News on Food Trends from Denmark

A team of researchers tracking the 2014 population of the potato late blight pathogen have added to the 2013 data to extend the spatial diversity plots and combine this with novel genetic analysis tools that visualise the distribution and diversity of dominant clones and reveals novel genetically diverse isolates in some regions.

Early April the Danish Minister of Trade and Development Mogens Jensen visited potato starch manufacturer KMC and the AKK-factory in Karup.

Novozymes announced the launch of Acrylaway® HighT, the first thermostable solution that reduces acrylamide levels in food products that are typically processed at extremely high temperatures.

At the annual general meeting of Danish Starch manufacturer on November 15, 2013 Mr. Peter C. Petersen, Chairman of the Board, was pleased to present the results of an extremely busy and exciting year.

Scientists from Aarhus University have tested whether extract of potato protein could be used to prevent scours (diarrhea) in young pigs – but the results produced by a foreign research group turned out to be non-reproducible.

The Danish government has said it intends to abolish a tax on foods which are high in saturated fats.

Ekko Holding ApS (EKKO), based in Vejle Denmark, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Oy FORMIT Foodprocessing Ab (FORMIT), based in Finland on Oktober 10, 2012.

The decision support system “Blight Management” (“Skimmelstyring”) could in the future give Danish potato growers more effective control of potato late blight and reduce the use of fungicides.

Denmark is to introduce one of the world’s first-ever “fat taxes,” in a pioneering move to slim the country’s waistlines and combat heart disease. From this Saturday, the price of a pack of butter will soar by 50 cents, a bag of potato chips by 12 cen...

Het Deense parlement heeft een heffing goedgekeurd op verzadigd vet in bepaalde levensmiddelen.

Biomass is a good Danish resource, and, in contrast to North Sea oil, it never runs out, if we use it sustainably. That does Leif Jensen, owner of Jensen's Organic in Gørløse, Denmark.

Once again this year Novozymes has been named in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. The ranking was announced today in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum.The listing of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in t...

Danish Crown's subsidiary Tulip Food Company has had to recall a number of products from its frozen meal range due to some risk that the potatoes contained within them may have been contaminated with petrol, local media report. The potatoes used by Tu...

Novozymes launches Acrylaway (asparaginase) to reduce acrylamide which is formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or toasted at high temperatures. Acrylamide is under suspicion of causing cancer.