Heineken has played down a 4.7% slump in global sales of its eponymous brand versus Q4 2012, blaming bad weather in Europe and retailer destocking in France and the US.
Sales of organic food have slowed in recent years but some are managing to break into the mainstream, bring them a much wider base of consumers – so what are they doing differently from most?
Eurofins has bought Dutch food testing centre Laboratorium Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (LZV) in a move that shores up its food and feed testing prowess in The Netherlands.
Dutch food companies and trade organisations have signed agreements with Brazilian growers to double the supply of RTRS-certified soy to the Netherlands from 2011 levels, according to the Foundation for Responsible Soy Transition.
In this Career Insider, product manager for Beneo’s non-dairy alternatives and BeNeLux country manager Stefanie De Roover lifts the lid on a varied and challenging role, and offers advice for those seeking a similar position. “Never stop being curious,”...
Europe and North America were the worst performing regions for Nestlé according to its first half (H1) results, while Asia, Oceania, Africa and emerging markets delivered double digit growth.
Netherlands-based SVZ has completed its acquisition of Mondi Foods from Sono International, following approval of the deal by competition authorities and the Dutch works council.
Use of RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) has seen growth in the Netherland’s and it now represents 21% of all palm oil used in the country’s food industry, according to a report released by the Dutch Task Force on Sustainable Palm Oil.
‘Convenience’ is the watchword within cheese ingredients for Dutch firm Vika Food Ingredients, with the company focusing its R&D efforts on products with this benefit, having just signed a new co-operative partnership with A-ware Food Group.
European food ingredient manufacturers Savena Group and Sfinc Group have agreed a merger deal that will see the new group become a leading provider of food ingredient mixes, say Savena.
Mars chocolate bars in the Netherlands are to carry UTZ certified marks from Feburary 2012 as Mars sets targets for its cocoa to be fully sustainable worldwide by 2020.
Dutch dairy company Friesland Campina (FC) has refreshed its packaging for low-fat cheese brand Milner, in an attempt to develop a consistent brand image.
Eggs from the organic producer at the centre of the dioxin-contaminated egg incident in the Netherlands remain blocked as authorities continue to seek the cause of the outbreak.
Dioxin contaminated eggs produced in the Netherlands have been exported to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Dutch food safety authority has told FoodProductionDaily.com.
Fonterra has opened up new European headquarters in Amsterdam. Koert Liekelema, general manager for Europe, explains how the move will help the New Zealand dairy grow its value-added ingredients business.
FrieslandCampina has sold its yoghurt and dessert making facilities in Elsterwerda, Germany, as the company puts into action restructuring plans that will result in 942 job losses.
A new EU project called Afresh is kicking off to develop a new research agenda around healthy nutrition and physical activity, based on new concepts developed by the food and sports sectors.
Look at the globe and you’d be hard pressed to find two countries further apart than Ireland and New Zealand. But they stand side-by-side on the folic acid fortification issue – it is not needed.
Announcements of new R&D plans this week from Nestle and Danone indicate that major manufacturers plan to keep up the pace on nutrition research and innovation in the economic downturn.
After gaining novel foods approval in the EU, baobab is tipped to become a billion dollar industry. Stephen Daniells speaks to William Smith from Afriplex to find out what foods baobab fruit pulp is turning up in, and whether supply can match the demand.
Dutch flavour firm Exter is considering investing in new production
facilities in the US or Asia in the years to come, and may also
expand its product offering to other ingredients that impact on
savoury flavour.
The evaluating criteria for the Choices healthy food symbol are to
be reviewed and potentially adjusted, following the establishment
of a new international scientific committee.
A second Japanese company has set-up operations in The Netherlands'
renowned Food Valley this year, underscoring the region's strategic
importance, both in R&D and in proximity to the high-potential
European market.
Friesland Foods this week announced plans to scale down
its production facilities in the Netherlands in a bid to brace
itself for wide scale changes within the EU's dairy market.
Ter Beke is reported to be interested in buying some of Sara Lee's
French and Benelux charcuterie businesses, a move that would
further consolidate the Belgian food processor's market presence in
Northern Europe.
Nestlé is to buy almost half of German frozen pizza firm Wagner so
it can tap into the lucrative German market and expand Wagner's
brands abroad, as competition hots up in the European frozen pizza
sector, reports Chris Mercer.
CSM, the Dutch food ingredients company continues to shed non-core
activities, signing off its stake in natural alcohol supplier
Koninklijke Nedalco in a €24 million deal.
Heineken, the Dutch brewer, has continued to extend its reach into
some of the world's lesser-known beer markets with an agreement to
take a controlling stake in Nigeria's Consolidated Breweries,
writes Chris Jones.
Givaudan, the Swiss flavour and fragrance producer, is to
consolidate its European flavour production business, moving
production from its Dutch site to two other facilities in Germany
and Switzerland.
A new gelatine replacer from Dutch company DMV International
carried off the gold award for the most innovative new ingredient
on the marketplace, rounding off the first day of the bustling Fi
Europe exhibition that opened its doors...
Leading cocoa and soybean processor ADM is making a few changes in
Europe announcing two new appointments at its product support and
development (PSD) Centre in Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic sweetener...
The Benelux operation of Fiske Food Ingredients, a distribution
business belonging to €4bn Dutch industrial chemicals group Univar,
has linked up with starch ingredients company Avebe to distribute
the co-operative's full range...
Laurus, the Dutch retail group, has finally withdrawn from the
Belgian market, the source of some of its biggest losses in recent
years. Six of its last eight stores have been sold to the Colruyt
group, with the two remaining stores...
Moves by Dutch grocery retailer Laurus to lift itself back into the
black appear to be working, with a leap back into profit in the
first half. But the streamlined group still has a long way to go.
Unilever is to target the chilled dairy and ready meals markets in
a number of European countries from September as it pushes
aggressively into sectors with significant growth potential.
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation
centres in The Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring
of the flavour research and development facilities to improve
capabilities and efficiency.
The European Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health met last week to discuss again the avian influenza situation in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
As the European Commission discusses moves towards harmonising
health levels between the EU15, a panel of Dutch scientific experts
has positively approved Bakkerij Veenhuis' request for a health
claim for the Vitaalbrood Flora...
Colruyt is to buy part of the loss-making Belgian operations of
Dutch retailer Laurus for an undisclosed sum, including the Spar
franchise business. Laurus is still negotiating the sale of its
other Belgian units.
Ingredients company Acatris Belgium, a division of the Dutch Royal
Schouten group, and FMC BioPolymer announced this week as from 1
January 2003 Acatris will be the exclusive distributor in the
Benelux for the polymer products of...
Dutch food research institute NIZO food research announced this
week that it has teamed up with genomics group Greenomics in order
to push forward research into the role of genomics in industrial
fermentative processes.
Dutch fruit and vegetable group The Greenery has merged its
operations with two compatriot groups, giving it a greater share of
the European organic sector and strengthening the market position
of its farmer suppliers.
