Stories

Wagralim is the competitiveness cluster for the Walloon agrifood businesses.

Flanders’ FOOD stimulates innovation in Flemish food companies and their direct suppliers in the food chain. 

The Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (‘FASFC’) preserves the safety and the quality of food in order to protect humans, animals and plants.

Pittman Seafoods scours the globe for the very best in fish and seafood, which is frozen and processed for clients in the retail, industrial, wholesale and foodservice sectors.

Plant-based delicacies are becoming increasingly popular. 15 years ago people only changed their diet on doctor’s orders. Today the consumer is actively looking for healthy alternatives.

Sipping on a cup of coffee instantly takes you away. A bar, friendly chat, a memorable scent. A feast for your taste buds and an ode to conviviality. Whoever visited the Expo in Milan knows that Belgian roasters are particularly adept in finding the right balance.

Several Belgian companies with a long heritage of making quality speculoos biscuits have recently geared up to let even more markets enjoy this Belgian delicacy.

Belgium produces vegetables of the highest quality. Tomatoes, chicory, lettuce, leeks, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, cauliflower, asparagus and mushrooms, grown mainly by family owned companies, are on shop shelves around the world.

Since the Belgian ice-cream manufacturer IJsboerke was acquired in 2013 by Glacio, the brand has not let any opportunity slip to emphasise its Belgian traditional craftsmanship.

Did you know that Brewery De Halve Maan builded a pipeline between its brewery and its bottling plant to avoid daily transports by heavy trucks in the medieval center? So next time you are admiring the beautiful buildings at Bruges, don’t forget to look down once in a while!

UNESCO has added the Belgian beer culture to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: a well-deserved recognition of the diversity, quality and innovation of the Belgian beer sector.

Vitaline had always been a company with high respect for tradition, ingredients, mankind and environment. Recently, the owner found an old family recipe for speculoos that dated back to 1924 and decided to go all the way “back to basics”.