Anja Westhues, Author at Upcycled Foods, Inc.

Coffee Leaf: Upcycled Ingredient Series Part IV

Innovation SpotlightFebruary 2, 2023

Coffee Leaf Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Coffee leaf tea, derived from the coffee plant, is an incredibly sustainable beverage that could complement the coffee industry. This beverage takes the leaves from the coffee plant, which would have been otherwise wasted, and roasts them before grinding them into a fine powder and steeping them…

Cashew Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part III

Innovation SpotlightFebruary 2, 2023

Cashew Fruit Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Have you ever seen a cashew fruit? If not, get ready to be shocked. That small, curved nut known to us as the cashew comes from a much larger fruit known as the cashew fruit or cashew apple. The cashew seed, a.k.a. the…

What Is “Brewer’s Spent Grain?”

Upcycled Food MovementJuly 29, 2022

What Is "Brewer's Spent Grain?" If you haven’t heard of it before, you’re not alone. So-called "spent" grain is a massively overlooked potential source of human nutrition that accounts for 85% of the brewing industry’s byproducts. Think of it similarly to how whey protein is produced as the cheese industry's primary byproduct. Both are co-produced each time…

Innova’s Recent Market Research on the Upcycled Food Industry

Upcycled Food MovementJuly 28, 2022

Innova's Recent Market Research on the Upcycled Food Industry Consumers care more about their actions’ impact on the environment than ever before, according to an Innova Report published on June 30, 2022. This report was based on a Lifestyle & Attitudes survey conducted globally by Innova Market Insights. The results dictate that…

Coffee Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part II

Innovation SpotlightJuly 27, 2022

Coffee Fruit Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Many of the foods and drinks we love hide undervalued byproducts that contribute to food waste -- one of these is the coffee fruit, the the vehicle for the coffee beans that brew the top beverage consumed worldwide. History Beyond coffee beans, the coffee plant's edible assets are…

Cacao Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredients Series Part I

Innovation SpotlightJune 30, 2022

Cacao Fruit Upcycled Food Ingredient Series: Part One About 500 cacao beans go into producing a pound of chocolate… but did you know that cacao is actually a fruit? What happens to the rest? Well, typically not much. You may have seen creators eating the slimy, white-fleshed cacao fruit on TikTok and wondered…

Could Upcycled Foods Help Stabilize the Global Wheat Crisis?

Upcycled Food MovementJune 10, 2022

Could Upcycled Foods Help Stabilize the Global Wheat Crisis? You don't need to analyze your grocery store receipts too closely right now to see that food prices are skyrocketing, with wheat being no exception. Wheat products make up many of the staples we know and love - think bread, pasta, and crackers. If we don't…

How Should We Value Our Planet’s Atmosphere? An Introduction to Personal Carbon Offsetting

Upcycled LifestyleJune 24, 2019

How Should We Value Our Planet’s Atmosphere? An Introduction to Personal Carbon Offsetting This article is a collaboration with guest author Howard Jaslow, co-founder of offCents. When it comes to climate change, we seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Our standard of living continues to improve in part because of…

3 Easy Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic

Upcycled LifestyleApril 24, 2019

3 Easy Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic In the spirit of Earth Week, we are continuing the conversation around global plastic usage and waste. Recently, we have seen plastic waste highlighted as a part of the regular news cycle. We are especially tuned into the good news—from the rising popularity of zero-waste lifestyles to the banning…

Why You Should Be Optimistic About Compostable Packaging

Upcycled LifestyleOctober 19, 2018

Why You Should Be Optimistic About Compostable Packaging Optimism about packaging in today’s single-use culture can feel hard to reach. Rather than crumple up our dreams of a more sustainable future and toss them out the window, we’ve always felt inspired to find a better way. Cars aren’t going away, but they can become electric.…

Anja Westhues

Coffee Leaf: Upcycled Ingredient Series Part IV

Cashew Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part III

What Is “Brewer’s Spent Grain?”

Innova’s Recent Market Research on the Upcycled Food Industry

Coffee Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part II

Cacao Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredients Series Part I

Could Upcycled Foods Help Stabilize the Global Wheat Crisis?

How Should We Value Our Planet’s Atmosphere? An Introduction to Personal Carbon Offsetting

3 Easy Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic

Why You Should Be Optimistic About Compostable Packaging

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