The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) inspected home-delivered vegan ready meals last year. NÉGYOSZ supports and encourages this type of research and has already started discussions with NÉBIH on cooperation between the two organisations. Details in our article. At the end of November, news emerged in the press that NÉBIH experts had tested home-delivered vegan ready meals and found…
We recently wrote about how the Veganuary initiative is gaining momentum, with not only consumers, but also supermarkets, restaurants and product manufacturers joining campaigns for Vegan January. It’s hard not to see it as good timing for Netflix’s new series, which was added to the popular streaming service’s site at the beginning of January. After Game Changers, Netflix has now…
The 1st Congress of MOTE was sold out and even oversubscribed, with a series of high quality professional presentations. What is MOTE? The Hungarian Association for Health Maintenance and Lifestyle Medicine (MOTE) was founded in the spring of 2021 with the aim of making the latest evidence available in Hungarian as a domestic health organisation in cooperation with its American…
Veganuary is a non-profit organisation that started in January 2014 in the UK. Its aim is to raise awareness of the vegan lifestyle, including plant-based diets, along the lines of the 30-day challenge, which has become a favourite with many. The organisation provides a wealth of information and practical tips to encourage people to try out how easy and enjoyable…
The Plant-Based Manifesto was launched in the run-up to the European elections in 2024 to highlight the urgent need for Europe to transform its food systems to meet the European Green Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Photo: EVU The Plant-Based Manifesto was presented on 7 November at a roundtable event entitled “EU Food Systems: sustainability for…
According to Research and Markets, the global plant-based beverage market will be worth $47.55 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR* of 11.7%. *Compound annual growth rate. Plant-based dairy alternatives from Alpro / Photo: Alpro Oat drink may be the common denominator The high prevalence of lactose intolerance and milk allergy, coupled with increased health awareness, will be a key…
In an interview with ProVeg International, Amali Bunter, Head of Sustainability at Lidl Germany, said that the group has set ambitious targets to achieve by 2030. In the interview, Amali Bunter said that Lidl is committed to promoting conscious nutrition, healthy and sustainable diets. The supermarket chain’s plans are guided by the “net zero targets*” and the “Planetary Health Diet”…
For the 3rd time this year, we organised the Plant-Powered Perspectives conference, together with our co-organiser VBC (Vegan Business Circle). The event provides an opportunity for producers, distributors and users of plant-based foods in Hungary to meet, but this year we wanted to target the HoReCa (hotel, restaurant and café) sector. The reason for this is that the difficult situation…
On Thursday, 9 November, we held the Conference on Building Sustainable Food Systems. It was a major milestone for plant food advocacy, with important messages delivered, great insights shared with the audience and many new contacts made by all who attended. All the presentations were almost endlessly interesting, but we would like to draw attention to the research of NÉGYOSZ,…
In 2023, NÉGYOSZ contacted the National Association of Public Caterers and Food Service Managers (KÖZSZÖV) to initiate discussions on plant-based diets in the public catering sector. As is known, in Hungary, plant-based meals are not allowed in schools and hospitals, and this rule is also observed in other types of institutions (for example, in the domestic prison services). We were…