NEWS

Cooling and freezing: not just about keeping things cool

A conversation about cooling and freezing, especially when it comes to how systems work and how buildings retain cold, can easily turn into a highly technical deep dive. Fortunately, Ward Bliemer from Willemsen Isolatieb..

Jumbo Veggie Chef lijn groeit met 20%

07 June 2019

Van verse hamburgers van champignons tot ovenbitterballen van oesterzwammen: het vega(n) aanbod van Jumbo wordt de komende weken verder uitgebreid. Nieuw in het Jumbo Veggie Chef assortiment – het grootste vega(n) huisme...

OSV Zomerbarbecue geslaagd

06 June 2019

Woensdag 5 juni 2019 hebben we weer genoten tijdens de OSV Zomerbarbecue! Zoals altijd bij Buitenzorg (Ede). Op de foto complimenteren Jos Looman, directeur Rundvlees & Co en Jan van de Weiden, kok van Buitenzorg, el...

AH-medewerkers: ‘Master in vers’

05 June 2019

Albert Heijn zet vol in op het beste versaanbod in Nederland. Daartoe worden drie winkels per week omgebouwd naar het nieuwste winkelconcept met meer ruimte voor vers eten en kookinspiratie. Medewerkers krijgen bovendien...

Sales sustainable food doubled

04 June 2019

The continued growth of more sustainable, labelled products in supermarkets has led to a doubling of sales in four years' time. In 2014, just under 1.9 billion euros was spent on more sustainable, labelled food; in 2018,...

Wageningen Food Safety Research launched

04 June 2019

Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR) was launched on 1 June 2019. WFSR is the new institute for food safety in the Netherlands. The new organization is a merger of RIKILT Wageningen University & Research and the La...

Too Good To Go takes action

03 June 2019

During the European Week for Sustainable Development (30 May - 5 June 2019), Too Good To Go, the world's largest app against food waste, will launch a unique campaign. Too Good To Go identifies food waste as the 3rd larg...

Dutch National Sugar Challenge launched

03 June 2019

7 days of healthy eating and drinking with no added sugar: that's the National Sugar Challenge of the Diabetes Fund. The campaign started on 3 June and runs until 9 June. With this campaign, the Diabetes Fund hopes to ma...

Beyond Meat and Zandbergen join forces

29 May 2019

Beyond Meat, a leading producer of vegetable meat, announces today that it will expand its collaboration with Zandbergen World's Finest Meat. In a new production facility in Zoeterwoude, built by Zandbergen, innovative v...

Online against food waste

24 May 2019

On 23 May, Instock launched an online marketplace against food waste! With InstockMarket.nl, Instock connects surpluses and imperfect products to the hospitality industry. The products are collected at the new food rescu...

Detecting bacteria via biosensors

24 May 2019

Maastricht University, KULeuven and Hasselt University have developed a sensor technology that tests products for bacteria. New biosensors allow food products to be tested cheaply and quickly during the production proces...

HAK enters Nutri-Score

23 May 2019

Vegetable manufacturer HAK is not waiting for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) to take a final decision on a new food choice logo as a successor to the 'Tick', which was abolished in 2016. As of 1 Septembe...

KIDV launches innovation platform

21 May 2019

In collaboration with the Community of Sustainable Packaging Innovators, the Knowledge Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) launched THE innovation platform in the field of packaging and recycling. This means great...

AH starts dynamically discounting products

20 May 2019

On Monday 20 May, Albert Heijn took a new step in reducing food waste with the 'dynamic price reduction' trial. The products are automatically discounted on the basis of the shelf life: the shorter the shelf life, the hi...

Concerns about filet americain are unnecessary

15 May 2019

The Association for the Dutch Processed Meat Industry (VNV) is surprised by reports in the media about the consumption of raw meat products. It has long been widely known that certain groups of people may be at risk from...

‘Sweet’ culture reduces added sugar

13 May 2019

Chr. Hansen launches Sweety® Y-1: The first culture in the world allowing dairy manufacturers to create naturally sweeter products while reducing added sugar Health organizations, governments and retailers are setting...