Discarded grape waste repurposed as spice blends and baking mixes
The first five products are now on sale under the brand Devine Connoisseur.
French startup turns beer waste to alt-meat protein
Using leftover yeast from breweries, the company manufactures a nutritious, flavourful and versatile protein.
Getting lab-grown meat – and milk – to the table
Bob Holmes of Knowable takes a deep dive into the cell-based meat industry. Just how close is it to being commercially viable?
Eat Plant Love’s plant-based mee pok ‘indistinguishable from the real thing’
EPL will serve up seven plant-based alt-seafood and alt-meat products, all halal-certified, free from cholesterol and trans-fats and packed with dietary fibre.
Hunt and Brew adopts recycled packaging of white milk and cold brew
The plastic bottles are re-made at Australasia’s largest end-to-end PET recycling facilities based in NSW, and a second plant due to open this week in Victoria.
Gold Coast artisan food store Meda Deli showcases zero-waste foods and accessories
“Meda Deli is built on the concepts of quality and sustainability. Our products are premium and carefully curated to ensure there is limited-to-no wastage.”
Snackboy to launch plant-based offerings for the summer
Created by General Foods, Snackboy focuses on flavourful, nutritious and ethical products that are innovative and – in the company’s terms – “drool-worthy”.
Start-up Reuser creates a coffee cup from used vegetable oil
A bioplastic combines leftover cooking and vegetable oil and crop waste, which replaces the often used fossil-fuel-based plastic alternatives.
Singapore butchery to sell cultivated meat in world first
Huber’s will become the first butchery in the world to add a new, locally produced cultivated meat to its display case and bistro menu.
Mars Wrigley Australia’s chocolate bars to be sold in paper-based wrappers
Mars Bar, Snickers and Milky Way will be the first brands to be applied to the locally-created sustainable wrappers in April.
Coles to roll out compostable Secos MyEcoBag packs in 2000 stores nationwide
Secos will introduce a new 36-litre shelf-ready presentation pack and a new 27-litre pack at Coles.
Sustainable shots: 1800 Tequila creates bar to boost awareness of circular waste
“It’s incredible to see how consumer waste – including bread ties and plastic milk bottles – can be turned into entirely new usable products.”
Kiwi start-up releases upcycled products to solve food waste
The company helps to counter one of Aotearoa’s major sources of food waste.
7 plastic-free chewing gum brands to try
There’s a lot to chew when it comes to gum. Here’s a fact: three out of four people worldwide don’t realise chewing gum is made from plastic.
Meliora launches Australia’s first plant-based liquid egg
The egg liquid is sourced from mung bean and fava bean protein isolates.
