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17/10/2018
On the 1 and 2 November 2018 Wageningen Food & Biobased research will organise the conference ‘Science and Technology for Meat Analogues’ . During the conference the latest research findings and insights […]
23/05/2018
We have already announced that Optimeal is undergoing a substantial update. At the moment we are working hard behind the scenes to bring you the updated program. In the meantime we are […]
13/03/2018
One of the biggest global challenges we face is to make food production and consumption both healthier and more sustainable. Besides the growing world population, there is a shift in the composition […]
02/11/2017
The challenge of making the global production and consumption of food more sustainable is becoming increasingly urgent. Optimisation techniques can help to obtain a greater understanding of how to improve diets on nutritional […]
10/10/2017
Blonk Consultants is one of the partners in the EU project PROMISS. PROMISS is an international project that aims to turn the challenge of tackling malnutrition in older people into an opportunity […]
29/08/2017
In 2011 WWF-UK published its first Livewell Plate, which brought the sustainable diets debate to the attention of the public. Livewell Plates is WWF-UK’s project to show that changing our diet can […]
10/04/2017
The food system, from production to consumption and waste treatment, makes a big contribution (20–30%) to global greenhouse gas emissions and a big claim on scarce natural resources. By 2050 we will […]
25/01/2017
We challenge you: Create a diet, which is healthy and sustainable as possible! Optimise your diet! aims to address the challenge of making the global food production and consumption system more sustainable […]
29/09/2016
In this article Gerard Kramer and Hans Blonk describe how food and beverage companies can implement the concept of sustainable diets into product development to future-proof their product portfolio. Understanding the balance […]
01/09/2016
On the 9th of November we organise an exclusive workshop on ‘Sustainable Diets’. During this interactive workshop you will learn more about the balance between environmental impact and nutritional value of food […]
22/08/2016
Presentation by Gerard Kramer at IUFOST2016 – World Congress of Food Science & Technology
27/05/2016
In 2011 WWF UK published the first ‘Livewell plate’, which was followed by Livewell plates for France, Spain and Sweden in 2013. They were very successful in putting the topic of sustainable […]
23/03/2016
On 22 March this year the Netherlands Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum) presented its totally revised Schijf van Vijf guidelines on the five principle components of a healthy diet. These guidelines are provided to […]
27/01/2016
One of the biggest challenges today is to make food production and consumption both healthier and more sustainable. The Optimeal® tool, developed by Blonk Consultants, provides insight in this complex matter. It […]