On 26 September it was celebrated in Madrid the "4th Meeting point against food waste" organized by AECOC, where the waste problem was analyzed from different perspectives and pooling actual experiences of prevention and reduction. Social enterprises as...

Given that the food and beverage industry in Spain comprises about 22% of industrial GDP and is formed by 30.000 companies (of which 96% are SMEs), it is not strange that our country avails one of the most important exhibitions in Europe: Alimentaria. This biennial...

There is a restaurant in Japan where if  its clients left one only rice grain in the plate, should pay a fine. Specialized in shellfish, the "Hachikyo Restaurant" offers a dish that consist of salmon roes over a white rice bed. The restaurant informs the...

Entomophagy. This is the name we use to call insect consumption by humans. It is estimated that more than 2.000 million people worldwide include insects in their daily diet, but until now, those palates are not European. Among the most consumed insects are beetles,...

“True beauty lies within”, this words have been heard for all of us and in this way we have learned at home. But the reality is far from the theory when we are talking about fruits and vegetables. Around 30% of the food waste problem is related with the primary...

The United Nations, led by its Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has launched the 2016 International Year of Legumes under the slogan “nutritious seeds for a sustainable future”. The objective is raising awareness about the protein power and health benefits of...

We like food.  We like eating. The gastronomy is fashionable. TV channels and programs dedicated exclusively to cookery, children chefs, kitchenware that before only used to have the chefs come to our homes, blogs with a plenty of recipes, and culinary...

If you have not decided yet what will be your food trend for 2016, here there are some clues. When the year ends, a lot of studies appear and predict annual trends in every sector. In the food industry, lists are published on what will be in style next season, have...

From November 30 to December 11 was celebrated Paris the COP21, the twenty-first conference on climate change. One of the objectives of this summit was to reach agreements between the participating countries, which allowed limit global warming to a level below 2 ° C....

The World Health Organization recommends reducing the red meat consumption and avoid processed meat intake, after the report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). For many years, it has been recommended to consume the red meat in moderation. So...