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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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Growth in online supermarkets puts pressure on the supply chain

20 May 2026

Online grocery shopping continues to grow in the Netherlands. Still, not every player is benefiting from that growth. The market is expanding less rapidly than before, putting profitability increasingly in the spotlight....

WWF puts chocolate brands to the sustainability test

20 May 2026

WWF-Belgium has published an online chocolate guide for consumers. The guide compares nineteen chocolate brands and companies active on the Belgian market. Among other things, the organization looks at deforestation, tra...

Regenerative agriculture gains support from food giants

20 May 2026

Forty international companies from the food and agriculture supply chain have expressed support for regenerative agriculture. FrieslandCampina, Carlsberg, Mondelēz, and Diageo are among the companies that signed a joint ...

German market for meat substitutes declines

19 May 2026

The German market for meat substitutes is showing a slight setback for the first time in years. In 2025, production fell by 1.2 percent. At the same time, meat consumption increased slightly. This suggests that the rapid...

Transition to circular plastics seriously delayed

19 May 2026

Demand for recycled plastics continues to rise. At the same time, the European market for circular plastics is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Recent figures from Plastics Europe show that growth has nearly come to a s...

European imports are growing faster than exports

18 May 2026

Trade in agricultural products within the European Union continues to grow. Still, the balance between imports and exports is slowly shifting. For companies in the food industry, international trade flows therefore remai...

Fish Tales and Jamie Oliver team up for sustainable seafood

18 May 2026

Sustainable fishing has gained a high-profile ambassador. Jamie Oliver is partnering with Dutch company Fish Tales to bring greater international attention to sustainably sourced seafood. Through the collaboration, both ...

FNLI: War and levies continue to drive up food prices

15 May 2026

As if cost pressures were not already high enough, the food industry is once again facing another uncertain factor. The ongoing unrest in the Middle East is causing fluctuating energy prices, more expensive logistics, an...

De Waal Vers chooses DNA Services as IT partner

12 May 2026

Growth creates opportunities, but it also puts extra pressure on processes and systems. De Waal Vers from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht knows that better than most. Over the past few years, the fresh food wholesaler has continued ...

Consumers increasingly choosing hybrid meat products

12 May 2026

Eating less meat while still keeping that familiar taste. For many Dutch consumers, that combination is proving attractive. As a result, hybrid meat products are gaining popularity. That is according to new consumer rese...

Online Edition May 2026 | Food Safety and Risk Analysis

11 May 2026

The war in Iran is once again putting pressure on global trade. Oil prices are rising, and fertilizer costs are increasing. Food prices are following suit. For the third time in six years, food producer...

Column Judith Witte: A drop in the bucket

11 May 2026

“Your handbag looks like a survival kit!” A friend is sitting next to me on the low wall. His finger is bleeding: torn cuticle. The rest of the group is chatting in the sun, with beers in plastic cups. I dig through my b...

IJsbrand Velzeboer: ‘It’s okay to mislead an auditor a little’

11 May 2026

A good QA manager should be lazy, think in terms of the supply chain, and be willing to stand up to management, according to food technologist and consultant IJsbrand Velzeboer. The ‘bureaucratic’ audits quality managers...

A resilient food industry in a turbulent world

11 May 2026

The war in Iran is once again putting global trade under pressure. Oil prices are rising, and fertilizer is becoming more expensive. Food prices are following suit. For the third time in six years, food producers are bei...

Column Ramon Sterk: Shelf life studies

11 May 2026

After months of refining the recipe, you finally have it in your hands: the perfect product for the consumer. Now all that’s left is to determine a best-before or use-by date for the label, and it’s ready for the market!...