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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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Innovative cucumber growers

15 October 2021

Innovative cucumber growers provide cucumbers from their own land all year round, thus making the market less dependent on imports from Southern Europe. They are participating in a research programme to develop the optim...

New sensors improve the quality of fresh produce

14 October 2021

To truly improve the quality of fresh produce and reduce food waste, you need real-time access to supply conditions and product information at every stage of the supply and production chain. But how do you achieve this? ...

Experts wanted for plant-based foods standards committee

14 October 2021

Following an initiative by NEN, the ISO working group 'Plant-based Foods' was recently established. With the development of a new standard, the working group wants to offer clarity to what consumers and food-produci...

Fermentation can improve taste of plant-based proteins

14 October 2021

A new research project, partly funded by the Dutch government’s Top Sector Agri & Food initiative, aims to develop new fermentation processes to improve the quality and flavour of plant-based proteins.  Plant...

Top Ten Foodtrends 2022: Planet is priority

13 October 2021

Consumers now rank the health of the planet as their number one concern, overtaking personal health which has been the top priority in recent years. In its Top Ten Trends for 2022, Innova Market Insights – the world’s mo...

Arla Foods opens new Innovation Centre

12 October 2021

Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) opened a new innovation centre in Nr Vium in Denmark. The Innovation Centre aims to step change cutting edge technology and development of new solutions within a wide range of specialized dai...

WUR produces kerosene from bio-based side streams

12 October 2021

Wageningen University & Research has developed a new type of aviation fuel that is produced using bio-based waste streams from the agriculture industry. One of the targets of the Renewable Energy Directive II (RED...

Sina Salim: 'How to find your way to the market'

11 October 2021

Sina Salim is one of the six innovation brokers at the Regional Centre for Technology (RCT) Foundation in Gelderland. As regional manager for the FoodValley and Noord-Veluwe region, he helps food companies and other entr...

NIZO and StartLife join forces

07 October 2021

On 6 October, NIZO, a Contract Research Organisation in Food and Health, and StartLife, the Dutch agrifoodtech accelerator, announced that they have entered into a strategic and operational partnership to support food an...

NIZO receives grant form REACT-EU

06 October 2021

In response to the Covid pandemic, EU government leaders have decided to establish an “EU Next Generation” recovery programme. Part of this is the REACT-EU program that is being implemented for the Dutch provinces Overij...

Launch plant-based food brand 'The Simple Root'

05 October 2021

The Simple Root, an exciting new global plant-based brand backed by world leading FMCG McCain Foods, will launch in the UK later this year, harnessing the power of the potato to create delicious alternatives to dairy bas...

Diviande wins Public Award Region FoodValley

01 October 2021

On Wednesday, 29 September, Diviande received the Public Award of Region FoodValley. The concept of Diviande, using leftover meat from sustainable Kipster cocks and laying hens for the production of healthy, tasty 'hybri...

TNO research basis for WHO/FAO advice on allergen limits

27 September 2021

The WHO/FAO has recommended standards for warning of the possible unintended presence of allergens in food. These standards could help prevent potentially life-threatening situations for food-allergic consumers and signi...

K3® r100: the self-separating cup

24 September 2021

An innovative development from Greiner Packaging is revolutionizing the recyclability of cardboard-plastic combinations. Making sure that waste was sorted correctly used to be fully reliant on consumers playing their par...

4 out of 5 Dutch want a larger plant-based food offer

21 September 2021

Four out of five Dutch people want restaurants and supermarkets to offer more plant-based food. Over half of those questioned (58%) would also agree if shops were to make meat more expensive. Two thirds thought it was a ...