By now, many of you will have opened a few doors of an Advent calendar. Likewise, every year certain Christmas treats are specifically tested for undesirable contaminants, e.g. mineral oil residues in Advent calendar chocolate.

The food industry is under pressure. The ever-increasing health trend is producing alternatives to industrial sugar. Coconut blossom sugar is a natural, unrefined sugar from the coconut palm, which is more nutritious and less blood sugar-increasing than normal sugar.

Healthy legumes such as chickpeas and lentils have enormous growth opportunities in the near future. Especially in vegetarian and vegan diets, the gluten-free "nutritional boosters" play an important role.

Whether you call it porridge or oatmeal, the main ingredient oats are an absolute super ingredient for the future. Oats offer a rich nutritional profile, they are versatile and even naturally gluten-free in their raw state.

Oats are also a very environmentally friendly ingredient, requiring little effort to grow and delivering positive effects for nature. The plant helps to reduce soil erosion, thus ensuring soil conservation before the next crop is spread on the field.

Sunflower seeds in salads and chia seeds in yoghurt, these are applications of seeds and kernels that are known and loved. But seeds & kernels are also increasingly used in baked goods, cereals and snacks. This trend ingredient not only makes for interesting textures, but also has a positive impact on nutritional values. Seeds and kernels are rich in protein, fibre and are a source of vitamins.