Food Processing 2017
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Industrial manufacturing of plant-based steak

To pave the way for a new generation of meat substitutes – that’s the aim of the four-year public-private partnership (PPP) called ‘Plant Meat Matters’ which is getting underway this spring. At its heart is the innovativ..

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Quality is the common thread

11 April 2017

The biblical expression ‘Live inclusively’ has been passed down by the founding family to become the motto of Dutch fruit and vegetable processing company HAK. Frans Kuijpers, head of the quality department, willingly ex...

Taking slicing and packaging to the highest leve

11 April 2017

Ton Aarnink’s meat factory is based in the Dutch town of Meppel. With his knowledge of the business, his strong team and top-quality machines, this seasoned butcher can make virtually any meat product. Ton Aarnink has...

Winnaar Jaarprijs Goede Voeding 2017

11 April 2017

Albert Heijn/Koninklijke Vezet heeft met de producten Courgette-spaghetti, Bloemkoolrijst en Broccolirijst de Jaarprijs Goede Voeding 2017 gewonnen. Het product kreeg zowel de meeste stemmen van de publieksjury als van d...

Food – more than just a number?

11 April 2017

Achieving production targets, keeping machines running, ensuring there are sufficient (and safe) raw materials in stock, training and motivating employees…and oh, by the way, your most important customer just turned up u...

From edible paper to marketing tool

11 April 2017

The Dutch village of Oostzaan is home to the world’s only factory that produces edible wafer paper in both sheet and roll form. The product is sold all over the world under the name of Primus Wafer Paper. Thanks to moder...

Challenge: to sustainably produce safe and healthy food

11 April 2017

Easier to operate, flexible, modular design, energy-saving, eco-friendly and more efficient – ever-greater demands are being placed on food manufacturing machines and processes, according to machine builders and supplier...

Innovating to stay ahead

11 April 2017

Aalt Dijkhuizen has been a figurehead for the Dutch agri-food sector at home and abroad for many years. He has been chair of the Top Team Agri & Food since 2014, and on 1 April of this year the Top Team also named hi...

Foodprocessing

11 April 2017

We of all people know that lots of things can go wrong in the food industry. Now our sector is once again in the news, this time because of a slaughterhouse in Tielt, and all slaughterhouses are being tarred with the sam...

Unease

11 April 2017

As I write this, spring has definitely arrived outside. The sun is shining, the air is warm and everybody immediately seems more cheerful. So that should put me in the right frame of mind to write a positive piece – abou...

Omission of best-before date

11 April 2017

Waste of food products with a long shelf life, such as rice, pasta, coffee and soup, is reduced by 12 percent if no best-before date is indicated on the packaging. If the best-before date is omitted in combination with t...

Commodity prices show upward trend

11 April 2017

There has been strong variation in the trends for commodity prices over the past three months. Prices for energy (oil, gas) fell steeply, while the prices for agricultural raw materials (wheat, coffee, corn) and metals (...

Suppliers draw the short straw

11 April 2017

Many European food retailers have strengthened their position with respect to suppliers by joining forces internationally to source products. Global grocery buying groups have been around since the 1980s, yet many people...