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Almost Half of UK Consumers Want Brands to Absorb Price Rises
Almost half (43%) of UK consumers want brands to absorb price rises in supporting customers during the cost-of-living crisis, an Ello survey reveals. The figure comes as 31% of the...
Read moreBiosensor visualises vitamin content
Dutch company Yookr has developed a biosensor for visualising the vitamin content of fruit and vegetables, without having to do any laboratory analysis. The sensor uses different colours for indicating...
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Would life be difficult without urban farms?
Estimation is that two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, and 80% of the food produced globally will be eaten by city dwellers. A report...
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Israeli company develops new pea protein with record protein level
Israeli company Equinom developed a 75% protein, GMO-free and minimally processed pea protein. Equinom is working with yellow pea, soybean and sesame seeds, but they plan to include chickpeas, mung...
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Differences between plant- and animal-based proteins
A recent study published by AgResearch analyses the nutritional and functional differences between animal- and plant-based proteins. The study claims that usually plant-based foods represent a less complex source of...
Read moreHungarian system takes care of extra nutrient supply
In partnership with Pannónia Medicina and the University of Szeged, TS Labor has developed a system for the extra nutrient supply of plants. They are working on a new type...
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Plant-based drinks in the school milk programme
A petition by ProVeg International already had nearly 70,000 signatures in August, urging decision-makers to include plant-based milk alternatives in the European school milk programme. ProVeg vice president Jasmijn de...
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Quinoa can help to prevent prediabetes
A Spanish study says eating quinoa regularly can prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Quinoa can help in regulating the changes in the body’s glucose level, and it can...
Read moreNew EAT-Lancet report to be published in 2024
The EAT-Lancet Commission has started work, with 25 scientists from 19 countries, and its objective is working out an up-to-date scientific background for making our food systems more sustainable and...
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Fish substitute from mushroom and sea algae?
Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark and Diego Prado, the chef a Copenhagen restaurant with 2 Michelin stars called Alchemist, have joined forces for developing a sustainable alternative to...
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Protein extracted from mushrooms and algae can help
This spring the scientist of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research published a study, which says we could lower the level of deforestation by 56% a year by 2050...
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There will be enough good quality seed, but more expensive
The drought overwrites everything, even the mandatory parameters for seeds. Gábort Polgár, the executive director of the Vetőmag Szövetség, spoke about this. This season, seed producers have to face not...
Read moreThe upper limit values for ochratoxin A in these foods have been changed
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1370 on the amendment of Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 with regard to the upper limit values of ochratoxin A in certain foods has been published. Commission Regulation (EC)...
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New support is coming for the preservation of valuable areas from a climate protection point of view
Within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (KAP) starting in 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture will also make the basic support for agricultural land available for areas valuable from...
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Nagykörűi crispy cherry has received EU geographical indication protection
The European Commission has approved the inclusion of the name Nagykörűi crispy cherry in the EU register of protected designations of origin, the Brussels body announced on Friday. For the...
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Experts: the price cap is not sustainable, it’s time to end it
Tamás Éder, president of the Association of Responsible Food Producers, and András Máhr, deputy secretary general of the National Association of Agricultural Cooperatives and Producers, agree that official prices cannot...
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The National Trade Association examines how retailers are preparing for the energy crisis
In the midst of the current serious energy crisis, the member companies of the National Trade Association (OKSZ) – all professional groups, such as food, drug stores, distributors of various...
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Bundesbank: German retail sales have already fallen by 8 percent!
Bundesbank expects inflation to exceed ten percent by autumn. Inflation is mainly driven by energy costs, heating oil cost 87 percent more in July than a year ago. In the...
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A significant increase in the price of bread is coming
Bakers have announced another significant price increase. The president of their association said that from October, the majority of baking plants will pay ten times as much for energy as...
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Soon, you won’t be able to pay with this SZÉP card anywhere
For eleven years now, since the summer of 2011, the Széchenyi Pihenő card, commonly known as the SZÉP card, has been a part of our lives. This form of fringe...
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This is how governments try to help during the crisis in Europe
The record rise in inflation in Europe has led to a crisis of living. While in Hungary they just decided to increase utility costs and “reduce utilities”, other European countries...
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Retail chains may be the future for small-scale beer
The supermarket chain is committed to bringing the quality products of domestic small-scale breweries closer to consumers, thereby providing an alternative to quality instead of quantity consumption. The latest step...
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This is the most expensive place in Europe to get your shopping done
The entire world is affected by marked inflation: the strongest economies are no exception. Just like here, food prices are rising the fastest in England, Germany and the United States....
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Ministry of Agriculture: Hungary is an agricultural country that loves honey and bees
The entire Hungarian society highly values the work of Hungarian beekeepers, who make one of the most nutritious and valuable foods in the world available to us, Minister of Agriculture...
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The Ministry of Agriculture has set a new goal for the Hungarian food industry
Despite the difficulties of the past months, the domestic food chain proved its readiness, performance and safe operation even during the pandemic, which is also thanks to the exemplary cooperation...
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A ticket system could be used instead of a price cap
Although it is currently not possible to speak of a systemic food shortage in Hungary, customer experience shows that empty shelves can be found periodically and locally, especially in relation...
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Brutal increase in price! Producers would raise the price of eggs by HUF ten from September
Due to the rising energy and feed prices, as well as the constantly increasing production costs, egg producers will be forced to increase the producer price by ten forints per...
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In May-July, the total number of employees was 4,699,000
Employment remains at a peak, 57,000 new jobs were created in the domestic primary labor market in one year, the number of public employees decreased by 11,000, and the number...
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A comprehensive grape harvest inspection has started in Hungary
A comprehensive grape harvest inspection began today – announced Zsolt Feldman, the state secretary responsible for agriculture and rural development. The authorities, with the cooperation of the National Tax and...
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The volume of coffee exports increased, but national data differ
World coffee exports amounted to 11.11 million bags in June 2022, compared with 10.97 million in June 2021. Exports in the first nine months of coffee year 2021/22 (October/21 to...
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