Food Tech News: Food Waste Protein Powder and Nike Coffee Sneakers
It’s that time of week! Food Tech News is here, and stories on protein powder made from food waste, a cell-based protein ingredient for skin care, and Nike’s new coffee […]
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Meijer and Flashfood Expand Food Waste Program Across Grocery Stores
Grocery chain Meijer announced this week it is on track to complete its food waste reduction program with Flashfood this year, with plans to expand the initiative across all Meijer […]
Skål! Gotland Spirits Launches Vodka Made From Food Waste
Gotland, Sweden-based Gotland Spirits this week launched a new liquor product called SPILL, which the company says is a “premium alcoholic beverage made from food waste.” The product, a vodka, […]
A Designer From Spain Has Turned Food Waste Into a Skincare Line
Redistributing cosmetically imperfect produce via grocery and restaurant services is one way to keep food out of landfills. Turning those cosmetically imperfect fruits and veggies into actual cosmetics is another […]
ReFED: Food Waste has ‘Leveled Off’ Since 2016, But More Must Be Done
The total amount of food wasted in the U.S. has leveled off since 2016, while food waste per capita has decreased 2 percent over the last three years, according to […]
UK Researchers Kickstart a New Project to Study and Fight At-Home Food Waste Behaviors
The United Kingdom has set up a national research project to study the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on food waste and develop methods for helping consumers better manage that food […]
Just Salad Debuts Meal Kit Brand to Fight Food Waste, Plastic Packaging
Fast-casual chain Just Salad has launched a meal kit brand it is calling the “next generation of meal kits.” Dubbed Housemade, the line is available now exclusively via Grubhub, according […]
China’s New Food Waste Tactic: Fining Restaurant Customers Who Order Too Much Food
Food waste is a global problem not limited to any country in particular, and it is estimated that around half the fruits and vegetables produced annually go to waste. In […]
Capital One Ventures Makes First Impact Investment in Food Waste Specialist Goodr
Capital One Ventures, the venture arm of financial services giant Capital One, has invested in food waste specialist Goodr. The investment, the amount of which was not disclosed, was announced […]
Google Takes on Food Waste With Food Tech Innovations Built by X
X, the “moonshot factory” of Google parent company Alphabet, announced today that two prototypes developed as part of a project called Project Delta have graduated and are now being transferred […]
Apeel’s James Rogers on Fixing Our Perishability Problem to Fight Food Waste
“Perishability is so fundamental to the food system it’s almost unchallenged,” James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel, said to me this week during a virtual event for The Spoon. […]
Food Tech News: Food Waste For Solar Energy, DoorDash Announces New Gifting Feature
Food waste used to produce solar energy A recent winner of the Sustainability 2020 James Dyson Award, Carvey Maigue (a student at Mapúa University in the Philippines) created a technology […]
