Food Codex, Export and Innovation – Key Takeaways from the Portfolio Agrárium 2026 Panel Discussion

Food Codex, Export and Innovation – Key Takeaways from the Portfolio Agrárium 2026 Panel Discussion

Our Managing Director also participated in the roundtable discussion at the Portfolio Agrárium 2026 conference on March 10, titled: “Amendments to the Hungarian Food Codex Affecting the Food Industry – Expected Food Market and Trade Trends for This Year, and the Regulatory and Sustainability Requirements of Food Packaging.”Our summary of the panel discussion can be read in the article below….

Gold Award at the SIRHA Budapest Final – The “Vácziak” Team Achieves Outstanding Success with a Meat-Free Menu

Gold Award at the SIRHA Budapest Final – The “Vácziak” Team Achieves Outstanding Success with a Meat-Free Menu

The final of the 10th Public Catering Chef Competition concluded with great success: the team from the Vác Prison and Penitentiary earned a gold qualification in the institutional catering category at the SIRHA Budapest professional exhibition. The team’s performance was highly praised not only by the jury: in addition to the gold qualification, they received four special awards, including recognition…

EU agrees on ban for plant-based food names: Veggie “Burger” and “Sausage” saved

EU agrees on ban for plant-based food names: Veggie “Burger” and “Sausage” saved

The European Union has agreed on a list of words to ban for plant-based alternatives. During Thursday afternoon, the negotiators of the European Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement that will ban the use of 31 words in total. The list includes animal associated names such as “chicken:, “beef” or “pork” and cuts terms like“breast”, “thigh” or “drumstick”. Highly…

580-fold EU Subsidy Gap Disadvantaging Plant-Based Foods

580-fold EU Subsidy Gap Disadvantaging Plant-Based Foods

The Guardian recently reported on a new analysis highlighting serious imbalances in the European Union’s agricultural subsidy system. According to the research, in 2020 beef and lamb production received 580 times more subsidies than legumes, while the pork sector received nearly 240 times more, and dairy products 554 times more funding than foods such as nuts and seeds. This is…