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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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Output prices food industry up 20%

14 March 2023

Dutch food industry prices hit record levels in 2022. Overall, sales prices rose 20.5 percent due to high energy prices, scarce raw materials and the Ukraine war. In both domestic (+21.7 percent) and foreign markets (+19...

Continued economy overheating and inflation in 2023

14 March 2023

The Dutch economy managed to escape a mild recession in the fourth quarter. It actually grew relatively strongly in the last months of 2022, at 0.6 per cent. This is because a dip in household spending did not materialis...

Food products 18.4 per cent more expensive in February 2023

14 March 2023

Food products were 18.4 per cent more expensive in February than a year earlier, up from 17.6 per cent in January. This was mainly due to price developments of fresh vegetables. In addition, price developments of restaur...

bvA lanceert checklist duurzaamheidsclaims

13 March 2023

Op 10 maart 2023 lanceerde de bond van Adverteerders (bvA) een Checklist voor duurzaamheidsclaims. Hiermee wil de organisatie marketeers en hun bureaus ondersteunen bij het maken van verantwoorde reclame op het gebied va...

Packaging and taste give tomato lovers Pure Joy

09 March 2023

How can you let consumers enjoy healthy and delicious tomatoes while they are still in the store? With packaging that allows the tomatoes to shine in terms of colour and shape while also contributing to a good taste expe...

Hard plastics can be recycled if constructed differently

09 March 2023

Rigid plastic is very difficult to recycle. At least, that was the case until the discovery of vitrimers. Researchers of the Biomolecular Sciences cluster have laid the foundation for this new type of sustainable plastic...

HAK achieves B Corp certification

09 March 2023

HAK has received the renowned B Corp certification. With this, the vegetable and legume manufacturer underlines its sustainability strategy. HAK stresses that obtaining the official B Corp certification is not an end poi...

Column Pieter Vos: Embrace that problem!

08 March 2023

Packaging is more than just a shell for your product. Especially when it comes to food. There are strict requirements from legislators and retailers: in terms of food safety, labelling, shelf life, format, material used,...

Unilever and Too Good To Go save 1 million products

08 March 2023

In 2020, the collaboration between Unilever and Too Good To Go aimed at fighting food waste began. On 7 March 2023, the two parties announced that a total of 1 million products had been saved from being wasted.  ...

The Plastic Guide: radical approach to plastic packaging

08 March 2023

The time has come to start a raw materials transition together for a truly circular economy. This can only be achieved by thinking and acting differently in the production and use of plastic packaging, according to the D...

Marel and ADM realise innovation center in Wageningen

08 March 2023

Marel announces a partnership with ADM to open a state-of-the-art taste and texture innovation center, in the heart of Wageningen Campus in the Netherlands. The anticipated opening is scheduled to occur in the second hal...

Ter Beke changes company name: What's Cooking?

07 March 2023

Belgian food company Ter Beke is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Ter Beke has become known for its charcuterie, savoury snacks and prepared meals. The company resolutely opts for a new chapter with a renewed ...

Are algae the food of the future?

07 March 2023

The European Commission wants to stimulate the cultivation of algae. These microscopic creatures are filled with fats and proteins and are therefore a useful addition to our diet. Are algae the food of the future? Mar...

New book with visions on our future proteins

07 March 2023

On 7 March 2023, the book Our Future Proteins was launched. In this book, 100+ experts present their views on the transition to sustainable protein production and consumption. Their visions cover a wide range of transiti...

Online edition March 2023: Packaging

06 March 2023

The European Commission is 'done with it': the EU's packaging waste policy has failed. That is why the EU is intervening with new legislation. This is so detailed that it is going to have a lot of impact on the food indu...