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One in three employees sees AI as a threat

AI is gaining a foothold on the production floor, but employees have concerns. More than a third (34%) see the technology as a threat to their skills and expertise. In addition, 58% feel that decisions about digitalizati..

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

European pork exports gain momentum

30 July 2025

In the first four months of 2025, European pork production increased by 3% compared to the same period last year. Remarkable, considering the sow population had actually declined by 3%. Even so, countries like Spain, Ita...

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...

Dutch Dairy sector faced highs and lows in 2024

29 July 2025

In the new edition of Zuivel in Cijfers, ZuivelNL reflects on 2024, a year marked by sharp contrasts. Prices of fat-rich dairy products rose significantly, while protein-rich products remained stable for much of the year...

Fevia calls for change in Walloon food industry

29 July 2025

Wallonia’s food industry faced a tough year in 2024. Turnover dropped by 2.9%, and production fell to its lowest level since 2017. Exports also declined for the second year in a row. Fevia Wallonie, the federation repres...

Barry Callebaut explores chocolate from cocoa cells

29 July 2025

What if chocolate could be made without relying on the cocoa bean? That’s exactly what Barry Callebaut is working on, in collaboration with the Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW). Not to push traditi...