Highly effective disinfectant made from food production waste

Startup “Waste to Disinfectant” represents Constructor University at the Hult Prize Challenge

03-Apr-2024 - The start-up "Waste to Disinfectant" came out on top in the OnCampus round of the Hult Prize Challenge at Constructor University in Bremen, Germany, for producing a highly effective disinfectant made from food production waste from regional companies. Winners of the Hult Prize, a global student ...

Responsibility meets progress: Anuga FoodTec 2024 as the signpost for the food and beverage industries  

A rethinking is noticeable

03-Apr-2024 - Anuga FoodTec 2024 has once again reinforced its position as a primary supplier trade fair and a central platform of the global food and beverage industries. 'Responsibility' was the top theme of the trade fair and its extensive trade programme, which provided answers to questions from the fields ...

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

02-Apr-2024 - Real asparagus fans are already waiting impatiently for the start of the local season, as it only lasts for a limited time and always ends on June 24. Hannah Zeyßig, nutrition expert at the NRW consumer advice center, summarizes how to easily identify fresh asparagus and store it ...

Easter egg without cruelty to animals

Also use vegan alternatives

28-Mar-2024 - At the end of Lent, all kinds of delicious treats are back on the table, especially brightly colored Easter eggs. Thanks to the obligation to label egg farming methods, which has been in place for 20 years, and private sector initiatives such as dual-purpose hens, consumers can now easily choose ...

Food matters: Healthy diets increase the economic and physical feasibility of 1.5°C

28-Mar-2024 - “We find that a more sustainable, flexitarian diet increases the feasibility of the Paris Agreement climate goals in different ways,” says Florian Humpenöder, PIK scientist and co-lead author of the study to be published inScience Advances. “The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions related to ...

Katjes International grows by 28.1%

Sales and EBITDA margin thus above the forecast corridor

28-Mar-2024 - Katjes International closed the 2023 financial year very successfully in a persistently challenging market environment and exceeded the forecast, which had already been raised in the course of the year. The audited consolidated financial statements for the corresponding reporting period, prepared ...

Green light from the antitrust authorities

Rügenwalder Mühle allows the family holding Pfeifer & Langen to acquire a majority stake

28-Mar-2024 - The European Commission has cleared the majority shareholding of the family holding Pfeifer & Langen Industrie- und Handels-KG in the family business Rügenwalder Mühle Carl Müller GmbH & Co KG. The approval by the European Commission was preceded by an intensive investigation. The official ...

Sesotec is "Top employer in the SME sector 2024"

Job portal Yourfirm.de honors the company for the third time

28-Mar-2024 - Sesotec GmbH, a leading global mechanical engineering company in the fields of foreign object detection and material sorting, has received the coveted "Top Employer in SMEs 2024" award from the renowned job portal Yourfirm.de for the third time in a row. With around 740 employees worldwide, ...

Gustavo Gusto calls the "Ghostbusters"

28-Mar-2024 - Just in time for the German cinema release of the new blockbuster "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" on March 21, 2024, Germany's most creative pizzaiolo Gustavo Gusto, together with Sony Pictures, presents the new: "Ghostbusters" New York Style Pizza - inspired by the new movie. Traditionally Italian ...

Light and shade on the milk market

Challenges at the beginning of 2024

26-Mar-2024 - "At the beginning of 2024, the dairy market has both light and shade," says Peter Stahl, Chairman of the German Dairy Industry Association, at the 14th Berlin Milk Forum. Producer prices are at a historically high level and the volumes of milk produced are roughly the same as in the previous ...