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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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Children still exposed to unhealthy food advertising

21 April 2023

The annual Child Marketing Monitor by research firm Panteia commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport shows that there has been little to no change in children's exposure to advertising for unhealthy food...

EFSA approves water lentil protein concentrate

21 April 2023

Rubisco Foods has received official confirmation from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that its protein concentrate, extracted from water lentils, is food-safe. The company had applied for Novel Food status in 2...

EFSA finds harmful health effects of bisphenol A in food

21 April 2023

Experts from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have concluded that dietary exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) is a health concern for consumers of all ages.  BPA is a chemical used in combination with other ch...

Lentiz winner MBO-Challenge Food Waste 2023

21 April 2023

On Thursday 20 April 2023, the winner of the MBO-Challenge Food Waste 2023 was announced. Unanimously, the jury chose FIBER UP by the MBO food & quality/technology students of Lentiz College.  Fiber-Up is pro...

A taste of summer with the Tostada Caribbean

20 April 2023

Now that spring has sprung and the sun is showing itself regularly, we feel like going on holiday. To get into the holiday spirit, De Korrel has delicious products for you.  You can give your customers a taste of...

Nice to Meat makes a strong brand out of meat

19 April 2023

Nice to Meat has been supplying meat to the catering industry for 128 years. In the 1990s, Mikel Pouw took over the company. With success. Mainly thanks to his conclusion that little top-quality meat was being sold in th...

Albert Heijn moving towards B Corp certification

19 April 2023

Albert Heijn is moving towards B Corp certification. Albert Heijn's mission statement is 'Making better food accessible together. For everyone'. B Corp certification fits seamlessly with Albert Heijn's movement towards a...

What will we eat in a circular food system?

19 April 2023

A circular food system has huge potential benefits for both our own health and the health of our planet. But what will we eat in the circular food system? An international group of researchers from Wageningen University ...

EU law on deforestation-free products is a reality

19 April 2023

On April 19, 2023, the European Parliament adopts a new law aimed at fighting global deforestation in order to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. The law will require companies to ensure that products sold in t...

Innovating for food transition: 'We could step it up a notch'

18 April 2023

Almost all major challenges of our time are linked to our food system; the nitrogen debate, the climate crisis, the biodiversity problem, our health, the energy transition. Things have to change, everyone agrees. That ca...

Lowering taxes does not lead to lower consumer prices

18 April 2023

On Monday 17 April 2023, the Council of State published its opinion on reducing the VAT rate on food to zero percent. It advises to abandon the proposal because it will only achieve the goal to a limited extent. After al...

High food prices call for sharper management

18 April 2023

Companies in the food chain are facing rising costs due to inflation. Food price inflation rose to a record high of 18.4% in March 2023, while general inflation stood at 4.4%.  This is caused by delayed pass-thro...

Number of greenhouse vegetable farms decreasing

17 April 2023

The gross yield of greenhouse vegetables in the Netherlands fell 7.9 per cent to 1.8 million tonnes in 2022, with gross yields of tomatoes and cucumbers in particular decreasing. The decline is mainly linked to high ener...

The Dutch do not want to reduce meat consumption

17 April 2023

Dutch consumers are the least willing to change their meat consumption, according to a recent survey by Bonduelle. Of the six European countries surveyed, the Netherlands scores the highest (32%) in terms of the number o...

New genetic techniques for food raise doubts

17 April 2023

The Dutch are not necessarily against genetically modifying food crops, but have doubts about the effectiveness and safety of the new technologies. The Rathenau Institute has conducted extensive research into citizens' o...