Tag: Pork
Finland’s food exports exceed 2 billion euros for the first time
“The growth opportunities of the food industry in Finland are limited. With the growth of exports, the capacity of the food industry can be increased, which also strengthens the domestic market and improves crisis resilience,” says director Esa Wrang. From Business Finland’s Food from Finland program. Food exports are strategically important in terms of Finland’s […]
Finnish inflation approaches 8 percent in June
Inflation continued to grow in June and rose to 7.9 percent, according to Statistics Finland. In May, the corresponding figure was 7.0 percent. The upward trend was especially reflected in energy and food prices, says the number cruncher. "Since December of last year, the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages have risen by 10 percent, […]
Plant-based hamburger ad for “human flesh” wins award
A Swedish food brand has debuted a patty that they claim tastes like humans An ad for a plant-based burger flavored to mimic human flesh won an award at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week – although it is unclear who could judge the vegan patty’s resemblance to the real thing. Swedish vegan […]
Herbal hamburger ad for human flesh wins award
A Swedish food brand has debuted a patty that they claim tastes like humans An ad for a plant-based burger flavored to mimic human flesh won an award at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week – although it is unclear who could judge the vegan patty’s resemblance to the real thing. Swedish vegan […]
What was eaten in Finland in 2021?
According to preliminary calculations, the total consumption of grain was about 84 kilograms per capita in 2021. The total consumption has increased over the last two years, largely due to the increase in the consumption of oats and wheat. Last year, 45.4 kilograms of wheat and 10.2 kilograms of oats were consumed. Consumption of rye […]
Finland’s 41st National Park opens to Eastern Lapland
Finland’s 41st National Park was officially opened in Salla, Eastern Lapland, on Saturday. The conversion of the nature reserve into a national park is projected to double the number of visitors to the wilderness area near the eastern border. The wilderness area of about 100 square kilometers is characterized by mountain and mountain views, gorges, […]
New UN report: The world’s most vulnerable pay more for less food
World food import bills are projected to grow by $ 51 billion from 2021, of which $ 49 billion is due to rising prices. “These are alarming signs from a food security perspective and show that it is difficult for importers to finance rising international costs, which could anticipate their resilience to rising prices,” the […]
Luke: The food costs of Finnish households will rise by more than € 500 due to price increases
Food expenditure accounted for 12.5 per cent of household consumption in 2021. Coffee, fish and vegetables have pushed up food prices in the early part of the year. For example, coffee cost about a third more in February 2022 than in February 2021. Luke said last week that it expects the rise in food prices […]
Sweden denies online allegations that Muslim children have been abducted
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Sweden has denied allegations that the country’s social authorities kidnap Muslim children. This follows kidnapping stories published on social media by Muslim groups. The Swedish government has responded by saying that the accusations are “wrong” and are “seriously misleading and aimed at creating tension and spreading mistrust.” On Twitter, the Ministry of Foreign […]
An Actor’s Life: Programmed to Tell the Truth
In Fergal O’Byrne’s ‘Rub-a-Dub-Dub’, which I am proud to confirm, will have its world premiere on March 16 (see page 9 for details) as the first piece of the That Theater Company 2022 line-up, one of the characters is a replicant programmed to tell the truth. Another big bold one Unfortunately, in this age, the […]
Thursday’s newspapers: Banknotes from Russia, banking service and bad Olympic snow
This week’s written communication from Russia has been a traumatic experience for Finns, and there has been much more coverage in the Finnish media than in other countries that have received similar letters. To sum up: On Monday, Russia sent a list of security policy requirements to several EU and NATO countries and asked them […]
New Year’s most chickens: Danish turkeys survive Christmas, but then succumb to the eradication of bird flu
Talk about accidents. Every year, turkeys fear Thanksgiving and the duality of Christmas, and relatively few worldwide survive unscathed until December 26th. In Denmark, however, the odds are much better, as most people prefer duck or pork as Christmas dinner. But for 36,000 turkeys on a large farm on Lolland, Christmas came later than usual […]
The decline in world food imports will reach a record high in 2021
A new report released on Thursday said the decline in global food imports is expected to exceed US $ 1.75 trillion by the end of 2021. This is 14 percent more than the previous year and 12 percent higher than the previous forecast, UN News reports. According to the FAO’s new Food Outlook, food trade […]
The Pork Quartet – a love story
Örjan Högberg, Jonas Lindgren and Mattias Helldén already meet at the music educationat Stockholm Academy of Music in the early 70s. The seeds of the Pork Quartet begin to germinate when they throw themselves into the school’s basement rooms to jam during breaks. When cellist Sebastian Öberg and the band’s first percussionist Johan Söderberg eventually […]
A beef steak will soon be as luxurious as champagne, predicts the head of Danish Crown
Jais Valeur, CEO of Danish Crown, predicts that steak will soon become champagne and caviar as a luxury food due to the extra climate-related costs needed to bring it to market, he tells Berlingske. While Danish Crown claims that it has taken huge steps with its efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its pork […]
Taste-Bud: The BIG orange squash
Over the next two to three weeks we are going to see a lot of pumpkins in the supermarkets! But remember to stock up well in advance of Halloween as they can be hard to find in the last week of October. It can be a little overwhelming cooking with such a large vegetable, but […]
Thursday’s papers: Climate man, farmers crisis, battery charging
Protesters from the Finnish branch of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion, known as Elokapina, prevented traffic from crossing the Pitkäsilla bridge near the center of Helsinki for several hours late on Wednesday. Police said in a Twitter message that 123 of the protesters have been arrested. According to the day Helsingin sanomat newspaper, Elokapina had […]
Thursday’s newspapers: Dance ban, civil disobedience, farmers in despair
Tabloid Evening paper says that Finland’s so-called "dance ban" will remain in force until, according to the authorities, the coverage of the coronavirus exceeds 80%. Under current rules, bar and restaurant staff must ensure that each customer sits in their own seat indoors. Tabloid writes that the public is now confused as to why the […]
Thursday’s newspapers: dance ban, civil disobedience and farmers in despair
Tabloid Evening paper says that Finland’s so-called "dance ban" will remain in force until, according to the authorities, the coverage of the coronavirus exceeds 80%. Under current rules, bar and restaurant staff must ensure that each customer sits in their own seat indoors. Tabloid writes that the public is now confused as to why the […]
PTT: Finnish food prices will rise rapidly in 2022
The increase is due to simultaneous increases in production costs and consumer purchasing power, which allows producers and retailers to pass on cost increases to consumer prices. This year, the profitability of agricultural producers will be weakened not only by rising prices for feed, construction and fertilizers, but also by poor returns. “Agricultural entrepreneurial incomes […]
Danish Crown embroiled in green pork scandal
The world’s largest pork exporter, Danish Crown, is being taken to court for greenwashing over its marketing claim that its bacon comes from “climate-controlled pigs”. Danish Crown believe its reasoning is robust, claiming that it is striving to become “the world’s most sustainable and successful meat producer”, citing evidence showing that Danish farmers have already […]
Świńskie Ryje at Żaboli – motorcycle meeting in Akranes
On Saturday, June 12 at 2 p.m. a motorcycle meeting called “Świńskie Ryje u Żaboli”, organized by Linda Zarzycka and Żabol Arek Zarzycki, will begin in Akranes. For many years, motorcyclists, both riding their own machines, gather around them motorcycle enthusiasts and people who are positively crazy. “Swine Snouts” is an event that has been […]
Cereal prices rise after restarting pig farming
Cereal prices have risen sharply over the past six months on the grain exchanges in Paris and Chicago. One of the reasons is, among other things, that China has resumed its breeding of pork after the African swine fever paralyzed the country’s pig farmers. The trading futures for wheat to be sold in December this […]
Food & beverage Round-Up: Once WISH coffee lovers never go back
The Nørrebro-based coffee importer and roastery ØNSK has reported soaring online sales during the corona lock along with an increase in subscriptions to the coffee beans, which come largely exclusively from two countries where fair trade can make a difference: Nicaragua and Zimbabwe,. Since the founding of the company in 2017, co-owner Rasmus Ditlev has […]
Brown sauce and cooking hits under the corona
The outbreak of coronavirus and the many hours within the four walls of the home have changed the habits of many Danes. Some have thrown themselves over the knitting, others a sourdough – and then it seems that some have thrown love on cooking. At any rate, one in four in a new study responds […]
As if we needed another excuse to cut our faces
Today is a special day in Iceland, known as Explosion Day. Now, before you ask Google Translate to confuse this word into something that resembles obscure English, we’ll save you the trouble by telling you that the phrase “explosion day” will result. And if that sounds weird, then maybe we should talk about it. Explosion […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Sotenäs, Wednesday. – Hello there, now you can take off the mouth guards. We had trampled Swedish airport ground for about three seconds and were still among people in a closed hall when the security guard at Landvetter informed us that we no longer needed to have mouth guards. As if we were wearing them […]
Kattegat showers can give white sprinkles on winter-ready Christmas Eve
It takes ten years to find the latest nationwide white Christmas. And that shoal is not going to be broken this year. On the other hand, it can be unusually nice if you take a short walk after beating your stomach on top of the pork roast. – Tonight and Christmas night it will be […]
Dead piglets found over central Copenhagen
Commuters in Copenhagen have woken up to find the bodies of dead piglets placed around the capital – in a stunt staged by animal rights activists. Sixteen pigs have been placed in prominent places around the city overnight: among them Parliament, the Council for Agriculture and Food, Politikens Hus and DR Byen. In scenes worthy […]
Rail transport of Finnish pork will not reach China during the test run
The attempt of the Finnish food company Atria to export thousands of kilos of pork by train earlier this autumn failed, the company has confirmed. During a test run at the end of September, a freight train freezer truck containing about 20,000 kg of pork by-products was stopped at the Russian border due to incomplete […]
Support parties support meat-free days in the state
The state canteens cover just under 100,000 employees. Both the Socialist People’s Party and the Radicals would like to see the requirement extended to other places in the public sector as well, for example in municipalities and regions. – A requirement must be made that CO2 emissions must be reduced by a minimum of 25 […]
Science Round-Up: Who needs meat or skin to make the perfect sausage?
In addition to the Copenhagen food producer Rootly, researchers from DTU have been working on developing a recipe for a skinless vegan sausage. Such a recipe would allow the manufacturer to recycle the pulp currently being discarded but face the problem of how to preserve the classic sausage shape when cooking. Optimized structure DTU Food […]
Early Travels: To beat the meat
Denmark has a vegan party. And like the unappetizing social event it sounds like, the Vegan Party is unlikely to be affected by the current restrictions on how many people can gather in one place. Despite being few in number and short in the tooth, they do not seem worried about biting more than they […]
From Iceland – The best instructions: Eat, pray, quarantine
The best takeaway for your time alone It’s evening, you’re just started “inheriting” and the prospect of human interaction is at least 6 days away, or maybe even 14. So how do you reduce their grief in the face of such loneliness? That is correct! It’s time to eat your lonely, lonely feelings. Of course, […]
Boom farmer boom during the pandemic
Demand for Swedish meat has increased during the pandemic, figures from the Swedish Board of Agriculture show. Although total meat consumption in Sweden decreased slightly during the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, imports of both beef and pork decreased even more. “When people cook in their own kitchen […]
Checking the cleaning of trucks should keep swine fever out
Over the next six months, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration will check that lorries crossing the border into Denmark have been cleaned in accordance with the rules. They will do so with samples of 300 trucks. The effort must prevent swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease from being transported into the country. It writes the […]
The Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Horsens is free of new infections
Employees at the huge Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Horsens were able to breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday. Just over 300 people who have worked with a man who turned out to be corona infected have received answers to their corona test. They are all negative. This is stated by Danish Crown in a […]
Finnish national parks can grow as the number of visitors increases
Outdoor activity has always been enthusiastic among Finns, but when the coronavirus crisis began to tighten grip last spring, more people than ever visited the country’s national parks. At the onset of the crisis, residents were increasingly turning to the outdoors rather than other indoor activities, according to Google monitoring data. The Ministry of the […]
