Alex Holst

🚀 New report by #Systemiq and @GoodFoodEurope explores how protein diversification can drive economic growth, job creation, and sustainability. #AlternativeProteins could: ✅ add €65 billion to Germany’s economy by 2045 ✅ create up to 250,000 jobs 📖 systemiq.earth/economic-poten…

🇪🇺 How can the new European Commission boost EU competitiveness through protein diversification? Our newest blog by @APMholst, outlines what the new EC should do to secure the EU’s position and ensure a sustainable, competitive future. gfieurope.org/blog/four-ways…

🔬New reports! Europe is a leader in alternative protein research. Our latest reports map this exciting research landscape from twin perspectives, looking through the lenses of research funding and publications. Takeaways 🧵

📢Positive news on plant-based labelling in the EU 📢 This ruling is great news for consumers, as surveys show they support common sense labelling practices like calling a veggie burger a burger! 🍔

@Perrin_Cam @EUCourtPress Please let it be over! It's been more than five years...

Is the #VeggieBurger saga over yet?🤔 Even though @EUCourtPress ruling keeps the door open to Member States taking measures to ban meaty names for plant-based products, let's hope governments will focus on more pressing issues for consumers - like the #FoodInflation!

Anyone for a veggie burger? 🍔 The EU’s top court has found that countries do not have the right to stop producers of vegetable protein-based products using their traditional names BUT companies can be prosecuted if they’re considered to have misled consumers 👇

🚨BREAKING: First-ever EU regulatory application made for cultivated meat Cultivated foie gras from French company Gourmey has become the first cultivated meat product to be submitted to the world-leading novel foods food safety framework. 🧵1/4 gfieurope.org/blog/first-eve…

🇪🇸 & 🇩🇪 Ministers @LuisPlanas and @cem_oezdemir stressed the need for consumers’ freedom of choice, while 🇦🇹 Minister Totschnig said innovative protein foods should be subject to risk assessment + labelling - well, that’s exactly what #NovelFoods regulation provides for!

Next week Europe will either descend into institutional chaos, or the smoothest top EU jobs process in years will allow everyone to go on holiday as planned. An update to my model on Ursula von der Leyen getting a 2nd term. It looks good for her, but there could be surprises 🧵

🌱The recently launched #plantourfuture campaign from the @EAPF_EU urges the EU to prioritise rebalancing and diversifying Europe’s food system in the newly embarked upon legislative cycle. Check out the full manifesto here: plantbasedfoodalliance.eu/wp-content/upl…

☀️Good news! New guidance in Germany is soon set to be officially adopted formalising the right of plant-based producers to call a plant-based steak a steak, as long as it is clearly labelled as such. sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ern…

🍰New study finds diets high in ‘ultra-processed’ cakes, pastries, biscuits and alcohol is associated with increased health risks😲But what does that have to do with plant-based meat? 🧵

🇫🇮Level up for Finnish fermentation🇫🇮 Exciting news in Finland, where €36 million in combined public and private investment has been earmarked for a new mycoprotein factory, able to produce ‘enough novel mycoprotein to feed 40,000 people’. 🧵👇sifted.eu/articles/enife…

My Charlemagne this week is on veggie-burgers and "oatgurt". Meat-free "meat" - whether made of vegetables or grown in a lab - divides North vs South Europe. The beef may be fake, but the arguments from some politicians opposing it are real bullshit. economist.com/europe/2024/05…

🇮🇹In Italiano?🇮🇹 We’re hugely excited to share that our new Italian-language site has just launched! Visit our new site to learn more about alternative proteins in Italy and access Italian-language resources! gfieurope.org/it/

Europe has already run out of land, yet more is needed to achieve net zero & nature goals, feed more people, and generate energy. Our new report shows how supporting alternative proteins could replace the land crunch with a land dividend. 1/4 green-alliance.org.uk/publication/a-…

📢We're hiring!📢Are you looking to start an impactful career in communications, developing content that helps build a more sustainable food system? Learn more about our new Communications Assistant role and share with your network! gfieurope.org/careers/commun…

📢We're hiring!📢We're seeking a Scientific Community Coordinator based in 🇩🇰,🇸🇪,🇫🇮,🇩🇪,🇳🇱 or🇧🇪 to mobilise scientists and students to build a sustainable food system. Interested in applying? Know someone else who might be? Learn more, apply and share: gfieurope.org/careers/scient…

📢Policy news! The EU Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing initiative was published today, offering opportunities for the bloc to lead in innovative new industries. A quick 🧵on 3 key proposals relevant to scaling alternative proteins 1/6 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

🔬Cool research project🔬Scientists at Italy’s University of Milan-Bicocca and University of Insubria have been working on ways to utilise the lignin from trees and wheat-bran into sustainable inputs for alternative protein applications. unimib.it/news/nasce-pro…