Protein transition

2025 Trend Report for the Food and Beverage Industry

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LNV focuses on new and vegetable proteins

23 December 2020

Over the next 5 to 10 years, the Netherlands will stimulate the cultivation of protein-rich crops such as field beans and potatoes in order to become less dependent on imports of protein-rich raw materials (soy) from out...

First vegan cheese from Dutch soil is a fact

17 December 2020

At Boermarke they are ready to go! The first production tests have been done and Boermarke will, as previously announced, deliver the first vegetable alternatives to traditional cheese in the Netherlands as well as withi...

Westland and Vegan Cowboys launch vegan cheese

07 December 2020

Westland Cheese and Those Vegan Cowboys will bring a new vegetable cheese to the market next year. Both companies see cheese without the use of animals as the cheese that offers the most future. CEO Henny Westland: " Thi...

Major step forward for cultured meat industry

03 December 2020

Singapore has become the first country on Earth to approve cultured meat for commercial sale. On Wednesday, December 2nd, the Singapore Food Agency said that the cultured chicken produced by San Francisco-based start-up ...

Vegan wheat bran milk

02 December 2020

The demand for vegetable alternatives to animal proteins is increasing all the time. Together with the Carbohydrate Competence Centre (CCC), Royal Koopmans will investigate how wheat bran can be used to produce vegetable...

Plant-based cheeses from Boermarke

01 December 2020

At the beginning of 2021, Boermarke will produce 10 tons of vegetable cheese daily, for which an entirely new production line will be set up. For this high quality product, they have found a suitable partner in MULTIVAC ...

Distribution Source Technology via start up Taaas BV

01 December 2020

The Danish company Source Technology, inventor of the PowerHeater™, offers customers innovative technology to produce texturized food products. The process reduces traditional processing and cooking costs for higher valu...

Appetite for more: IFFA 2022 expands focus

24 November 2020

In addition to the traditional focus on meat, IFFA will open itself to alternative proteins from 2022 onwards. With the new subtitle 'Technology for Meat and Alternative Proteins', the world's largest trade fair for the ...

Consumption alternative proteins is lagging behind

20 November 2020

More and more Dutch people want to eat less meat, dairy and eggs and are more likely to opt for alternative protein sources. Yet the consumption of alternative proteins - fish, pulses, meat substitutes, seaweed and insec...

Unilever puts extra effort into vegan

18 November 2020

On Wednesday 18 November, Unilever announced a new annual turnover target of €1 billion for vegetable meat substitutes and dairy alternatives within the next five to seven years. This growth will be driven by the roll-ou...

Time-travelling Milkman winner Best Place in Food

13 November 2020

The young entrepreneur Dimitris Karefyllakis of Time-travelling Milkman is the winner of the Best Place in Food contest. His company will get free office space at the ROOTS Innovation Hub on the World Food Center site in...

Fermentation and plant-based products

13 November 2020

Fermentation can be used for very wide range of products. Fermentation is a natural way to improve the proteins for application of plant-based alternative products, says Renske Janssen, Product Manager for Protein Techno...

6 revolutionary food startups in the ProVeg Incubator

12 November 2020

Six start-ups have joined the fifth edition of The ProVeg Incubator, a pioneering programme for entrepreneurs in the food sector. It is the first edition in which women are in the majority. The Netherlands is represented...

Processed meat and meat substitutes too salty

04 November 2020

On average, products such as processed meat and meat substitutes contain almost a quarter of the daily amount of salt that is still healthy for the kidneys. This is shown by Questionmark's research commissioned by the Du...

Vivera launches 100% vegetable bratwurst

02 November 2020

Vivera is expanding its range with a Vivera Plant bratwurst. A tasty and 100% vegetable alternative to the bratwurst. Vivera Plant bratwurst A 100% vegetable bratwurst that is just as tasty as an ordinary bratwurst...