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As of 2026, stricter monitoring of 'green' claims in EU

Consumers in Europe will soon have greater certainty about the sustainability claims manufacturers make. From mid-2026, new EU regulations will come into effect to counter misleading information. The European Commission ..

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ACM: Sustainable chicken no competition limitation

02 September 2020

There is now a lot more chicken meat on the supermarket shelves from which the chicken has had a better life. Almost all chicken meat is more animal friendly than the previously stranded joint initiative of producers and...

Schouten: National Protein Strategy based on three tracks

02 September 2020

The demand for plant-based proteins for human nutrition is growing rapidly, especially for alternatives to dairy and meat. The European Union therefore wants to become more self-sufficient in order to meet the need for v...

Launch Coalition of Action on Food Waste

01 September 2020

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has launched a CEO-led Coalition of Action on Food Waste on 17 August 2020, bringing together 14 of the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers with the goal of halving per capita globa...

Food Waste Monitor 2018 published

01 September 2020

The per capita food waste in the Netherlands in 2018 is no more, but also no less, than in 2017. This is evident from the update of the Food Waste Monitor, published on 1 September 2020 by Wageningen Food & Biobased ...

Jumbo starts 'bread of bread' against food waste

01 September 2020

At the start of the Dutch waste-free week (first week of September) Jumbo Supermarkets introduces the concept 'Bread of Bread'.  With this concept Jumbo uses returnable bread to bake new, daily fresh bread. Initially it ...

HAK scales local cultivation kidney beans further

27 August 2020

Groente- en peulvruchtenfabrikant HAK haalt dit jaar inmiddels een kwart van haar behoefte aan grote kidneybonen van Nederlandse bodem, dat is een verdubbeling van het volume ten opzichte van vorige jaar. Na een aantal t...

BOON: innovation and growth vega category

27 August 2020

Het jonge, Nederlandse, bedrijf “BOON FoodConcepts” gaat nóg meer investeren in de ontwikkeling van innovatieve vega-producten én heeft twee data-driven Trade-marketeers aangenomen om retailers te ondersteunen bij de ver...

Seven tools for socioeconomic transition

26 August 2020

On 1 September, Prof. Jan Jonker (Radboud University) will give the Sustainable Speech from the Throne of 2020 in The Hague as part of the 22nd edition of Sustainable Tuesday. In his speech he will set out a vision for t...

Pioneering innovation in wall panels

25 August 2020

Have you heard of the Waterproof Construction Board (WCB)? Forget mdf, plywood or chipboard. Discover the durable and fully waterproof polyvinyl chloride Sealwise WCB. Think of wall panels in the production environment, ...

Boermarke is producing plant-based cheese

21 August 2020

Due to the great demand for plant-based alternatives to cheese, Boermarke from Enschede is building an entirely new production line for plant-based cheeses. In the first quarter of 2021, Boermarke will produce more than ...

Nestlé enters market for plant-based seafood alternatives

21 August 2020

Op donderdag 20 augustus kondigde Nestlé de lancering aan van een plantaardig alternatief voor tonijn, de eerste stap in de groeiende markt voor plantaardige alternatieven voor zeevruchten. Het is gemaakt van een comb...

Unveiling new antiviral (wall) panels

18 August 2020

Wall coverings and partitions that are anti-bacterial and anti-viral; do you believe it yourself? Oh, they already exist... That's going to cost a lot then! It's not that bad, you say. Tell me... Sealwise WCB, the nam...

The food100 list of 2020

12 August 2020

Over the past few weeks, an independent professional jury has been busy assessing more than 300 applications for the food100 list. A list of established leaders and up-and-coming talent who are working daily for a better...

Team WUR scores with vision on food system in 2050

11 August 2020

Two researchers from Wageningen Imke de Boer and Evelien de Olde and their team are one of the ten finalists of the prestigious Food System Vision Prize. Their team comes up with a holistic vision of a healthy and circul...

Foodbytes: The new normal for the food system

06 August 2020

As we continue to see the world adjust to an ongoing pandemic, it’s clear that the outbreak of COVID-19 has created profound change in the global food system. While the outlook continues to fluctuate by the day, many asp...