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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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Albert Heijn stops flying in fruit and vegetables

20 February 2023

From 1 June 2023, fruit and vegetables such as sugarsnaps, haricots verts and passion fruit will only be transported to Albert Heijn via sea container or road transport.  Albert Heijn buys fruit and vegetables as...

Master plan for protein transition as economic engine

20 February 2023

Farmers growing plant proteins on a large scale and consumers eating twice as much legumes may seem like a distant prospect, but it is feasible within six years. This is according to the five initiators of the master pla...

Sustainable disinfection with simple disinfection

16 February 2023

You have invested in making your production lines more sustainable. With Nocotech disinfection, you can complete your sustainability plan! Why? Quite simply: 1. Automated disinfection; no mistakes are made and your st...

De 3 pijlers voor een duurzame voedseltransitie

16 February 2023

De basis van onze voedselproductie staat onder druk. Wereldwijd neemt het landbouwareaal af, worden grondstoffen schaarser en heeft de klimaat-en biodiversiteitscrisis negatieve impact. Als foodondernemer ontkom je er ni...

Gemak drijft fooduitgaven naar nieuwe records

16 February 2023

Nederlanders geven steeds meer geld uit eten en drinken. De foodmarkt groeit in 2023 naar een omzet van €68,9 miljard, een stijging van 3,9%. Deze omzetstijging is niet alleen te danken aan prijsverhogingen, maar ook aan...

Sustainable food production: Challenges and frustrations

14 February 2023

The food sector is under a magnifying glass when it comes to sustainability. Not surprisingly, as the whole system of food production, packaging, distribution and consumption has a huge impact on nature. Yet we cannot do...

Dutch economy grows by 4.5 percent

14 February 2023

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter. GDP grew by 4.5 percent for all of 2022, according to recent CBS figures. Growth in the fourth quarter was broad-...

Fruit Logistica 2023

14 February 2023

FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023 has concluded on a successful note, with 63,470 trade visitors and buyers from over 140 countries and 2,610 exhibitors from 92 countries. The leading trade fair for the global fruit trade was more in...

Growers organic canned goods frustrated by high margins

13 February 2023

Current retail pricing policies for organic canned and frozen vegetables are hampering sales growth for processors, according to the Organic Canning Committee. According to this organisation, supermarket chains pocket to...

RIVM: The Dutch eat a lot less red and processed meat

13 February 2023

The Dutch eat more vegetable products such as fruit and vegetables, unsalted nuts and legumes and less red and processed meat. We also drink fewer sugary drinks. This is according to the new Food Consumption Survey (VCP)...

North Holland commits 2.7 million for Food Vision

10 February 2023

North Holland is committed to clean and safe production of healthy, affordable and tasty food for all. Achieving a sustainable food system requires all parties in the food chain to do their bit. The province wants to enc...

30% of consumers opt for unhealthy food

10 February 2023

Elke Godden (Antwerp University) investigated the motivations and strategies behind our choices in the supermarket - and also took a closer look at the usefulness of the Nutri-Score, her research shows that it does not h...

German meat production down 8.1% in 2022

10 February 2023

Meat production in Germany fell sharply in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that commercial slaughterhouses produced 7.0 million tonnes of meat in 2022, according to provisional results. This was a...

How to make insect food mainstream?

09 February 2023

How do consumers react to insect food? And can their opinion change if there is more awareness of its sustainable and circular benefits? Wageningen University & Research conducted research into it. The study consi...

Plukon and J.A. ter Maten join forces

08 February 2023

Plukon Food Group B.V. and J.A. ter Maten Holding B.V. announced on 6 February 2023 that Plukon has taken over 51% of the shares of J.A. ter Maten Holding B.V. Ter Maten's activities are a enhancement of the activitie...