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Luxe Leftover

Artisan and high-end foods are being created with leftovers

Implications - Brands that offer artisan packaged foods, as well as higher-end dishes, are incorporating leftover ingredients into their products in order to reduce the amount of waste in the food industry. This shift caters to eco-conscious consumers, and offers an easily identifiable selling point for brands to leverage when marketing such products.
Workshop Question - How could your brand better appeal to eco-conscious consumers?
Trend Themes
1. Upcycling Food Waste - Brands are using leftover ingredients and food scraps to create high-end foods, and specialty dishes.
2. Using Byproducts as Ingredients - Brands are making products that incorporate food byproducts such as juice pulp or soybean fiber, that typically go to waste.
3. Conscious Consumption Awareness - Consumers and brands are actively seeking ways to increase awareness and conversation about food waste and repurposing of discarded food materials.
Industry Implications
1. Food and Beverage Industry - Brands can focus on using sustainable ingredients and reducing food waste in their products and packaging.
2. Hospitality Industry - Hotels, restaurants, and stadiums can adopt a food waste policy and donate excess food to the less fortunate.
3. Health and Wellness Industry - Brands can create functional foods by incorporating nutrient-dense food scraps or byproducts into their products.
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Featured Examples

Food Waste-Preventing Bakeries
Food Waste-Preventing Bakeries
Milk & Cookies Bakeshop Sells 'Cake Scraps in a Sad Box'
In an effort to reduce food waste, Edmonton-based bakery, Milk & Cookies Bakeshop, launched the ‘Cake Scraps in a Sad Box.’ The product is made from cake scraps that result from the... MORE
Lettuce-Infused Beverages
Lettuce-Infused Beverages
Packaged Salad Producer Organicgirl's Drinks Include Leftover Lettuce
Organicgirl prides itself on producing all-organic “good clean greens” and is now venturing into a new category with beverages. The brand recently unveiled the newest additions to its... MORE
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For #FeedingTheFuture, The Economist Shared Coffee Made with Used Grounds
As part of its ongoing #FeedingTheFuture campaign that examines the future of food, and food waste, The Economist has launched stations that give away smoothies made from misshapen produce and cups... MORE
play_circle_filledRepurposed Stadium Food
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Hellmann's Diverted Grocery Store Food Waste to Feed an Entire Stadium
There is a staggering amount of grocery store food waste that is generated on a daily basis and Hellmann’s set out to bring awareness to this reality with a stunt. To highlight the fact that &... MORE
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Pressed Juicery and Mendocino Farms Make Vegetable Patties from Juice Pulp
California-based sandwich chain Mendocino Farms and Pressed Juicery recently joined forces to create the ‘Rescued Vegetable Burger,’ which is made with vegetable patties prepared from... MORE
Food Waste Cookies
Food Waste Cookies
Renewal Mill's Chocolate Chip Cookies Use Okara Flour Made with Soybean Pulp
With a mission to tackle the issue of food waste, emerging and established brands are creating entire businesses and products around giving new life to byproducts from the food and beverage... MORE
Leftover Brewery Malt Pastas
Leftover Brewery Malt Pastas
The Sfoglini BxB Radiators Flavored Pasta is Nutty and Hearty
Sfgolini is a Brooklyn-based pasta shop that is renowned for creating unexpected specialty pastas, so the Sfoglini BxB Radiators flavored pasta comes as an exceptional new offering. Created in... MORE
Clubhouse Cookie Cheesecakes
Clubhouse Cookie Cheesecakes
The Thin Mints Cake is Made Using Pre-Packaged Girl Scout Biscuits
The Girl Scout Utility cake recipe is a cookie cheesecake that repurposes the popular Girl Scout Cookies into a sophisticated dessert. The cookies are used as both a filling and crust for the cake... MORE

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