Not a berry to lose
Wilderhof grows different types of berries, such as raspberries and blueberries. But not every berry is perfect, sometimes they are a bit too hard or too soft, too small or too large, or slightly damaged. Still perfectly edible, but no longer suitable for direct sale. To prevent these berries from going to waste, we tested […]
Meet the new “meat”
The range of vegetarian products in the supermarket is ever growing. But the future of food is not only plant-based. Microorganisms such as yeast, fungi and bacteria offer exciting new opportunities to create sustainable alternatives to animal-derived products. Yet mentioning bacteria, yeast or fungi in the same sentence as food still raises eyebrows. Because many […]
The new seafood
There is more to the sea than just fish. Seaweed and algae are presented as one of the sustainable solutions for our food supply in the future. Hence the ValgOrize project, where the possibilities for their application in and as food were approached from different angles: in the field of taste and food safety, but […]
The “beer machine”
Spring 2022. Covid is finally starting to die out and our inventors gather around the table, provided with pizza and beer, to brainstorm with the start-up Bar.on about the conceptualisation of their ‘beer machine’. At Bar.on they did not waste any time, took the ideas and feedbck to heart and quickly developed a prototype that […]
Packing down
We are getting seriously worried about the increasing piles of waste and the plastic soup in the oceans. On the other hand, it is quite hard to imagine our daily lives without plastic, because it simply makes life a lot easier. Working with reusable packaging requires preparation, time and effort, and may cause food safety […]
Rumble in the crumble
In the fall of 2020, we held a co-creation session about the branding of the ‘rumble in the crumble’ biscuits, formerly known as ‘VitaBran’. The percieved image of these healthy biscuits could use a boost, because healthy pleasures don’t have to be boring, right? Our inventors tackled the concept and let their […]