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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..

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Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: Back to the Drawing Board

31 August 2023

After a period of intense growth, plant-based meat alternatives now face challenges. Consumer engagement is declining, leading to reduced production and diminished offerings in supermarkets. This suggests that manufactur...

Plant-Based Pioneers: 15 Years of TOP-inside Technology

30 August 2023

The team at TOP b.v. has focused on developing innovative meat substitutes and plant-based products over the past 15 years. Their primary aim was to mimic the texture and taste of meat. From this effort, three prominent ...

The Volkswagen currywurst is back

30 August 2023

Volkswagen, renowned for its cars, has an unusually popular product in its factory canteen in Wolfsburg: the VW currywurst. Ironically, over the past years, the company sold more of these curry sausages than cars, with a...

Agristo's new fry factory in Northern France

29 August 2023

The Belgian fry producer Agristo is taking over the former factory location of sugar group Tereos in Escaudoeuvres, Northern France. With an investment of 350 million euros, Agristo is launching a potato processing facto...

Can AI develop the perfect meat and fish substitutes?

29 August 2023

Perfecting vegetarian burgers, sausages, and fish presents a challenge. Every aspect, from taste to color, scent, texture, and price, must be spot on. But what if AI could accelerate this development? AI might un...

Less turnover growth and fewer bankruptcies food sector

29 August 2023

In the first six months of 2023, turnover growth in the food industry declined significantly, recent CBS figures show. Whereas in the first quarter the industry still reported a 20.7% turnover growth compared to 2022, in...

FNLI: Climate deal threatens sustainability of food sector

25 August 2023

The recently announced increases in the energy tax on gas and the proposed levies from the additional climate package threaten to hamper the sustainability efforts of food manufacturers. FNLI calls on the outgoing cabine...

Combilo starts large-scale refining of vegetable residual streams

24 August 2023

Fruit and vegetable trading company Combilo has taken an important step in the fight against food waste. Thanks to a voucher from Samen Tegen Voedselverswilling (Together Against Food Waste), the company is investigating...

WUR: Strip cropping demands flexibility from food processors

24 August 2023

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has published revealing findings after studying three wheat harvests produced from strip cropping. It turns out that while strip-grown wheat is not inferior to commercial varieties...

De With Maaltijden joins forces with De Kroes

23 August 2023

As of September 11, 2023, De With Maaltijden and De Kroes are joining forces. With a shared goal to expand the traditional prepared meals category in a local and sustainable way, De Kroes strengthens its proposition and ...

Are eco-labels the key to sustainable meat consumption?

22 August 2023

In today's ever-evolving market, NGOs and companies have been spotlighting the environmental attributes of products to empower consumers. However, the lack of a standardized method often creates confusion. Recent researc...

Production growth in food industry comes to a halt

22 August 2023

Production growth in the food industry is expected to come to a halt in 2023. Entrepreneurs are anticipating a change in the pricing landscape, with the once dominant wave of price increases appearing to subside. However...

ENOUGH raises €40 million in growth funding

21 August 2023

ENOUGH, a Dutch food technology company, has raised €40 million in growth funding. The company, founded in 2015, focuses on the production of ABUNDA® mycoprotein, a sustainable protein based on renewable resources. This ...

Ten corporate caterers go plant-based

21 August 2023

Ten leading corporate caterers have announced plans to expand their range of plant-based products, in partnership with the Wakker Dier campaign. By 2030, the goal is that at caterers such as Appèl, Markies Catering and V...

UNICEF: Youth wants ban on unhealthy food advertising

21 August 2023

Advertising for unhealthy products influences the eating choices of Dutch children and adolescents, according to research by UNICEF Netherlands. The results show that more than four in 10 children and adolescents want a ...