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A new front-of-package symbol is starting to appear on some packaged foods and drinks. Inform your patients about this new symbol, which features a magnifying glass with “High in saturated fat, sugars or sodium,” to help them quickly make informed choices. https://ow.ly/lPcb50V0kgU

🚛 Can we reduce waste with a smarter food supply chain? As 40% of all food is never eaten and never leaves the farm or the factory (15% never leave the farm in the UK, and 16% in the US), what can we do to improve the efficiency of the supply chain? Below is DigitalFoodLab's trends mapping of the different key ecosystems shaping the future of the supply chain with : 🧑🍳 Digital restaurant: a very mature category which comprises all the tools and services that help restaurants to digitise, from their relationship to the consumer (online bookings, online operations with players such as Flipdish) to the management of the kitchen (recipes, stocks,…) to payment services (Toast) . ♻️ Food waste management with solutions to minimise the quantity of food waste throughout the food supply chain, from farm to restaurant (with connected bins such as Winnow) to grocery stores (with order management tools like Afresh). ☁️ Digital Supply Chain: after a phase of focus on traceability and transparency solutions focused on using blockchain solutions, this ecosystem is “re-emerging”. Now, the main focus is on tools that help large food companies map and understand their direct and indirect emissions and hence are linked to carbon credits. 📦 Smart Packaging: solutions that reduce waste, improve product shelf life, protect produce against diseases, and promote a clean way to create food packaging with less plastic. One key category is using biodegradable and edible sprays applied on fresh produce to increase their shelf-life (such as Apeel). 📱B2B Marketplaces, or new supply players, are startups that use digital technologies to offer an alternative ordering service for restaurants or retailers. This ecosystem is developing in parallel but with stark differences in developed economies, where the focus is on disintermediation, and in developing ones, where it is more about setting up an infrastructure and a way to supply the millions of corner shops. 👉 You want to learn more about the trends shaping the future of food. Here is DigitalFoodLab's full report: https://lnkd.in/erGUbs-M #foodtech #future #food

🔍🌎 Exclusion, sustainability and fairer trade: what are the challenges and opportunities of new EU deforestation regulations in Colombia?    From December 2025, companies must prove that products entering the EU do not contribute to deforestation by meeting the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). As a result, producing countries face large uncertainties in meeting these requirements. One of these countries is Colombia, for which coffee and palm oil are key export products.    A recent Wageningen Social & Economic Research study, conducted on behalf of the Dutch embassy in Bogotá, highlights the risk of small-scale farmers—especially those lacking geospatial data—being excluded from the EU market due to high costs and complex regulations. At the same time, the EUDR offers opportunities for more sustainable production and fairer trade. However, Colombia’s coffee processing is complex, explains researcher Maria A. Naranjo: “A milling plant can receive coffee from 15,000 producers, making it difficult to trace its origin”.   What is needed to comply with the #EUDR? 1️⃣ Traceability technologies can help to certify coffee and palm oil for the European market.  2️⃣ Process standardisation plays a crucial role in the successful implementations of traceability systems.  3️⃣ Clear guidelines for all stakeholders are crucial. 4️⃣ Support for farmers to overcome cost and technical obstacles.    “Implementing the EUDR will bring systemic changes and have a significant impact on major commodity-exporting countries like Colombia. While the regulation may have some negative effects, it also offers global opportunities.”   Read more about the challenges and opportunities in the report below! #Deforestation #Export #Trade

⚡New paper on junk food marketing to kids. ⚡How did Chile, Canada and UK progress their legislation and what are the lessons for other countries? Fiona Sing found that 'policy entrepreneurs' were influential in different ways, but the underpinning neo-liberal paradigm in all countries was an all-pervasive drag on every stage of the policy process. A paradigm shift from the primacy of protecting the commercial enterprise to protecting the rights of the child is needed if more countries are to follow these pioneering countries. https://lnkd.in/gFRavz8a

The European Commission launched a "Call for evidence" in the context of the future Startups and scale-ups strategy! It is fundamental that small, medium and large companies operating in the circular bioeconomy share their experience, help in identifying barriers and in proposing solutions. Startups and and SMEs are at the heart of innovation in Europe and they need the right regulatory, technological, financial environment to thrive. Don't miss this opportunity until March 17! https://lnkd.in/ek9Kk5y3 Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) Dirk Carrez Astrid Ladefoged EU Science, Research and Innovation EU Business

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