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Construction: Important considerations for food entrepreneurs

You want to expand or renovate. So, you decide to build! Once you’ve made that decision, questions start arising. What materials will you choose? Are they sustainable? How does this choice affect fire safety? What about ..

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Professionals in online auctions

07 May 2019

Hergebruikt, Marktplaats, Speurders: giving your stuff a second life has never been more popular. That also applies to the food industry. The online auction agency Industrial Actions has grown like cabbage in a few years...

Ambivalence around tuna

02 May 2019

The Netherlands loves tuna. There is no doubt about that. As a steak, on a pizza, through a salad or in a trendy lemur sushiroll - tuna ranks second among the favourite and most eaten fish species in our country, especia...

Tony Chocolonely most durable brand

23 April 2019

The Sustainable Brand Index, an annual survey of 6,000 consumers on their perception of sustainability, has published its figures. Tony's Chocolonely has once again been voted the most sustainable (food) brand in the Net...

Dutch food consumption can drop by 1/3

19 April 2019

The production of food has consequences for the environment, all over the world. Making food consumption more sustainable is only possible if consumers, civil society organisations and all parties in the chain, from plat...

Interventions in healthy eating

16 April 2019

The Foundation for Innovation in Glasshouse Horticulture (SIGN) commissioned Dr. Maaike de Vries and Lea Bouwmeester to explore which interventions can speed up the transition to a healthy diet. This led to the report 'W...

Start of recycling campaign Dairy pack

16 April 2019

On Monday 15 April, the campaign 'Zuivelpak volledig recyclebaar' (Dairy pack fully recyclable) was launched. The dairy industry, supermarket sector and drinks carton producers want to inform consumers about the good rec...

100% plant-based salmon fillet

16 April 2019

After the success last year with the very first plant-based fish burger, which was flooded with prizes. SoFine launched a new product: SoFish Fillets Salmon Style. The producer has been working for months on a developmen...

Enhancing the machinery

09 April 2019

From farmer to supermarket, the food chain is influenced by trends and developments both inside and outside the industry. This means that engineering also has to keep up with the changes.  The growing demand for ...

Improvement agro-products

05 April 2019

Retailers, caterers and wholesalers have an important role to play in stimulating market demand for more sustainable products. With these parties there is a strong concentration of market demand (large market share), whi...

Reusable bags for fruit and vegetables

05 April 2019

Colruyt Group will replace all fruit and vegetable bags with reusable bags. This adjustment will save approximately 150 million bags a year. In June 2019, the group will introduce a newly developed reusable bag. The grou...

Rabobank starts 'Food Forward

05 April 2019

Our current food system is inadequate for the future. Steps are needed from farm to fork to ensure more responsible food with less ecological impact. With its 'Food Forward' programme, Rabobank wants to help entrepreneur...

FrieslandCampina and sustainable construction

04 April 2019

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. is investigating opportunities for the construction of a sustainable and innovative dairy production facility in the Netherlands. The production location is intended for processing member milk...

The future of packaging technology

01 April 2019

Recycling plastic is a hot topic in the Dutch packaging industry. This theme, therefore, is discussed at length during Empack 2019, in 'food contact moments' and a mini conference. During the fair, the complete value ...

Plastic-free fresh produce department

01 April 2019

In September 2018, Albert Heijn announced its intention to reduce the percentage of packaging material by 25% by 2025. The use of plastic in fruit and vegetables is a particular thorn in the side of consumers' side. That...

2021: Prohibition of disposable plastic

01 April 2019

On Wednesday 27 March, the European Parliament gave the green light to a law banning disposable plastic products. There was a large majority in favour of the law; 560 voted in favour, 35 against and 28 abstentions. ...