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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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Insectlab: a breeding ground of knowledge

13 September 2016

“If we want to meet the future need for animal protein, we will need to further develop the rearing and processing of insects,” states FAO. That requires more knowledge.  “The whole chain will need to take major ...

Food safety is no issue

13 September 2016

GNT manufactures Colouring Foods. These are colours for the food industry, consisting exclusively of fruit and vegetables. We therefore colour food with food. One of our major advantages is that our processes are complet...

Breakthroughs needed in food production system

13 September 2016

Rob Hamer’s work revolves around innovation in food. He heads up the Unilever research lab in Vlaardingen and spends one day a week working as a professor in the Food Chemistry Group at Wageningen UR. We discussed with h...

Keeping online food cool for more than 24 hours

14 June 2016

Recycold® has developed recyclable one-way cool packs and transport boxes that are 100% eco-friendly, 100% food safe and 100% temperature-controlled. Food is currently the biggest source of online growth. However, in vie...

Sustainable palm oil is the norm

14 June 2016

84% of all the palm oil processed by the Dutch food industry in 2015 was sustainable, according to the final report by the Task Force Sustainable Palm Oil. The percentage of sustainable palm oil in the Dutch food indu...

‘Cool has never been so cool'

14 June 2016

Recyclable one-way cool packs and distribution boxes that are 100% sustainable, 100% food-grade and 100% temperature-controlled – the increase in online food sales is creating high demand for such products. The new compa...

Innovations to combat food waste

14 June 2016

Over the past years, a large number of food manufacturers and retailers have worked with researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research and Top Institute Food & Nutrition (TIFN) to explore the area of ra...

De toekomst van ons voedsel

10 May 2016

Eind april werd door de Groep ‘Diverse Werkzaamheden’ van de EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) in Den Haag een conferentie georganiseerd  over onder andere voedselproductie en duurzaamheid en gezonde voe...

“A significant quality improvement"

10 May 2016

“Consumers nowadays have such a wide choice so we have to set ourselves apart in several different ways,” says Ferry Stevens, who is responsible for quality at Febo and was closely involved in the brand’s recent upgrade....

Treat farmers, fishermen and processors with respect

10 May 2016

On 11 April 2016 #Foodtopia – an exhibition about the future of our food – opened at Rabobank headquarters. Food and agriculture expert Prof. Dr. Ir. Louise O. Fresco, chair of the executive board of Wageningen Universit...

Energiebesparende klimaatscheiding

12 April 2016

Het Biddle industrie-luchtgordijn, model IndAC2 ambient, garandeert niet alleen een optimale klimaatscheiding in de deuropening, maar zorgt ook voor een constante temperatuur in het vrieshuis en reduceert het energieverb...

Developing innovative concepts

12 April 2016

At family-run company Ruitenberg Ingredients in Twello conceptual ideas, ingredients and processes are combined. These three pillars form the basis for the successful development of high-quality products. The company eve...

Australian grain-fed beef with character

08 March 2016

Animal welfare, sustainability, food safety – all these topics are playing an increasingly important role in meat-buying decisions. And yet even these aspects are not enough for today’s demanding consumers, who also want...

Van Dam says: overhaul the food system

08 March 2016

There is broad support from 22 EU Member States plus Norway and Switzerland, the international world of business and healthcare patient organisations for gradually making food products healthier by reducing salt, saturat...

Industry and trade revert to quality-focused sourcing

08 March 2016

Global market research firm Mintel has identified six packaging trends for 2016: digital printing, transparency (both in information and literally), new levels of quality of films and foils, sustainability, customisation...