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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..

MEZT tackles nitrogen problems

27 October 2020

Intensive agriculture and livestock farming are the main sources of nitrogen emissions. The Delft-based start-up MEZT, founded by Adriaan van Lieftinck and Edward Sibeijn, thinks it has a solution. With the electrodialys...

IoT in the food industry

26 October 2020

"Reducing downtime and preventing unexpected service interventions are high on the list of priorities of food manufacturers", says Dr. Marcus Korthäuer, CEO and owner of ESPERA in an interview about IoT in the food indus...

Vegaburger is allowed, but cheese alternative is banned

23 October 2020

The European Parliament today voted against a ban on the use of product names such as 'veggie burger' and 'vegan sausage', but in favour of a ban on descriptions such as 'vegetable alternative to yoghurt'. Terms such ...

Top Ten Food Trends 2021

23 October 2020

Transparency emerges as a clear winner in the Top Ten Trends for 2021, states the annual Top Ten Trends report from Innova Market Insights. The report provides an in-depth delve into how the food and beverage industry ha...

Dutch meat consumption increases in 2019

22 October 2020

The amount of meat and meat products consumed in the Netherlands in 2019 is higher than in 2018. A slight increase in meat consumption was also observed in 2018. The total consumption of meat and meat products (based on ...

ING: Rising demand for meat and dairy alternatives

22 October 2020

The European market for meat and dairy alternatives is growing strongly. Total retail sales in 2019 amounted to EUR 4.4 billion. This is expected to reach EUR 7.5 billion in 2025, according to an ING report published on ...

60% of world population worried about food safety

19 October 2020

Most of the world is worried they will be harmed by the food they eat every day (60 per cent). 51 per cent are concerned about the safety of water they drink. A conclusion of the first ever global study of worry and risk...

Monitor provides insight into organic production

16 October 2020

The costs incurred by farmers and horticulturists in producing organic agricultural products are covered by the yields in five out of the six cases examined. This is shown by an analysis by the Consumer and Market Author...

Most consumers note the quality mark

15 October 2020

For three or five Dutch people, quality marks play an important role in the choice of food and drink. In fact, one in six indicate that they always consciously choose products with a quality mark. This is evident from th...

Most consumers opposed to a ban on meat names

15 October 2020

Are terms like 'veggie burger' and 'vegaworst' misleading? The European Parliament will vote on 19 October to ban these terms; they would be confusing for consumers. Almost two thirds of the more than 22 000 members of t...

Nitrogen approach: nature stronger, perspective for construction

14 October 2020

With a package worth billions for nature restoration and measures to reduce nitrogen precipitation, at least half of nature will be at a healthy nitrogen level in Natura 2000 protected areas by 2030. This structural appr...

Foodvalley Champions 2020 announced

14 October 2020

De Nieuwe Melkboer (The New Milkman), In Ovo and Grünten have been named Foodvalley Champions 2020. De Nieuwe Melkboer stood out in the Protein Shift category. In Ovo distinguished themselves within Circular AgriFood. Gr...

'Invisible' innovation wins De Gouden Noot

13 October 2020

The award ceremony of the 30th edition of the packaging innovation competition De Gouden Noot took place on Thursday 8 October and was streamed live from A'DAM Tower. The Gouden Noot 2020 went to FiliGrade with its 'digi...

The world food issue is a many-headed monster

12 October 2020

In 2050, there will be 10 billion people to feed. Even now, the food supply poses major environmental, climate and health challenges. Wageningen scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from agronomists and nutrition...

Changing the rules to prevent food waste