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Quadcore fire demonstration

Today, I had the opportunity to attend an informative presentation that provided insights into the fire reaction and fire resistance of sandwich panels. This event was organized by KIM Nederland B.V. and Isocab ..

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Seaweed products conquer the market

09 April 2018

A pasta base, a seasoning in butter, or a jelly for desserts: the possibilities for seaweed extend far beyond just sushi. Its nutritional value also makes the crop a suitable meat substitute. But how easy is it to proces...

Food and the circular economy

09 April 2018

Food is responsible for 20-30% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions according to the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). In order to bring the greenhouse gas emissions of the food production...

Fred van de Velde: “There needs to be more plant-based protein”

09 April 2018

In order to provide all the people in the world with food in the future, it is necessary that they obtain a large portion of the proteins that they consume, from plant sources. Fred van Velde leads the research that NIZO...

100% recyclable plastic packaging

05 March 2018

In order to encourage a change in the worldwide stream of plastic packaging materials, Unilever has set the goal to ensure that all their plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025. They are ...

Monitor food safety, even for sustainable packaging

05 March 2018

Organic chicken fillets packaged in plastic film: that does not seem like a sustainable combination. Plastic has a bad reputation when it concerns the environment, especially when the plastic soup poses a significant thr...

Food waste and transparency are influencing the packaging industry

05 March 2018

Bioplastics, storytelling, and the reduction of food waste are the terms that arise when experts from the packaging industry discuss current developments and innovations in their sector.  It is clear that there i...

Roland ten Klooster: Becoming more sustainable by taking small steps

05 March 2018

Roland ten Klooster is a packaging consultant and professor by special appointment of Packaging Design and Management. When he was studying industrial design in the 1980s, food packaging design in the Netherlands was a s...

De hei op met je sustainable development goals

06 February 2018

Verduurzaming heeft allang wortel geschoten in de foodsector. De redenen waarom bedrijven zich inzetten voor dierenwelzijn, suikerreductie of een eerlijke prijs voor de cacaoboer verschillen echter sterk. Dit varieert va...

PPS Food value impact

09 January 2018

Hoe kiezen consumenten het voedsel dat ze kopen en eten? En hoe kunnen bedrijven consumenten helpen om gezondere en duurzamere keuzes te maken en tegelijkertijd meerwaarde en maatschappelijke impact creëren voor hun bedr...

Één kwaliteitsmaatstaf voor Nederlandse varkenssector

09 January 2018

De POV en COV komen in het kader van de uitvoering van het Actieplan Vitalisering Varkenshouderij met één kwaliteitsmaatstaf voor de Nederlandse varkenssector, genaamd Normenkader Holland Varken. Hiermee kan de sector af...

Garnalensector krijgt MSC-keurmerk voor visserij

11 December 2017

Op dinsdag 12 december kreeg de Duitse, Deense en Nederlandse garnalensector het MSC-keurmerk uitgereikt. Dit gebeurde tijdens de Landbouw- en Visserijraad in Brussel in aanwezigheid van Camiel Derichs, Europees Directeu...

Packaging innovation: fully compostable

11 December 2017

Since week 49 ProMessa packs meat in a compostable packaging. This packaging is based on renewable vegetable raw materials. The packaging looks no different than traditional packaging, but everything that comes with t...

The protein shift: will Europeans change their diet?

11 December 2017

25% of the Europeans expect to eat less meat. Still, the willingness to change is clearly present among some consumers. One out of four European respondents expects to eat less meat in five years time, mainly due to asso...

COV Meat café: Een gedachtewisseling

11 December 2017

Donderdag 7 december 2017 organiseerde COV (Centrale Organisatie voor de Vleessector) de eerste editie van het ‘COV Meat Café. Zet enkele wetenschappers, diverse stakeholders  en afgevaardigden van NGO’s bij elkaar ...

Biodegradable meat packaging

10 October 2017

From mid-October, all the organic meat in the Coop supermarkets in the Netherlands will be packaged in a material that can be disposed of as garden waste. Wim van den Burg, Category Manager Fresh at Coop: “In collaborati...