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Three in five Dutch people ready for cultivated meat

Recent research from Good Food Institute Europe reveals that three out of five Dutch people are willing to try cultivated meat. This innovative solution, produced in cultivation facilities, has the potential to make the ..

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Safe by design approach for food safety

10 May 2021

Food Business Operators are responsible for the safety of their products. Compromised food safety may lead to severe consequences. In time, food production processes are subject to change, driven by new ingredients, cons...

Blood from a stone

10 May 2021

As I write this column, the terraces are cautiously opening. A glimmer of light, a slow start to economic recovery. Because it is clear that recovery will not happen any time soon. Even with the current relaxation, many ...

Hessing acquires fresh food packages from The Greenery

10 May 2021

Hessing Supervers has acquired the fresh food packages of The Greenery. With this acquisition, Hessing adds a new component to its range and responds even better to the growing consumer need for convenience, inspiration ...

Yellow mealworm approved for human consumption

10 May 2021

On 3 May, the 27 EU countries gave the green light to a European Commission proposal to authorise the yellow mealworm on the food market for human consumption. This novel food is intended to be used as a whole, dried ins...

ACM to research misleading sustainability claims

04 May 2021

The Dutch Consumer & Market Authority (ACM) will investigate misleading sustainability claims in the dairy sector. The ACM has chosen this sector because in preliminary investigations it saw many potentially misleadi...

Higher raw material prices provoke nationalism

04 May 2021

The sharply higher raw material prices this year are going to bring about more so-called resource nationalism of the raw material-rich countries. . The spurt in industrial metal prices and the sharp rise in oil and grain...

Utrecht province wants to strengthen regional food chains

30 April 2021

The Province of Utrecht is going to promote sustainable production of more local food. Many farmers in the region already offer the possibility to buy products directly at the farmyard. With provincial stimulation plans,...

Pioneering labelling for pizzas

28 April 2021

Automatic labelling, high-quality appearance and a large information area with an unobstructed view of the product: MULTIVAC's full wrap labelling solution for pizzas and other flat foods fulfils the requirements in ever...

Braas Brood- en Banketbakkerij chooses Fobis

28 April 2021

At Braas Brood- en Banketbakkerij b.v., bread and pastries are produced in a precise and very modern way. Here, automation and robotisation are used to a great extent.  Braas aims to continuously improve the comp...

Mini-organs reduce the need for animal testing

26 April 2021

Science and industry are constantly striving to end the use of animal testing in toxicological research. As part of these efforts, researchers at Wageningen have worked with Unilever to develop tiny, three-dimensional or...

9 percent living wage gap in banana chain

22 April 2021

Several Dutch supermarkets, affiliated to CBL, signed the 'Liveable Wage Banana Commitment' in October 2019 within the IMVO Food Covenant. They did this together with IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative. The aim of the...

Alpro inspires to help save the planet through food

22 April 2021

On Earth Day (22 April 2021), Alpro will launch its new "Help the planet while you eat" campaign. The goal is to inspire as many people as possible to choose vegetable products more often, because this is good for them a...

Intelligent robots increase the benefit from fresh produce

21 April 2021

Around the world, grading, sorting and assembling of fresh fruits and vegetables is done predominantly manually. “It would save companies a lot of time and costs if these time-consuming, dull and repetitive tasks were ca...

A well-known name in cleaning for 40 years

20 April 2021

This year, we can say that we have been happily contributing to cleaning in our customers' businesses for 40 years. Good cleaning obviously contributes to food safety. We design, build, install and maintain machines for ...

JBS S.A. acquires European company Vivera

20 April 2021

JBS, the world’s largest protein company and second-largest food producer, has entered into an agreement to purchase Vivera, Europe’s third-largest plant-based food company, for an enterprise value of €341 million. Viver...