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Climate shifts European food production

Climate change is unlikely to pose a direct threat to Europe’s food supply in the coming decades. However, it is changing where food is produced. While agricultural regions in Southern Europe are increasingly facing heat..

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Water quality in the Netherlands shows little improvement

05 March 2026

Surface water in the Netherlands has been measured and assessed for years. Yet the quality shows little improvement. New research by the Algemene Rekenkamer indicates that the concentration of harmful industrial substanc...

'Proud of a safe production foundation'

05 March 2026

I’ve just returned from a four-week trip through Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Beautiful countries, breathtaking landscapes, welcoming people. But if, like me, you work in food production every day, you look at things t...

Spring offer on used machines from MULTIVAC

05 March 2026

Unexpected machine downtime, malfunctions, and high maintenance costs have a direct impact on your bottom line. Outdated packaging machines also limit your production performance. You notice this especially now, as the m...

Managing risks in the food industry

05 March 2026

In the food industry, everything revolves around certainty. Certainty about the origin of raw materials. About product shelf life. About compliance with laws and regulations. And above all: certainty that the output you ...

Roadmap points the way to a healthier food environment

04 March 2026

Healthy and sustainable eating. Everyone considers it important. Yet consumer eating habits change only slowly. According to researchers, that is not only due to people themselves. The environment in which food is purcha...

Peeze wins award with circular coffee packaging

04 March 2026

Koffiebranderij Peeze from Arnhem has won an innovation award for a new packaging concept. The company finished first at the Gelderse Circulaire Innovatie Top. The award was presented in the category Circular Chain Colla...

Dutch consumers eat slightly more fruit and vegetables again

04 March 2026

After years of stagnation, consumption of fruit and vegetables is showing movement again. In 2025, Dutch consumers ate on average 2% more than a year earlier. That is according to new figures from GroentenFruit Huis. The...

Chaos surrounding new rules for temporary workers

03 March 2026

Temporary workers are indispensable for many companies in the agro and food supply chain. Since January 1, 2026, a new standard applies to them: equivalent remuneration. The total package of employment conditions must be...

NIZO investigates protein production from CO₂

03 March 2026

CO₂ as a raw material for proteins. It sounds futuristic, yet concrete research is already underway. In the European project UNICO2RN, ten partners are working together on technology that converts biogenic CO₂ into micro...

number of recalls increased by 5 percent in 2025

03 March 2026

In 2025, the number of product recalls rose again. By five percent, to be exact. Microbiological contamination and allergens in particular left their mark on 2025, according to the international analysis ‘Recalls: A Revi...

Agriculture and nature restoration can go hand in hand

02 March 2026

Agriculture versus nature. That is how the debate is often framed. Drought, nitrogen, limited space; the divide seems fixed. Yet five years of research in three farming regions paint a different picture. Cooperation is p...

Protein transition stalls at 39%

02 March 2026

The protein transition in the Netherlands is showing little movement. The share of plant-based proteins in the Dutch diet remains stuck at 39 percent. This keeps the ratio at 61 percent animal-based and 39 percent plant-...

Supermarkets measure their impact on biodiversity

02 March 2026

Biodiversity is becoming less of an abstract concept. It is being translated into numbers. And those numbers are confronting. A recent study by the University of Jyväskylä in Finland makes clear how significant the impac...

Excise gap drives consumer across the border

27 February 2026

The differences between the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are widening. Businesses in border regions in the Netherlands feel it every day. According to MKB-Nederland and a broad coalition of trade associations, the li...

Cost pressure rises in the food industry

27 February 2026

The plans of the new cabinet directly affect the food chain. According to the CPB, increased levies will translate into higher retail prices. Producers are seeing their costs rise due to new taxes. This increases pressur...