Mar 12, 2020 | General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Tech and development
In the Netherlands, approximately 200,000 tons of food are thrown away every year. This concerns both foods that have already been prepared and unprepared foods. The start-up Zero foodwaste wants to provide insight into this waste pattern in the catering industry by...
Jan 27, 2020 | General, Institutions, News, Producers, Tech and development
Bioprotection is a method in which a specific combination of bacteria is added, which in turn inhibits other bacterial growth. This ultimately produces less lactic acid, which is beneficial for the shelf life. Bioprotection is thus a way to combat food waste and also...
Jan 27, 2020 | General, Institutions, News, Research news, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
The way in which we manage the conditions during the transport of fresh products causes big losses in value. Fruit transport alone, for example, involves a value loss of 5-8%. TNO and Wageningen Food & Biobased Research are responsible for a new study in which...
Jan 17, 2020 | General, News, Producers, Supermarkets and retail
Pere Fullana i Palmer participated in the round table conference on the circular economy of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Fullana i Palmer is a UN observer at the climate summit in Madrid, in addition to being the director of the UNESCO Chair...
Nov 13, 2019 | General, Institutions, News, Research, Research news, Supermarkets and retail
A recent research from the British WRAP (Waste & Resource Action Programme) shows that supermarkets in the UK can reduce a large share of consumer food waste by taking measures. One of the points is a reduction of €4.7 bln in food that’s thrown away. This...
Nov 8, 2019 | Farmers and gardeners, General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Producers, Supermarkets and retail
Before the products even arrive in store there is already almost $400 billion lost in food waste worldwide. This was shown by research by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from the United Nations. Every year no less than 14% of all food is lost, the report...
Oct 30, 2019 | General, News, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
About the innovation The Metro Group has tested the “FreshIndex” app in five of its hypermarkets. The index is based on the hygiene data of manufacturers and the actual storage conditions of products. The FreshIndex is not printed as a fixed best-before...
Oct 29, 2019 | General, Hospitality, News, Supermarkets and retail, Tech and development
Food waste fighting app ‘Too Good To Go’ announced yesterday (30 September) that it has saved one million meals in the UK since its launch in 2016, preventing an estimated 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Too Good To Go reduces restaurant waste by linking customers to...
Oct 29, 2019 | General, Hospitality, News, Research news, Supermarkets and retail
In 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which calls for the world to halve food loss and waste by 2030. Making significant reductions in food loss and waste is not just nice to have; it is essential if the world is to achieve the reductions...
Oct 16, 2019 | General, Hospitality, Institutions, News, Tech and development
Per year almost 150 million kilo’s of food is lost to the rubbish bin from catering businesses, even though this is often still perfectly edible. By means of a waste monitor introduced by Zero Foodwaste they are trying to reduce food waste. In the kitchen at...
