Congratulations on your anniversary!
This year’s International Green Week Berlin is celebrating its birthday—its 100th, in fact—which we took as an opportunity to do some extensive research into the history, significance, and transformations of this internationally popular event, in addition to our usual trade fair roundup.
Our visit to FRUIT LOGISTICA 2026 felt noticeably more relaxed than the previous year. This year featured a remarkable variety of mushrooms – presented in many different formats – some primarily from a culinary perspective, others with a focus on health benefits.
When I visited for the first time BIOFACH this year, I was lucky enough to get to know a veteran of the industry – LaSelva BIO-Delicatessen, an Italian family of connoisseurs with a pioneering spirit from Munich. LaSelva took its first steps into the field of organic farming 40 years ago. This makes Toscana one of the proverbial cradles of organic farming in Europe. Continue reading LaSelva – Organic Delicatessen
Anticipation for this year’s FRUIT LOGISTICA was high – perhaps a little too high, because expectations need to be met, and this time Friday was certainly not our best choice of day to attend. But more on that later.
Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2025
Year after year – including in 2025 – Green Week once again drew us into the halls of Messe Berlin. As always, there was plenty to see: much that was familiar, but also quite a bit that was new, surprising, and this year, seemingly an incredible abundance of sweets. Continue reading International Green Week 2025
The press contact of the Initiative Tierwohl – Dr. Patrick Klein – was kind enough to give me an insight into this important and for me new topic, thank you for that. Continue reading Animal Welfare Initiative
Matti and Tuuli Kotaja from the Finnish family business Finnish Plant FP-Kotaja Oy, founded in 1983, are real enthusiasts – with their high-quality rose petal confiture they have a unique delicacy on the market. It is particularly likeable and impressive that Matti’s family has been active in agriculture since the 16th century – he has always had his profession in his genes. Continue reading Rose petal jam
As every year, fruit enthusiasts gathered once again in the halls of Messe Berlin in 2024. Naturally, the Foodadvisorblog team also undertook the “arduous” journey to the German capital to report back to you. Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2024
The 2024 International Green Week was once again truly refreshing—say what you will, but taking your first breaths in the newly laid-out flower halls of Green Week is always a “coming home” moment.
Great news for all papaya lovers and those who want to become one – HLB has introduced a new, very special product – the SAMBA Papaya. I have been following this impressive company since my first visit of FRUIT LOGISTICA, because papaya was not really one of my favourite fruit varieties at the time. Continue reading HLB`s SAMBA
At the FRUIT LOGISTICA there were all sorts of suppliers of papaya and every variety had its advantages. I had the chance to try papayas from every corner of the world. Very tasty papayas came for example from Brazil, they were quite big, nice to look at, not too firm and sweet as sugar. Continue reading HLB: Papaya at its best – Organic from America
After the last two years had restricted us all significantly more than we would have liked, the year 2023 began right away with a bang. The International Green Week (IGW) opened its doors and the world came to visit Berlin, as it had for many decades before. Continue reading International Green Week 2023
First of all, a quick info on my TOMRA interview partner at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2022 in Berlin.
Ken Moynihan, a native of Ireland, has been CEO of TOMRA Processed Food since January 2021. He is an absolute team player and brings to the company more than a decade and a half of experience in leadership roles in high-growth, transformational and scaling structures.
In addition to outstanding technical expertise, Ken consistently exudes positive life energy that has motivated his teams to award-winning high performance over the years. Ken is the Global Player personified and has worked, lived and been inspired by different cultures in South Africa, USA as well as New Zealand. Prior to joining TOMRA, Ken was CEO of Compac, the global leader in fresh fruit sorting technology, which TOMRA acquired in 2016. Continue reading TOMRA 2022 – The Interview
Expectations for FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023 were high and we wondered whether the motto “All in ONE” could make it the same as it once was before the pandemic.
Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023
Pure Finnish flavours!
The young company Poikain Parhaat Oy Ltd, Poikain Parhaat for short, is managed by Nikolas Jokisalo & Pertti Hakala from Tampere – they both pursue the idea of bringing Finnish quality & flavours to the world. Continue reading Poikain Parhaat – Pure Finnish Flavours
JYMY ice cream is a Finnish, multi-award-winning organic product from the small but fine company Suomisen Maito Oy. This ice cream manufacturer still uses genuine craftsmanship to create a culinary experience for its customers using sustainably produced organic raw materials. Continue reading JYMY Ice Cream
On Wednesday, February 6, 2022, it was once again time for a long time, the FRUIT-LOGISTICA had opened its doors the day before and I had the time to drop by – even if only briefly. Noticeably more streamlined than in 2018, it was clearly to note that many exhibitors of recent years had not yet taken the courage to be on site.
With the topic of climate change, the topic of BIO has also gained a lot of momentum again in recent months. More and more consumers worldwide are attaching importance to the fact that their food has been produced biologically harmless and as climate neutral as possible. Continue reading BIOFACH 2020
The FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award is an exciting event every year – companies are nominated here that offer innovative products in the international fruit and vegetable sector. Continue reading Innovation Award 2020
The Pili nut – what a nut & vegan at the same time. In addition to the absolutely great way of presentation and packaging in chic cotton bags – printed on a soy basis – the Cracking Monkey, originating in the Philippines, captivates especially with its haptic experience & ecological thought. Continue reading The Cracking Monkey – a MUST for nut lovers
The FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin becomes a fruitful affair every year.
FRUIT LOGISTICA is all about fruit, vegetables, transport logistics and innovation. There is an almost infinite variety of domestic & tropical fruits and the few days that this fair opens its doors are often hardly enough to have tasted all the delicacies. Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA Berlin
At BIOFACH 2020 it finally happened – after tasting the JYMY “anniversary variety” pine at the International Green Week 2020, I was able to try most of the varieties of this extraordinary organic ice cream – which I had only known from the website until then – live. Of course, I didn’t miss this opportunity and made my way to the Finnish “Corner” already on the first day of the fair. Continue reading JYMY @BIOFACH
The Finnish company Aten Marja Oy – ATEN for short – was founded in 1997 and is based in Hietanen, not far from Mikkeli, producing direct berry juices. There is a small outlet with an attached café right next to the production plant in Hirvensalmi. Continue reading Aten Marja Oy – Natural Juice