When Nutrition Becomes an App: Empowerment or Dependency?
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Europe is digitalising nutrition faster than it is teaching its citizens to read what the screen is telling them. By 2024, the EU-27 had reached an eHealth maturity score of 83%, and every Member State now offers online access to electronic health records. The Digital Decade goal of universal access by […]
Milk in the Age of Volatility: Why Dairy is Becoming a Strategic Industry Again
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The dairy sector is often seen as one of the most stable pillars of the agri-food system. But beneath that surface of continuity lies a market increasingly shaped by shocks, pressure, and deep transformation. Today, dairy is no longer just nutrition — it is economics, geopolitics, sustainability, and trust. To understand […]
A Budget Deviation for Growth, Not for Spending
On April 29, during the interview on RainNews with Roberto Vicaretti, Pietro Paganini stressed that Europe is becoming increasingly vulnerable in the new global crisis: lower growth, weaker productivity and declining purchasing power. For Italy, managing the status quo is not enough. The Government needs a bolder strategy: lower taxes on labour, more investment in […]
The Limits of One-Size-Fits-All Approaches: Rethinking Sugar Taxes in Europe
Public debate increasingly identifies sugar as the primary driver of obesity, often leading to simplified policy responses such as sugar taxes to tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Yet, the reality is more complex. The unintended consequences of taxation can be significant, and the real challenge lies not in restriction, but in promoting […]
Animal Proteins and Novel Foods: Why Balance is the Future of Food Innovation
Today, debates around food are often framed in binary terms – animal versus plant-based, traditional versus innovative, natural versus artificial, sustainable versus unsustainable. Yet food systems are inherently complex, and the real challenge is not substitution, but balance. This was the key message addressed during the Onfoods event “Proteins: Always Essential, Now Alternative”, promoted by […]
Earth Day: Rethinking Sustainability Through the Evolution of Livestock
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Earth Day (22 April) invites reflection on the future of our planet and the systems that sustain it. Yet, especially when it comes to food, the conversations often falls into simplification. Livestock production, in particular, is still widely framed as a problem to be reduced or eliminated. The reality, however, is […]
A Tax on What We Might Do: The Cloud Precedent
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The cloud may soon be taxed not for what we do, but for what we could do. A technical measure that hides a dangerous shift: behaviours are no longer assessed, and decisions are made based on mere assumptions. If we accept it, we are no longer regulating markets; we are taxing […]
From Availability to Resilience: Rethinking Food Security in the EU
Leggi l’articolo in italiano We invest heavily in energy security. Yet, as I have argued for years, we take something even more fundamental for granted: food availability. In a world of fragile supply chains and growing geopolitical tensions, food security can no longer be assumed. It is time to treat it for what it is: […]
Our Contribution to the Revision of the Nordic Keyhole Regulation
Competere has submitted its response to the public consultation launched by the Swedish Food Agency on the revision of the Nordic Keyhole regulation. Our contribution aims to support a balanced, science-based approach to consumer information, grounded in freedom of choice and respect for individual and cultural diversity. Download the full contribution The document highlights the […]
Nutrition and Eating Disorders: More Effective Strategies and Policies are Needed
Leggi l’articolo in italiano March 15 marks the Italian National Day dedicated to raising awareness about Nutrition and Eating Disorders (NED). In Italy, over three million people live with these pathologies, which represent one of the leading causes of death among adolescents. An even more worrying figure concerns the age of onset, which is increasingly […]