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Healthier and more sustainable food within reach

Dutch residents have the opportunity to change their eating habits without incurring additional costs. This is the conclusion of Reina Vellinga's doctoral research at the RIVM. Her findings indicate that even minor dieta..

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Dutch more interested in sustainability due to corona

25 March 2021

Climate and sustainability are gaining interest as a result of COVID-19. When the pandemic broke out in the spring of 2020, discussions immediately arose in our country about how this would affect the interest in sustain...

Albert Heijn scraps plastic bags for fruit and vegetables

25 March 2021

Albert Heijn will stop using plastic bags at the fruit and vegetable department. This saves 130 million bags - or 243,000 kilos of plastic - per year. Customers can now use sustainable fresh bags. These are washable and ...

Sustainable steam use with investment subsidy

23 March 2021

Steam is a very widely used heat carrier within the food industry, but often fuelled by natural gas. Considerable changes are needed for this method of heat production as part of the energy transition. The electric gener...

Half of the Dutch find eating meat every day unnecessary

23 March 2021

94% of the Dutch population is familiar with the term meat substitutes. Furthermore, 48% of the Dutch population believes that eating meat every day is a thing of the past, according to research by Markteffect among 1,04...

KIDV publishes fact sheet on environmental claims

22 March 2021

Packaging regularly states that it is '100% recyclable' or 'fully compostable'. When can one use such a claim and when is it false and potentially misleading for consumers? The Sustainable Packaging Knowledge Institute p...

Plant-based food sector grows by 49% in 2 years

19 March 2021

Over the last few years, supermarkets and discounters in Europe have been offering more and more plant-based options. From meat alternatives to plant-based milk, supermarkets and discounters continue to increase their sh...

A science base for better meat analogues

19 March 2021

Using a new method to measure the texture of materials, scientists of Wageningen University & Research are helping the food industry to improve the texture of meat-replacing products. The acceptance and success of...

Cost price of cultured meat can be cut greatly

17 March 2021

Numerous innovative companies are currently exploring and developing methods to produce cultivated meat. Clearly, an advantage of cultivated meat (CM) is that it avoids holding animals with the associated risks related t...

More plastic reuse through chemical recycling

15 March 2021

Soon, a cheese package may become a cheese package again thanks to a new way of recycling plastic. In this new technique, the plastic from food packaging is broken down at high temperatures, so that the recycled plastic ...

Circular Food Center works on closed-loop chops

15 March 2021

The closed-loop chop or the waste-free egg: two examples of circular chain concepts on which a cluster of companies, governments, research institutions and social organizations will work within the Circular Food Center. ...

UNEP publishes first Food Waste Index Report

15 March 2021

If food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Food waste also burdens waste management systems, exacerbates food insecurity, making it a major contributor to the...

Taste Academy gives impulse to regional food sector

12 March 2021

The Taste Academy Achterhoek is committed to sustainable, regional and healthy food. With support from the province of Gelderland, the Taste Academy is introducing students to the Achterhoek food sector. The goal is more...

WUR: Distance from farm to fork can be shorter

12 March 2021

At the moment, about 3 to 4% of the turnover from retail and catering consists of the so-called short-chain sales. That doesn't seem like much, but it still involves a total of 2.2 billion euros. Wageningen University &a...

UU: Producer not responsible enough for circular economy

11 March 2021

The Dutch government must set much stricter requirements for the reuse of products, otherwise, it will never achieve its circular economy targets for 2030. This is the core of the advice of the “Circular Economy and Soci...

Nitrogen approach: perspective for entrepreneurs

10 March 2021

The Dutch Senate has approved the bill proposed by Coordinating Minister Schouten of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to reduce nitrogen emissions and improve nature.  With this bill the government ensures that ...