Making decaf a true choice
Decaffeinated coffee has long led a shadowy existence – seen as a compromise rather than a true option. But that perception is changing rapidly. As consumers are...
Interview with Jens Eckhoff, Managing Director
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Decaffeinated coffee has long led a shadowy existence – seen as a compromise rather than a true option. But that perception is changing rapidly. As consumers are...
Interview with Jens Eckhoff, Managing Director
Flatbreads, soft sandwich loaves and pre-baked focaccias – once traditional staples of Italian cuisine, today they are part of a booming European bakery sector driven...
Interview with Luigi Bravi, President and Owner
In most restaurant and quick-service kitchens, frying oil rarely tops the list of priorities, even though it plays a crucial role in determining food quality and...
Interview with Grit Hofmann, General Manager
Cologne as a vibrant hotspot for global industry meetings – what makes the cathedral city so irresistible for top events like gamescom, DMEXCO, or Anuga? Koelnmesse...
Interview with Oliver Frese, COO of Koelnmesse GmbH
In a world where food is often overprocessed, overpromised and underexplained, consumers are searching for something real. Clean-label nutrition, plant-based alternatives...
Interview with Matthias Pfestorf, Managing Director
For nearly two centuries, Rhodius’ services have been in high demand as a contract bottler as well as a producer and distributor of both private-label and branded...
Interview with Hannes Tack, CEO
The plant-based market is booming worldwide, yet one crop has been largely overlooked – sunflowers. Sunbloom Proteins GmbH, headquartered in Munich, is on a mission...
Interview with Dr. Adriana Molina-Höppner, Head of Sales
Vegetarian, vegan, Clean Eating, Paleo, Low Carb – there are various ways to eat. The industry is in constant flux; what remains is the desire to eat healthily....
Interview with Anja Steinhaus-Nafe, Managing Director of Steinhaus GmbH
Italian cuisine is as popular as ever. Pizza, pasta, and the like are now also the most common dishes in restaurants and on private menus. A good pizza of course...
Interview with Dennis van Huet, Managing Director of ZZA B.V.
Few foods are as versatile and beloved as cheese. From a hearty breakfast staple to a refined ingredient in gourmet cuisine – and now even as a plant-based alternative...
Interview with Thorsten Persdorf, Managing Director
Having recently been acquired by the industrial cheese manufacturing trailblazer St. Paul Group, the Royal ERU cheese manufacturer, the Netherlands’ second best-known...
Interview with Audrey van Ham, Co-CEO
From its humble beginnings as a local butchery in Flanders to becoming a pan-European leader in the ready-meal segment, What’s Cooking? has undergone a remarkable...
Interview with Christophe Bolsius, CCO
Europe is a global leader in recycling and technologically very advanced. However, we feel the challenges that arise especially due to high energy prices and regulatory hurdles. Many companies are considering relocating abroad, but we continue to focus on the European market.
Beatrice Bartels, Managing Partner of DRH Deutsche Rohstoff Handelsgesellschaft mbH
From a humble market stall in Vienna to a pan-European food and lifestyle brand: What began in 2009 as a spontaneous family venture has grown into Gumpoldskirchen-based...
Interview with Ilan Molcho, CEO of NENI Holding GmbH
Bavarian cuisine is a rich tapestry of tradition, regional pride and evolving culinary art, reflecting its agricultural abundance and cultural heritage. The balance...
Interview with Felix Hasenberger, Bettina Willmerdinger-Milinkovic and Desimir Milinkovic Managing Directors, Altbayerische Küche GmbH
For more than 30 years, Ökoring Handels GmbH in Bavaria has been a trusted supplier of organically grown food to the organic retail sector, the hospitality industry,...
Interview with Thomas Börkey-Biermann, Managing Director of Ökoring Handels GmbH
Founded from humble beginnings as an agricultural cooperative in 1948, Nagykun 2000 has evolved into one of Hungary’s premier rice producers, cultivating 4,300 hectares...
Interview with Tamás Bori, Managing Director
Interviews with TV chefs and everything about restaurants, food products, dairy products, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, food & pleasure.
Services & Consulting shape the success of companies. In our interviews, experts provide insights into current trends, strategies, and future perspectives.
Agriculture and forestry play a key role in sustainability. In our interviews, experts share their perspectives on innovations and challenges in the industry.
Fashion stands for innovation and trends. In our interviews, experts share their insights into sustainable fashion, design, and the future of the industry.
Few companies manage to combine full-cycle food production, agricultural innovation and long-term stability as seamlessly as HÓDAGRO Zrt. Once burdened by debt,...
Interview with Lajos Szabó, CEO of HÓDAGRO Zrt.
Danish Crown Foods Germany GmbH, the Hamburg branch of the Danish Crown Group, plays a crucial role in aligning Danish production capabilities with the specific...
Interview with Christian Daub, Managing Director
Fermentation is more than a process, it’s a philosophy. At Alce s.r.l. in Novara, this mindset has shaped a family company into one of Europe’s leading specialists...
Interview with Federico Bruno, CEO of Alce s.r.l.
Climate change is real – and it poses growing challenges to food security. The need for innovative approaches in agriculture has never been more critical. Soil degradation,...
Interview with László Kőszegi, Owner, CEO and Dr. Zoltán Gergácz, Chairman of the Board of Hőgyèszi Agrokémiai Kft.
For nearly a century, Bauer has been delighting home cooks and culinary professionals with its premium broth cubes and instant granulates – first in its hometown...
Interview with Monika Walch, International Sales Manager of Bauer S.P.A
Pferdesporthaus Loesdau is one of the most well-known equestrian specialty stores in Germany and Austria, thanks to its strong network of branches and its powerful...
Interview with Ralf Berger, Managing Director of Pferdesporthaus Loesdau GmbH & Co. KG
The GBA Group is one of the leading laboratory and consulting service providers in the European Life Sciences sector. In Gilching near Munich, GBA Medical Device...
Interview with Laura Garcia Baglietto, Executive Vice President Medical Devices & Environment International of the GBA Group and Dr. Timo Lebold, Managing Director of GBA MDS GmbH
Dontenwill stands for flexible, scalable ERP solutions and true customer intimacy. For over 40 years, the company has been accompanying SMEs on their journey into...
Interview with Clemens Maier, CEO of Dontenwill AG
As the third largest market, Germany plays a central role for Sparex, a British manufacturer and wholesaler of spare parts and accessories for agricultural applications....
Interview with Thomas Schlieben, Managing Director of Sparex Trading and Distribution GmbH
Wolf System GmbH started in the 1960s with concrete silos for agriculture. Today, the company with 1,450 employees is one of the largest full-service providers in...
Interview with Georg Wenzl, Managing Director, Wolf System GmbH
Biosimilars, high-quality subsequent products of biologics, are increasingly gaining importance in the international health market. As a more cost-effective alternative,...
Interview with Mag. Helmut Kaisergruber, Managing Director and Co-owner, and Dr. Sabine Möritz-Kaisergruber, Managing Director and Co-owner of Astro Pharma GmbH
Twelve children, 80,000 customers in Europe and a business model that changes the music industry: Jacques Isler and his company G66 are more than just a music distribution...
Interview with Jacques Isler, Managing Director of G66 GmbH
They are considered fascinating, exclusive – and increasingly as stable tangible asset investments: gemstones. In a world of economic uncertainties, their significance...
Interview with Dr. Thomas Schröck, Managing Director of The Natural Gem GmbH
The construction and demolition industry faces numerous challenges, particularly with respect to sustainability and recycling. Konrad Kreppold GmbH has successfully...
Interview with Michael Kreppold, Managing Director of Konrad Kreppold GmbH
Schwitzke Project GmbH has established itself as a specialist in interior construction and offers customized solutions for existing buildings. In an interview with...
Interview with Wolfgang Sigg, Managing Director of Schwitzke Project GmbH
For 120 years, SCHIELICKE BAU Hoch-, Tief- und Ingenieurbau GmbH has been shaping the construction industry in Beelitz and beyond with entrepreneurial vision and...
Interview with Thomas Block-Deponte, Authorized Officer of SCHIELICKE BAU Hoch-, Tief- und Ingenieurbau GmbH