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Staff shortages continue to weigh on food industry

The Dutch food industry has been hitting a solid wall for years: a shortage of people. Despite rising wages and significant investments in automation, the lack of staff continues to be the main brake on growth. ING Resea..

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Smart robots to make a salad

02 May 2023

Picking and packaging a bunch of grapes with a robot already requires a lot of technology. But it can get even more complicated: automatically preparing a ready-to-eat salad. Researchers from Wageningen University & ...

Three food trends for sustainable and healthy eating

02 May 2023

The Belgian food industry wants to develop sustainable food for the future. To achieve this, Fevia, the Belgian food industry federation, organised the Food At Work Ecotrophelia Awards, a competition in which 15 teams of...

Meat sales in supermarkets fall 7 per cent

02 May 2023

Supermarkets sold seven per cent less meat in 2022 than the previous year, according to an analysis by Wakker Dier based on checkout data. Sales of fresh meat fell by nine per cent and those of processed meats by four pe...

5 partners work on affordable meat substitutes

25 April 2023

The REACT-EU development project 'GALATEA', focuses on investing in the development of innovative, affordable and juicy meat substitutes. The aim is to have an innovative prototype production line complete and operationa...

EFSA approves water lentil protein concentrate

21 April 2023

Rubisco Foods has received official confirmation from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that its protein concentrate, extracted from water lentils, is food-safe. The company had applied for Novel Food status in 2...

Nice to Meat makes a strong brand out of meat

19 April 2023

Nice to Meat has been supplying meat to the catering industry for 128 years. In the 1990s, Mikel Pouw took over the company. With success. Mainly thanks to his conclusion that little top-quality meat was being sold in th...

Innovating for food transition: 'We could step it up a notch'

18 April 2023

Almost all major challenges of our time are linked to our food system; the nitrogen debate, the climate crisis, the biodiversity problem, our health, the energy transition. Things have to change, everyone agrees. That ca...

High food prices call for sharper management

18 April 2023

Companies in the food chain are facing rising costs due to inflation. Food price inflation rose to a record high of 18.4% in March 2023, while general inflation stood at 4.4%.  This is caused by delayed pass-thro...

New genetic techniques for food raise doubts

17 April 2023

The Dutch are not necessarily against genetically modifying food crops, but have doubts about the effectiveness and safety of the new technologies. The Rathenau Institute has conducted extensive research into citizens' o...

Online edition April 2023: Product innovation

11 April 2023

Almost all major challenges of our time are linked to our food system; the nitrogen debate, the climate crisis, the biodiversity problem, our health, the energy transition. Things have to change, everyo...

Jan Zandbergen Group opens new innovation centre

11 April 2023

30 March 2023 Jan Zandbergen Group celebrated the opening of their Food Innovation Centre in exclusive company during the event: 'The Taste of Innovation'. Invited guests could listen to lectures by Rabobank and Wagening...

Column Judith Witte: What is tasty?

11 April 2023

Lunchtime on the weekend. My daughter wants frikadellen: with curry sauce, mayonnaise and onions. That combo of salty and sweet, the creaminess of the sauce, and fresh crunch of the onions: it's irresistible to her. She ...

Peter Klosse: 'It will have to be pretty delicious!'

11 April 2023

Fact: coffee tastes different from a sandwich or an apple. "Tastes differ, but taste by itself is what it is. It exists, even if you haven't tasted it yet." Scientifically speaking, the phenomenon of 'taste' is still in ...

Column Pieter Vos: A real foothold for innovation

11 April 2023

The BBB made a huge gain in the provincial elections. Numerous analyses followed in the media: what caused this monster victory? Whether you agree with them or not; I think above all they listened very carefully to the p...

Renewable proteins and energy from seaweed

11 April 2023

We know seaweed mainly from sushi, and perhaps from chips. But it can also be made into paper, fabric, leather and bioplastic. "In a country like Korea, 30% of what they eat is based on seaweed. We are not ready for that...