44% of Bulgarians consider environmental friendliness and protection of the planet to be important factors when choosing food products. This is shown by a recent study by Danone, conducted in March 2024 for the third consecutive year in all five countries of the Central and Eastern Europe region. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed (28%) say they at least occasionally replace some animal-based foods with plant-based alternatives. Among the younger generations, there is a gr...

The enterprise in Razgrad produces starches, sweeteners and ethanol, and the usage of the products are expanding. Today the company is part of the American giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), which has 94 billion dollars in sales in 2023, and operates under the name "ADM Razgrad". It is the largest single consumer of corn in Bulgaria and the second largest company in the Food and Drink industry with a turnover of BGN 1.2 billion for 2022. Customers of the product...

Harmonica officially  is certified B Corp. This makes it part of a global B Corp network that brings together exceptional companies and brands committed to working for communities and with care for the environment. Because business should be a force for good. „From the beginning of Harmonica, our goal has been to use the business model to find solutions to environmental and social problems and to set an example so that other businesses and entrepreneurs will fol...

Last year at the Forbes Business Award we received an award for a socially responsible company, mainly because of our efforts to clean up the Struma River, and this year we are in third place in the Green Company of 2024 category. This is linked to our long-standing efforts to work with climate and biodiversity in mind. Reducing our ecological footprint is part of all the decisions we make – for products, production, transport, warehouses. We are far from being a cle...

Bulgarian energy food producer Mellifera renewed its production base in 2023 using the capital raised on the BEAM Growth Market of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. We have new machines. We made our first export to the UAE, broke ground in Japan and signed a contract in the US, where we will deliver in two months. Said Bilyana Nikolova, founder and executive director of Mellifera, in the program "Business Start". Read more