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The EU brought the consumption of fruits and vegetables and dairy products to more than 30 million children, during the school year 2016/17

28 de March de 2018

During the 2016/17 school year, the EU brought the consumption of fruit and vegetables to more than 12.2 million children in 79,000 schools, through its fruit and vegetable consumption program. Along the same lines of promoting a healthy diet among the European child population, more than 18 million schoolchildren participated in their milk consumption program. Thanks to both initiatives, more than 74,000 tons of fruit and vegetables and more than 285,000 tons of dairy products were distributed to children between the ages of 6 and 10 years.

AESAN and MERCAMADRID inaugurated the Professional Conference “5 a day”, highlighting the importance of spreading and promoting the consumption of fruits and vegetables

21 de March de 2018

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, AECOSAN showed its support to the Association “5 a day”, inaugurating its X Professional Conference, together with Mercamadrid. This event, which was held in the auditorium of the Mercamadrid Administrative Center, brought together distribution companies, wholesalers and producers of the fruit and vegetable sector.

García Tejerina praises the Alimentaria 2018 model as a world reference fair

2 de March de 2018

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, highlighted the full support of her Department for the renewal of the Alimentaria 2018 model, which implies more integration, greater openness to the outside world and more innovation. García Tejerina made these statements on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the presentation of the International Food, Beverage & Food Service Exhibition, held on February 28th at MAPAMA headquarters. A fair whose success, as the minister has indicated, is demonstrated by its more than 4,500 exhibiting companies from 70 countries, the participation of some 150,000 professionals (30% are international) and the nearly 12,500 business meetings scheduled.

Unique Group has ten healthy proposals for the PITA cafeteria menu

17 de January de 2018

Unica Group has developed ten healthy dishes proposals for the cafeteria menu of the Technological Park of Almería (PITA), continuing in its line of promoting healthy habits, just as it did with the Healthy Hotel project. These are recipes based on the “Healthy Eating Plate” concept from Harvard University, consisting of a balance of macronutrients, real food that is not processed, fresh and, whenever possible, organic.

MAPAMA organizes a tour of the landscapes and flavors of Spain at FITUR

16 de January de 2018

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment participates in the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2018, which takes place between January 17th and 21th  at the IFEMA fairgrounds in Madrid. The Department has a stand of 360 square meters, located in Hall 9 of the fair, to publicize the wide possibilities offered by the conjunction of National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, Spanish cuisine and Natural Roads, through a tour of the Spanish geography, under the message “Travel through the landscapes and flavors of Spain”.

“5 a day” faces the final straight for its next General Assembly of Members and Professional Conference

8 de January de 2018

A little less than two months before its celebration, on March 6th, the Association “5 a day” prepares for its General Assembly of Members and Professional Conference. The Annual General Membership Assembly, which this year celebrates its 20th edition and is held in the auditorium of the Mercamadrid Administrative Center, is the most important event of “5 a day”, which has already been consolidated as a meeting point between the partners of this Association.

Cuna de Platero receives in Fruit Attraction the Prize of Internet to the Best Blog, granted by FruitToday

20 de October de 2017

Cuna de Platero has consolidated in the last edition of Fruit Attración its commitment to the dissemination of healthy habits and the consumption of red fruits, a trajectory that has been recognized with the Star Prize of Internet that has given him in this fair the specialized magazine FruitToday . Thus, this company has renewed within the framework of Fruit Attración its agreement to join the Food and Health Program of the Spanish Heart Foundation and has become a professional partner of the Association “5 a day” in Spain.

Zespri® unveils vitality indexes for Spanish consumers

14 de October de 2017

Zespri®, the world leader in kiwifruit marketing in New Zealand, has unveiled Spanish consumer vitality indices by different age segments, following the presentation of the results of the “I Study on Vitality in Spain”. The purpose of this initiative has been to deepen the meaning of the concept of “vitality” and the mechanisms that support it, as well as to measure for the first time the index of vitality of the Spaniards and its relation with personal and social attitudes, as well as their habits of health and food.

Andalucía Sabor exceeds the expected figures, reaching more than 2,100 trade meetings

27 de September de 2017

The 6th edition of the Andalucía Sabor fair closed its doors last 27th of September, with results that confirm the professional and commercial character of this event. Throughout its three days of celebration, this fair has received more than 5,500 visitors and has allowed more than 2,100 meetings arranged from the national and international missions in which have participated 20 Spanish buyers and another 52 of 25 countries of highlighting those coming from the US, Canada, Brazil, Europe and Asia.

Sakata will wave the flavor flag at Fruit Attraction

20 de September de 2017

The seed company, Sakata Seed Ibérica, will be present at the next edition of Fruit Attraction in pavilion 5 stand 5D06, betting on the taste of its varieties. Thus, and under the motto “Sakata Sabor”, the central day of the fair, Thursday 19th October, the seed company has created a space in its stand where a colloquium will be held entitled “Field and kitchen” where, in a relaxed way a debate will be held on the importance of flavor from the beginning to the end of the food chain. This colloquium will be attended by Martín Berasategui, one of the most distinguished chefs in the country, who will serve as gastronomic spokesman.

A “tasty” network of reputed restaurants, anteroom of ‘Andalucía Sabor’

12 de September de 2017

A total of 41 restaurants from the eight Andalusian provinces have allied themselves in the Sabor Network, which from September 15th and for a whole month will offer special menus with quality Andalusian products. This is an initiative that is part of the Gastronomic Congress Andalusia Sabor, the largest professional event of Andalusian gastronomy, which will take place at Fibes II, Seville, from September 25th to 27th, held in parallel to the agri-food Fair Andalucía Sabor.

The asparagus of Huétor Tájar, protagonist of the most influential gastronomic blogs

18 de July de 2017

The Governing Council for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) ‘Espárrago de Huétor Tájar’ has decided to go a step further in promoting its product, counting on the support of some of the most influential Spanish bloggers specialized in gastronomy who, from their respective online platforms, publish articles on this exquisite food, encouraging their followers to share their own experiences and gastronomic experiences.

Some 10,000 schoolchildren tasted healthy breakfast with fruit, by the AGF Fashion Group

17 de July de 2017

In the wake of the excellent reception of the first edition of the promotional campaign in the AGF Fashion Group, “For Fruit Consumption in the Smallest”, for the second consecutive year this initiative has culminated successfully, bringing healthy breakfasts based on fruit, specifically Watermelon Fashion, about 10,000 children from national schools.