Are Nose-to-Tail and Root-to-Stem Cooking Considered Upcycled Food?
What is "Nose-to-Tail?"
Nose-to-tail cooking entails getting maximal use out of all parts of the animal and letting very little, if any, parts go to waste. This form of cooking is far more sustainable than traditional industrial animal consumption, and resembles upcycled food values in a…
How upcycled product innovation can help grocers address their sustainability priorities in 2023
As sustainability becomes an increasingly important focus for consumers and businesses alike, grocery retailers are looking for ways to reduce waste and make their operations more sustainable. According to a recent study by Supermarket News, 71% grocers listed sustainability as a key…
In February of 2019 ReGrained struggled with a major decision. Due to the massive field failure experienced when deploying our first to market compostable films, we announced that we would be transitioning to conventional plastic packaging. We expressed a goal to deploy a viable solution within a year, and we were optimistic…
Upcycling takes many different forms. Whether it's transforming brewer's spent grain into flavorful snack puffs or plastic into bags, both ReGrained and Got Bag share a mission of turning waste into things we can use and love. Bonded by our similar business model, we asked our friends at Got Bag to learn more about their upcycling process!
"What is Got Bag, and…
2020 tested all of us. We faced both personal and collective challenges. However, 2020 also revealed incredible moments of humanity, of reaching beyond ourselves to help others. In that spirit, we were inspired to craft some New Year’s Resolutions to "Eat Responsibly" and share them with you!
#1 Prepare a Plan
Eating healthfully and sustainably starts before even stepping…
Guest Post by Shannon Bergstrom
We all love food, and try our hardest to make sure it doesn’t go to waste. But while we’re beginning to put a dent in the 80 billion pounds of food wasted in America every year, we’re still left with all the glass jars, plastic tubs, metal cans,…
Guest Post by Paige Hansen
During times of uncertainty, it can be therapeutic to reflect on the things that don’t change. One constant is that people will always look for ways to do more with less, AKA how to be more sustainable.
Thanks to stay-at-home orders and social distancing, we have more time to reflect.…
At ReGrained, we are passionate about finding delicious ways to fight food waste. There is a myriad of possibilities for upcycling in a way to align the food we eat with the planet we love, but what if there was a way to extend this mission by making decisions that reduce your closet's carbon footprint as well?
Introducing Mi Terro: a Los…
Guest Post By Fiona Brodie
With COVID-19 and sheltering-in-place, our food habits are changing. We’re buying food less frequently and in larger quantities - there’s no quick trip to the grocery store for a single stick of butter. We’re eating the food that is available to us, not necessarily the food that we would typically…
Benefits of Composting
Guest Authored by Joy Mack, of Sustainable Jungle
In 2017, Americans sent 267.8 million tons of waste to landfills. Food waste alone accounted for 15%, about 41 million tons.
However, not every scrap of organic waste can be turned into delicious bars and snack puffs.
So, what can we…