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JUNE 29, 2023

which … Continue reading Salt & Straw’s new menu reduces food waste with upcycled ingredients Okay, well, maybe not, but when you are digging into some of Salt & Straw’s newest flavors, you can enjoy the deliciousness all the more knowing that you’re helping fight food waste in the U.S.,

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JUNE 20, 2023

The amount of food waste … Continue reading Opportunities for upcycling abound with food waste pervasive across the industry According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 40% of all food in the U.S.

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Cleannovate

JULY 9, 2023

Let me start with a disclaimer. This newsletter is all about sharing innovative ideas on circular businesses. Some of these ideas might just be concepts waiting for someone to put their mind and soul into them to see them through. But this particular one is an idea that excites me. So it’s not just a […]

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Upcycling agricultural waste into food ingredients and alternative protein inputs will be necessary to help feed the world’s growing population, according to a new report from the Good Food Institute (GFI). Read the full story at Food Business News.

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Cleannovate

JUNE 8, 2023

Picture an elegant plastic paper packaging. After disposal, what happens to it? Three options might arise… First, it could be reformed into cheap straws… Secondly, it could be reused to make another paper bag… Lastly, it could be reformed into a casing for a computer. These three scenarios look the same but their differences are […]

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York, envision … Continue reading The future of menus includes upcycled ingredients Not just any vegetables, but the plants that typically never leave the field. That’s what brothers Jeremy and Adam Kaye, co-founders of The Spare Food Co.,

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Consumers consistently rank sustainability as a top motivator for dining and shopping decisions, and upcycled ingredients are leading the way. Read the full story at The Food Institute.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Several years later, the brothers … Continue reading Behind Do Good Foods’ mission to lower livestock emissions through upcycling They would routinely take food leftovers and feed them to their chickens, pigs and pets, which they said helped the animals grow strong.

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JULY 15, 2022

Launches of food and beverages containing upcycled ingredients saw a 122% compound annual growth rate in the five years ending third-quarter 2021, according to a report from Innova Market Insights. Nearly … Continue reading Upcycled food launches leap as concerns around waste grow: report.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Carbon Rivers, a company that produces advanced material and energy technologies, has commercialized a process to recover clean, mechanically intact glass fiber from decommissioned wind turbine … Continue reading Carbon Rivers makes wind turbine blade recycling and upcycling a reality with support from DOE.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Upcycled food is the next frontier in recovering and repurposing food that may otherwise go to landfills, encouraging the reintroduction and reuse of food items into the supply chain. In an effort to advance the upcycled food industry, The Kroger Co. Read the full story at Progressive Grocer.

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MAY 18, 2022

UPDATE: April 20, 2022: Del Monte Foods said its Del Monte Gut Love and Boost Me Fruit Infusions have been declared Upcycled Certified by the Upcycled Food Association, the latest of the company’s offerings to receive the designation.

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JULY 2, 2021

Enter “upcycling.” Or take a swig of juice with “reprocessed” ingredients made from other food byproducts? Without the right marketing, these don’t sound like the most appetizing options. That’s the relatively recent term for the age-old… Read more →

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JUNE 23, 2023

Upcycling turns would-be trash into ice cream and pizza The head ice cream maker at the Portland, Oregon-based Salt & Straw uses the whey leftover from yogurt makers in upstate New York to make his lemon curd flavor. For chocolate barley milk, … Continue reading The US has tons of leftover food.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today, on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Misfits Market and the Upcycled Food Association announced they are launching The Upcycling Challenge, a contest for food entrepreneurs to create an innovative, sustainable, and delicious food product that repurposes excess food or waste.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Kaffe Bueno, a new startup, has opened a coffee biorefinery in Rødovre, Denmark to develop this oil into food … Continue reading Coffee biorefinery opened in Denmark to upcycle coffee grounds

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JULY 8, 2022

Researchers have developed an upcycling approach that adds value to discarded plastics for reuse in additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. Read the full story from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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MARCH 17, 2022

The upcycled food movement is gaining momentum as product developers create new uses for previously overlooked ingredients. Read the full story in Food Business News. Exhibitors at Natural Products Expo West sampled nutritious food and beverages formulated with avocado seeds, celery scraps, orange peels and other landfill-bound leftovers.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The trial program will examine how the cocoa-based fertilizer affects wheat crop production, soil health and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over a … Continue reading Nestle exploring upcycled, low-carbon fertilizer

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Cleannovate

JUNE 20, 2023

What better way to grow personal, communal and national wealth than converting waste into valuable products. And that’s what this article is about. How can we practically take what’s rejected and convert it into what’s really needed? That’s the gyst of circular economy – and more precisely waste valorization.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 15, 2023

A buzzword among food formulators today is upcycling. Read the full story from Food Business News. It’s a concept gaining traction among a growing number of consumers and food manufacturers interested in reducing food waste through a circular economy.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Del Monte Foods has announced what it said is the industry’s first canned vegetable product to be certified by the Upcycled Food Association under its new upcycled certification program.

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Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Bowen Collection is a classically framed table with a twist — its top surface material is made using an ultra-durable blend of upcycled rice hulls that would have otherwise gone to waste.

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Inhabitant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The World Design Organization named Trashpresso, designed by Miniwiz, a World Design Impact Prize Winner for 2021.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 19, 2022

Circular food solutions, upcycled ingredients and local production all offer the food and drink sector a solution to counter current global economic pressures and supply chain volatility. Read the full story at Food Navigator.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

z International’s SnackFutures innovation and venture hub, today announced the launch of its new Quinoa Squares, which is also one of the first products on the market to carry the Upcycled Food Association’s (UFA) Upcycled Certified™ mark on its packaging. Read more →

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MAY 2, 2022

As someone passionate about fighting food waste, upcycled food gives me so much hope. A rising number of clever food brands across the globe are doing their part to recognise divert … Continue reading Maximizing taste, minimizing waste: 14 upcycled vegan food brands reducing food waste.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science offers a … Continue reading CDs to flexible biosensors: Researchers discover easy, inexpensive upcycling method. New research from Binghamton University’s Thomas J.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 22, 2022

Singapore upcycling products firm CRUST has revealed a new collaborative upcycling business model of working with big food and beverage brands to develop new co-branded products from their existing food waste. Read the full story at Food Navigator Asia.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 22, 2023

Pet food and treat processors have been using upcycled ingredients — namely in the form of rendered meat byproducts — before it was even a coined term.

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JULY 8, 2021

SuperGrain+ flour developed by ReGrained has become the first ingredient to receive the certification created by the Upcycled Food Association. Read the full story at Food Business News. The flour is derived from the byproduct of beer brewing and is rich in protein, dietary fiber and prebiotics, according to the company. Read more →

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Inhabitant

AUGUST 2, 2021

Papermelon jewelry is constructed from upcycled paper, which is collected from friends, neighbors and well-wishers.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 30, 2023

Brands that upcycle food waste help to … Continue reading 12 beauty brands that upcycle food waste into sustainable skincare options There is a lot more food waste than you might think: A 2011 report for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stated that approximately one-third, or around 1.3

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 20, 2023

Upcycling brewers’ spent grains adds protein and fiber to food and beverage products. Read the full story at Food Business News. The practice has a sustainability benefit, too, in that it reduces food waste. Yet cost remains an issue.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Joining the Food For Thought podcast this week is Pulp Pantry’s Kaitlin Mogentale here to talk about the upcycling food movement and how the process of taking one company’s food waste can turn into another company’s product gold. Read the full story at Food Processing. Read more →

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Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 2, 2021

Comet Bio, which uses its patented upcycling technology to produce ingredients, has completed a Series C funding round with an initial close of $22 million. Read the full story in Food Business News. Open Prairie, a private equity management fund based in Effingham, Ill., led the round. Other investors included Louis Dreyfus Co.,

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