Halloween Takes Hold In Europe
Halloween doesn’t have as much impact in Europe as it has in the United States, but it is growing in popularity, leading to the development of ever more spooky season treats and trends. Let’s take [...]
McCormick & Company: A Historic Brand Goes High Tech
American spice giant McCormick & Company is a Fortune 1000 company founded in 1889. But recent years have shown that even old brands can learn new tricks. McCormick & Company was founded and is still [...]
BiFi and the Best Wurst
The demand for ready-to-eat, high protein snacks keeps growing, creating a market worth $5B USD in 2018, and continuous growth projected for the next several years. Europe is home to some of the biggest companies [...]
Origins of a Legend: Maggi
From humble beginnings in Switzerland, Maggi has become a global staple, used in thousands of meals every minute of every day. The history of Maggi goes back to Frauenfeld, Switzerland, where Julius Maggi inherited his [...]
Belgian Chocolate: Origins of an Icon
How did a small northern European country become world-famous for a food native to the New World? We explore the magic behind Belgian Chocolate. Belgian chocolate is famous around the world, and deeply embedded in [...]
Rethinking Packaging
Every year, the average European generates nearly three times their own body weight in product packaging waste. But times are changing. As governments pass more regulations restricting the use of plastics, and consumers are looking [...]
The Amazing Origins of Dutch Cheese
While cheese may not be one of the first things that people think of when they think of the Netherlands, many of the world’s most popular cheeses, including Gouda and Edam, are Dutch. In fact, [...]
Flavours of Spain
Spain has the second-largest proportion of land devoted to agriculture in Europe, second only to France. The incredible diversity of ecosystems in Spain, ranging from the Mediterranean Andalucia to the dry plateaus of central Spain, [...]
