for returned bread

23 November 2022

On 1 January 2023, the cabinet will unilaterally introduce a €30 million burden increase for the agricultural sector. On that day, the contribution that farmers, gardeners, growers, fishermen, processors and importers an...

Sustainability industry strained by grid congestion

23 November 2022

New connections to the high-voltage grid are virtually impossible in a large part of the Netherlands. Grid operator TenneT reported 17 November 2022 that there is "grid congestion". The Netherlands is accelerating its en...

Zuneha cuts costs with heat recovery system

22 November 2022

Zuneha supplies fresh meat to the butchery industry. Recently, the medium-sized company invested in a new CO2 refrigeration system with heat recovery. The heat from the chillers is used to heat the water; thus, substanti...

NVWA tariffs 2023: business costs up by 30 million

22 November 2022

On 1 January 2023, the cabinet will unilaterally introduce a €30 million burden increase for the agricultural sector. On that day, the contribution that farmers, gardeners, growers, fishermen, processors and importers an...