News on Food Trends from Germany

February 28, 2013

Eima Maschinen- und Förderanlagen GmbH and Wintech Taparia Ltd. are joining hands

Eima Maschinen- und Förderanlagen GmbH (Germany) and Wintech Taparia Ltd. (India) are joining hands

February 28, 2013

Emsland Group to acquire dehy manufacturer Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung GmbH

Emsland Group, a manufacturer of potato starch and dehydrated potato products, will acquire Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung GmbH, a manufacturer of dehydrated potato products.

February 07, 2013

Fruit Logistica goes into second day

From 6 to 8 February 2013, a total of 2,543 exhibitors from 78 countries will be presenting not only the entire product and service range that so amply supplies consumers with fresh fruit and vegetables (and potatoes!) , but also numerous interesting i...

February 07, 2013

Industrial accident at Emsland-Stärke GmbH, Emlichheim

On 28 January a cloud of Nitric acid escaped from the chemical plant of Emsland-Stärke GmbH, Emlichheim, Germany.

TOMRA Sorting Solutions Food - Odenberg and BEST

February 05, 2013

ODENBERG and BEST at Fruit Logistica 2013

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading sensor-based optical sorters. The newly formed company exhibits for the first time together in Germany.

October 10, 2012

Fruit Logistica 2013 is looking for innovators

Fresh produce industry companies with innovative products or services are invited to apply for the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) An official award ceremony on 8 February 2013 will be held to announce the winners.

August 16, 2012

Bayer CropScience Completes Acquisition of AgraQuest

Bayer CropScience announced today the completion of its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions.All required transaction waiting periods have expired without objection from the relevant competit...

Fortuna GM potato with resistancy against phytophthora

April 05, 2012

BASF continues field trials with GM potatoes in Europe

BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.

April 02, 2012

Trends op de Anuga Foodtec

Verhoging van de productiviteit en daarmee of tegelijkertijd kostenreductie realiseren. Dat is een belangrijke trend en drijfveer voor innovatie, zo bleek op de Anuga FoodTec in Keulen. VMT noemt als tweede trend "duurzaamheid"en de derde on...

March 01, 2012

Phosphate in food is ‘health risk’ that should be labelled, claim researchers

Food products with high phosphate contents are damaging to the health of the general public, and as such should be labelled, say researchers behind a new study. The report – published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International – selectively reviewed resear...

February 19, 2012

Expanding Anuga FoodTec accompanied by top class conferences

From 27th to 30th March 2012 the international food technology sector will once again meet at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne. Anuga FoodTec offers the international food business an information and purchasing platform that covers the entire spectrum of techn...

February 08, 2012

Fruit Logistica 2012: The global fresh produce trade meets in Berlin

With a complete market overview of international fresh produce business logistics, the 20th edition of FRUIT LOGISTICA highlights the event's status as the industry's leading trade fair.

January 16, 2012

Veel aardappelen richting tweede soort of voor de verwerking tot biogas of zetmeel

De laatste maanden zijn er in Duitsland bijzonder veel aardappelen afgezet met als stempel tweede soort of voor de verwerking tot biogas of zetmeel. Dit komt door de grote Duitse aardappeloogst.

January 16, 2012

BASF renuncia a desarrollar y comercializar transgénicos en Europa por el rechazo social

La empresa química alemana BASF ha anunciado este lunes que renuncia a desarrollar y comercializar en Europa organismos genéticamente modificados, entre ellos la polémica patata transgénica 'Amflora', debido al fuerte rechazo social en la mayoría de Es...

December 12, 2011

Duitse aardappeloogst slechts deels verkoopbaar

Volgens actuele schattingen zijn er dit jaar in Duitsland zo’n 11,9 miljoen ton aardappels gerooid van een totaal aardappelareaal van 259.400 hectare.

November 27, 2011

K+S KALI GmbH highlights KaliSel at FIE in Paris

Food Ingredients Europe 2011 in Paris is the global meeting point of the food and beverages industry. This year too K + S Kali GmbH will be attending as manufacturers. K+S KALI GmbH is presenting its highlights of the year, such as KaliSel – its brand...

October 31, 2011

BASF expects market introduction of GM table potato Fortuna in 2014/15

BASF Plant Science applied today for EU approval for Fortuna, a genetically optimized table potato.Fortuna has a wild potato’s natural protection to late blight, a disease causing severe problems in agriculture.

October 02, 2011

German per capita Potato Consumption up in 2010

The Germans are buying more potatoes again. After a several-years of continuing decline of the amount of potatoes consumed, German per capita consumption increased to around 63kg in 2010, up from 60kg in 2009, according to Martin Umhau, chairman of t...

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