Surge in confectionery demand in COVID-19 lockdown The chocolate industry is one of the top performing sectors of the confectionery industries. Cocoa and chocolate products rely on high-quality ingredients and raw materials, strict supplier partnership schemes and conformity to clearly [...]
The latest food safety data insights on chocolate and its main ingredients Based on the recently published report about the lessons learned for chocolate products, we took a deep dive into the food safety data insights. The goal is to [...]
During the lockdown measures, thousands of food safety and quality professionals around the world have been mostly working from home. They have been trying to ensure that the food products of their businesses — food manufacturers, distributors and retailers — [...]
Prediction algorithms for food data analytics and intelligence: towards a big data experimentation platform from Big Data Grapes
In the GODAN Data Ecosystem White Paper of 2016, it was boldly stated: Agriculture would benefit hugely from a common data ecosystem. Produced and used by diverse stakeholders, from smallholders to multinational conglomerates, a shared global data space would help [...]
As the second decade of the 21st century has concluded, no one can dispute the fact that food safety is amongst the global top priorities. Last year can be considered very active in terms of food safety related matters. As [...]
European research hub invites data science start-ups working in food and agriculture to participate in a competition to win 10,000 euros Are you a European startup working in food and agriculture? Do you use data science to fuel a part [...]
In this company, we always aimed at having a multi-cultural and multi-national team, to embrace and understand and appreciate diversity. During the years, our team has included people from Romania, Latvia, Belgium, UK, USA and other countries. Many of us [...]
We care about food. The world cares about food more than ever before. Investors should take note. Rising demand, diverse new patterns of consumption, environmental and eco-sustainability concerns, both in terms of production as well as the footprint certain practices [...]
What changes after the launch of the European Open Science Cloud and how this impacts our team Why is this event so important? On Friday the 23rd the first version of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Portal will be [...]
As the phrase “data is the new oil” becomes more and more popular, there is also much uncertainty about the impact of data governance and sharing models. There is a variety of sharing models that have different degrees of openness, [...]
The 9th Plenary Meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) took place in Barcelona, Spain, from 5 to 7 April 2017. The RDA Plenary Meetings constitute a major event where more than 4000 members from 100 countries come together to [...]