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Plant-based eating: half of Dutch people need help

Swapping ground meat for lentils, or cow’s milk for a plant-based alternative. Through small swaps like these, Wissel ’ns Wat! aims to encourage Dutch people to eat plant-based foods more often. The approach focuses on o..

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Climate change puts pressure on food safety

18 August 2025

Heatwaves, heavy downpours, droughts that drag on longer than farmers can handle. The weather’s becoming more erratic, and it’s leaving its mark on the food chain. Not just out in the fields, but right on your plate. Mou...

Holie’s wins case and takes on ‘sweet talk’

17 August 2025

Lotus Bakeries has lost the injunction it filed against Holie’s. The court in Amsterdam ruled in favor of the Dutch start-up on all counts. Their Sugar-Score campaign is allowed to continue. Sugar-Score is transparenc...

US aims to define ultra-processed food more clearly

15 August 2025

What exactly qualifies as "ultra-processed food"? In the United States, they’re finally trying to draw a clear line. The Department of Agriculture and the FDA have issued a call to the sector: help shape a clear, uniform...

Meat and oils push up global food prices

11 August 2025

In July, global food prices saw a modest increase. The FAO Food Price Index, a well-known benchmark for international food prices, averaged 130.1 points. This is 1.6 percent higher than in June. Meat and vegetable oils w...

More concern about UPF, less meat on the plate

11 August 2025

Living healthier? Many Dutch people say they are. At least, that’s what they claim. In the supermarket, though, the wallet often wins over good intentions. The latest Motivaction survey shows that nearly half of the popu...

From beet to bioreactor: food colorants get a makeover

11 August 2025

Synthetic food colorants are losing favor. More and more producers are opting for natural alternatives, not only because of stricter regulations, but also because consumers are increasingly asking for them. And for those...

Germany produces more pork, less beef

08 August 2025

Meat production in Germany shifted in the first half of 2025. More pigs in the slaughterhouses, fewer cattle. The overall volume barely changed, but the proportions shifted noticeably. This is according to preliminary fi...

Growth opportunity for premium meat and cheese

06 August 2025

Consumers now expect more than just healthy or natural. Quality, affordability, and a sense of added value play an increasingly important role. According to Innova Market Insights, the definition of 'value' is shifting. ...

Milk protein produced in E. coli using fermentation

05 August 2025

New techniques are bringing alternative dairy proteins closer to commercial use. Researchers have successfully produced functional, phosphorylated αs1-casein in Escherichia coli—an important step toward sustainable prote...

New Anuga trade fair highlights alternative proteins

04 August 2025

Alternative proteins are getting a stage of their own at Anuga 2025. For the first time, the international food trade fair is launching a dedicated event under the name Anuga Alternatives. From 4 to 8 October, everything...

Food security improves, but not everywhere

01 August 2025

Fewer people around the world are going hungry, but progress is uneven. Africa and Western Asia in particular are falling behind. At the same time, rising food prices continue to affect the affordability of a healthy die...

Brand battles: how consumers behaved in 2024

01 August 2025

In 2024, European consumers made over 72 billion choices in the supermarket. Each purchase reflects a preference. And that preference shifted. That’s what the latest Brand Footprint Europe Report from YouGov and Worldpan...

The greenhouse advantage: vegetable production at a global level

31 July 2025

Anyone who invested in greenhouses over the past years has reaped more than just vegetables. The Dutch glasshouse vegetable sector is running at full speed, delivering impressive numbers. On average, growers earn three t...

Vattenfall launches seaweed snack with Samuel L. Jackson

31 July 2025

Growing seaweed between wind turbines? And turning it into snacks? That’s exactly what Vattenfall is doing at the Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farm in Denmark, with none other than Samuel L. Jackson as its frontman. Ge...

EU ice cream production up 2% in 2024

30 July 2025

Ice cream remains a favorite across Europe. In 2024, total production reached 3.3 billion liters, a 2% increase compared to the previous year. But the usual heavyweights weren’t behind this growth. In fact, the tradition...