Healthy cuisine: More and more companies are relying on herbal diet!

Healthy cuisine: More and more companies are relying on herbal diet!

Kärnten, Österreich - More and more companies in Carinthia are relying on healthy eating! 72 facilities, including schools and retirement homes, are already taking part in the country's voluntary quality seal program. This initiative obliges the participants to reduce meat consumption and to use more vegetable, regional and seasonal foods. Last year, six new members were added to a health -conscious food supply, as reported ORF Kärnten . Sabine Wurzer, dietologist and head of health promotion, emphasizes that the requirements for the companies have increased: In addition to classic nutritional recommendations, environmental aspects are now also included in the nutritional criteria. An innovation step that focuses on vegetables, fruit and herbal foods instead of pure meat.

But the challenges for the food industry are enormous! Despite the difficulties due to the availability of agricultural raw materials and extremely increased energy prices, sales in 2023 could be kept stable. According to the reports of the Federal Association of the German Nutrition Industry (BVE), the price level in Germany is even 6.5 percent above the EU average. Despite the shrinking real wages and inflation -related consumer behavior, the industry remains robust from a point of view, since it guarantees the basic supply of high -quality food. However, the cost pressure due to increasing raw material and logistics prices puts the manufacturers under pressure, which also affects the innovative strength, as the