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First cultivated meat farm launches in Zuid-Holland

On a farm in Zuid-Holland, something unusual has appeared among the dairy cows: the world’s first cultivated meat farm operating on an active agricultural business. RespectFarms installed the system at dairy farmer Corné..

NIZO: Investigation of astringency in plant-based foods

29 June 2020

Astringency is an well-known aspect (some may call it a defect) of the taste of red wine, green tea and many types of fruit (e.g. grapes, bananas, persimmon). This ‘classical’ type of astringency has been shown by resear...

Foodwatch launches manifest against the sale of science

16 June 2020

Foodwatch launches a manifesto against the sale of science as the start of a large-scale campaign. This is in response to the increasing public-private partnership and the risks this entails. Foodwatch has formulated con...

The relentless energy of Zandbergen World's Finest Meat

15 June 2020

With a brand new building for the Beyond Meat branch, Zandbergen is going for 'best in class' sustainability with RBK Food Projects. More and more companies involved in the import and trade of meat are making th...

New survey on opportunities in plant-based sector

11 June 2020

Plant-based cheese, ready meals, seafood, and alternatives to eggs are among the biggest opportunities in the plant-based sector, a major new survey by ProVeg International of 6,221 consumers has found. The survey was...

Baaijens gaat samenwerking aan met Sterilsystems

11 June 2020

Baaijens Industrial Equipment B.V. is in 2020 een exclusieve samenwerking aangegaan met de firma Sterilsystems, producent van desinfectie- en geurneutralisatie apparatuur en systemen, gebaseerd op UV-C en OZON technologi...

Meatless BV: Innovation with fava-beans

09 June 2020

In 2017 Meatless BV started research into fava-beans as a crop to produce plant-based proteins locally in the northern part of Europe. Fava beans have been grown for ages, in the 19th century, Holland produced more than ...

Technical universities join forces in Techrede

05 June 2020

The four technical universities in the Netherlands (Delft, Eindhoven, Twente and Wageningen) are appealing to politicians in The Hague to embed technological innovations structurally in their agendas. Technological innov...

Those Vegan Cowboys: Grassroots bandits on a mission

03 June 2020

On World Milk Day, June 1, the founders of The Vegetarische Slager launched their new company Those Vegan Cowboys. Those Vegan Cowboys want to develop new vegan foods with the same taste as traditional milk, cheese, yogh...

Last chance accelerated climate subsidies for industry

15 May 2020

Until 30 June 2020, the Accelerated Climate Investment Industry scheme still offers great opportunities for investments in energy efficiency, recycling and reuse of waste, local infrastructure and other CO2-reducing meas...

Less packaging, longer shelf life

15 May 2020

"For us, food safe packaging means that we help to control the packaging process flawlessly," says Wesley Pieterse of Repak Superior Packaging Solutions in Emmen. "Thanks to new, high-quality techniques, we always succee...

New investment fund for WUR startups

06 May 2020

Start-ups, who work under the wing of Wageningen University & Research, can apply for crucial funding from a new fund: SHIFT III. This is a so-called multi-stage fund, which startups can use for a longer period of ti...

The Dutch eat less and less meat

21 April 2020

More than 5 million Dutch people eat no or only occasionally meat. This is 36% of the whole of the Netherlands. This group has grown by 7% since 2016. This is evident from the second edition of the Smart Food Monitor, a ...

11 corona-feiten voor de voedingsindustrie

16 April 2020

Het BfR, het Duitse Federale Instituut voor Risicobeoordeling, publiceerde 30 maart een artikel met feiten over Corona zoals die tot nu toe bekend zijn. Metaflex, specialist in geavanceerde deursystemen, heeft de tekst v...

Corona crisis can bring about major changes in the food sector

16 April 2020

Analysts at Rabobank claim that the corona crisis could cause fundamental changes in the food sector. It is unclear how long the crisis measures will last in the various countries affected. This makes it difficult to est...

Future Farm ready to conquer Europe

07 April 2020

Future Food Group enters into a unique partnership with Fazenda Futuro. Fazenda Futuro is the first Brazilian food technology company to produce meat from plants and has already made a name for itself on the South Americ...