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Local food? A great idea (on paper)

Getting your groceries straight from a nearby farm, who wouldn’t want that? Less transport, fairer prices for farmers, shorter supply chains. Governments have been trying to promote it for years. Still, making local food..

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Positive impact on product chains due to purchasing power

21 January 2022

As a result of the growing number of conscious consumers and stricter legislation - in areas such as deforestation, food quality and human rights - more and more companies are feeling the urgency to make their (internati...

Doubts about the effect of a lower VAT rate on fruit and vegetables

19 January 2022

In theory, it is true. Lower the price of fruit and vegetables and consumers will buy more of these products and consume more. This is sorely needed, as the average Dutch person is far from achieving the target of 250 gr...

Nutri-Score to be introduced in the first half of 2022

19 January 2022

Dutch food producers are expected to be allowed to use Nutri-Score as a logo in the first half of 2022. The logo will then also be suitable for online use. For example, in webshops offering food products, according to th...

WHO warns: plant-based often unhealthy

18 January 2022

Whether for health reasons or concerns about the environment, eating less or no meat is becoming more popular around the globe. But as a new WHO/Europe factsheet points out, some plant-based meat and dairy substitutes ma...

Top sectors work on Roadmap Food, Health and Living Environment

18 January 2022

In order to strengthen the health and vitality of the Dutch population, a lot of work needs to be done on strengthening and accelerating prevention. But the question is: how do you bring together the fields of 'food' and...

French gardeners opt for innovative FreshSAFE

18 January 2022

Breton gardeners were looking for a reliable packaging concept for their white beans: "Cocos de Paimpol". It is a semi-dry product, which changes extremely quickly after harvest, but had to remain fresh, tasty and have a...

FNLI wants clear introduction date for Nutri-Score

17 January 2022

In 2019, Nutri-Score was selected by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport as the best available food choice logo. All parties involved agreed at the time that Nutri-Score would be introduced in the Netherlands in mi...

Confectionery industry to monitor food wastage

17 January 2022

Together with the foundation Together against food waste, Wageningen University, the Ministry of Agriculture, VBZ and a number of members, a pilot project is being conducted to develop a tool to monitor food wastage that...

World's largest food inventory in development

17 January 2022

What do people commonly eat in different countries worldwide? Anna Herforth, Visiting Senior Researcher at Wageningen University & Research works together with different partners on answering these questions. The Global ...

Fruit and vegetable consumption up by 3% in 2021

13 January 2022

In the second corona year, the Dutch consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables rose by 3 percent, according to the analysis of GroentenFruit Huis for 2021. Healthy eating with fruit and vegetables continues to attract in...

New import criteria for fruit and vegetables as of April 2022

12 January 2022

On 11 April 2022, additional or amended requirements will apply for the import of some fruit and vegetables from one or more countries. This applies to Annona, Carica papaya, Psidium gujava, Capsicum, Solanum and Momordi...

HAK aims to achieve B Corp certification in 2022

12 January 2022

In line with its previously stated sustainability mission, vegetable manufacturer HAK aims to become an officially certified B Corporation, or B Corp for short, by 2022. The independent B Corp certification is an initiat...

Global Flexibles acquired by Dimensio

11 January 2022

On 3 January 2022, Global Flexibles Europe B.V. (GFE) became part of the Dimensio group. Bert Verheij - former owner of GFE - commented on the acquisition: "After more than 21 years of hard work building up our beauti...

Output prices industry up by nearly 21 percent

11 January 2022

The average growth rate of output prices in the total industry was 20.9 percent in November. Output prices in the petroleum industry rose by no less than 92.7 percent and in both the chemical and the basic metal industri...

Food Boost Challenge: healthy eating for and by young people

11 January 2022

Dutch youth eat too little fruit and vegetables. This is worrisome, because their unhealthy diet increases the risk of overweight and obesity. It also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, some forms of cancer an...