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PPWR: New packaging requirements from August 12

The first new PPWR rules will apply from August 12, 2026. Producers and importers may then only place packaging on the EU market with a valid EU Declaration of Conformity. Food companies therefore need to determine their..

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ING: Pressure on margins and volumes food industry in 2023

02 November 2022

Despite the recent sharp fall in wholesale gas and electricity prices, ING expects them to rise again next year. Without Russian gas, it is likely to become more difficult to fully fill gas reserves even in 2023. Energy-...

Food waste: 127 kg per inhabitant in the EU in 2020

02 November 2022

In 2020 around 127 kilogrammes (kg) of food waste per inhabitant were generated in the EU. Households generated 55% of food waste, accounting for 70 kg per inhabitant. The remaining 45% was waste generated upwards in the...

Lidl stops flying in fruit and vegetables

02 November 2022

To reduce its climate impact, Lidl announces that it is the first national food chain to stop bringing in fruit and vegetables by air. By taking this step, Lidl is reducing CO2 emissions released when transporting produc...

WUR: Does true pricing influence purchasing behaviour?

02 November 2022

Researchers from Wageningen University & Research tested the effect of true pricing. The conclusion was interesting: the more customers feel that buying true price products leads to increased social status or contrib...

Food industry sales prices continue to rise solidly

01 November 2022

In September 2022, food industry sales prices were on average 22% higher than a year earlier. Leading this price rise was the flour industry at 35%. In the slaughterhouses and meat products industry, prices were 26.6% hi...

Short-term solutions to reduce steam costs

01 November 2022

No one could have foreseen how quickly scarcity of gas and shortage of electrical infrastructure have become a reality. There are many questions among companies with steam boilers looking for solutions to reduce steam pr...

Made specifically for small batches of fresh food

01 November 2022

Do you produce small or medium-sized batches of fresh food? Then read on! After all, our packaging solutions are very flexible and offer an excellent return on investment.  You can already benefit from a MULTIVAC au...

Dutch industry can reduce gas consumption by 16%

01 November 2022

The Dutch industry can make a substantial contribution to rapidly reducing the demand for natural gas. By using energy more efficiently in various ways, around 1.5 billion m3 of natural gas can be saved structurally. ...

Dynamic discounting reduces food waste

01 November 2022

In all Albert Heijn shops from 31 October 2022, customers can buy products with discounts ranging from 25%, 40% to 70%. The principle of these discounts is called dynamic discounting. Products approaching their best-befo...

80% of all packaging recycled and reused

01 November 2022

In 2021, 80% of all packaging put on the market was recycled, according to Afvalfonds Verpakkingen (Dutch Packaging Waste Fund). This is well above the Dutch target of 70%. It also leaves us well behind the EU target of ...

Compaxo Group acquires Maasland Vleeswaren

28 October 2022

Compaxo Group B.V. and the shareholders of Maasland Vleeswaren B.V. have reached agreement that Maasland Vleeswaren B.V. will become part of the Compaxo Group. With this acquisition, family-owned Compaxo expands its broa...

Dutch fish consumption on the rise

27 October 2022

Dutch people are eating more fish than last year. On average, Dutch people ate 9.5 kg of fish per person. In the ranking of all European countries, this puts the Netherlands in twelfth place; a reasonably good average, a...

WUR: Farmed insects fit in the food system

26 October 2022

Edible insects can use the organic residual streams from agriculture and the food sector and make new food or feed from them. In this way they may make food systems more sustainable. Alejandro Parodi studied how sustaina...

European pork production falls 5 per cent

26 October 2022

Pork production in the European Union will be five per cent lower in 2022 than in 2021. A further 0.7 per cent drop in production is expected in 2023. That is according to the short-term forecast of market analysts from ...

Autumn with an African touch

25 October 2022

The colours on the trees show that Autumn has really started. But temperatures are still a bit summery. When the cold sets in, we have a dish to match. A stew with an African flavour, made special by our Master Spice Ber...