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UPCYCLED FOODS, INC. DIVERSIFIES INGREDIENT PORTFOLIO WITH FIRST LINE OF UPCYCLED WHOLE RAISINS FOR COMMERCIAL MARKET

Press ReleasesMarch 27, 2025

Bringing robust flavor and nutrition from California vineyards to new product innovation BERKELEY, CA – March 17, 2025 – Upcycled Foods, Inc. (UP, Inc.) continues to lead the B2B upcycled food economy with the introduction of upcycled whole raisins from the wine grape varietals of California vineyards. The expanded portfolio diversifies the company’s ingredient line-up…

What the UP?! Why upcycling enables food system transformation

Upcycled Food MovementJune 1, 2023

WHAT THE UP?! WHY UPCYCLING ENABLES FOOD SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION... By Daniel Kurzrock and Dr. Lara Ramdin It may come as no surprise to know that our food system is profoundly inefficient. According to ReFED’s Food Waste Monitor analysis, in 2021, the U.S. let a whopping 38% of the 241 million tons in our food…

Cashew Fruit: Upcycled Series Part IV

Innovation SpotlightFebruary 2, 2023

Cashew Fruit 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. This oval-shaped fruit is about 5-11 cm in length and grows…

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…

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…

ReGrained Kerry Protein Crisp Partnership

REGRAINED SUPERGRAIN+® POWERS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH KERRY

Press ReleasesJuly 11, 2022

REGRAINED SUPERGRAIN+® POWERS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH KERRY Innovators collaborate to design upcycled ingredient solutions for food industry BERKELEY, CA – July 11, 2022 – Upcycled Foods Inc. (dba ReGrained) is thrilled to announce the launch of the first value-added product the ingredient tech startup co-developed through partnership with Kerry – an upcycled…

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…

REGRAINED CELEBRATES STOP FOOD WASTE DAY BY INTRODUCING A LINE OF LIMITED-RELEASE UPCYCLED BAKING MIXES

Press ReleasesApril 28, 2022

REGRAINED CELEBRATES STOP FOOD WASTE DAY BY INTRODUCING A LINE OF LIMITED-RELEASE UPCYCLED BAKING MIXES Inspiring innovation for food makers by demonstrating possibilities in foods already loved by consumers BERKELEY, CA – April 28, 2022 – Strengthening its mission to champion the circular economy and its pledge to upcycle 10 million pounds of overlooked and…

UPCYCLED FOODS, INC. DIVERSIFIES INGREDIENT PORTFOLIO WITH FIRST LINE OF UPCYCLED WHOLE RAISINS FOR COMMERCIAL MARKET

What the UP?! Why upcycling enables food system transformation

Cashew Fruit: Upcycled Series Part IV

Coffee Leaf: Upcycled Ingredient Series Part IV

Cashew Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part III

What Is “Brewer’s Spent Grain?”

Coffee Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredient Series Part II

REGRAINED SUPERGRAIN+® POWERS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH KERRY

Cacao Fruit: Upcycled Food Ingredients Series Part I

REGRAINED CELEBRATES STOP FOOD WASTE DAY BY INTRODUCING A LINE OF LIMITED-RELEASE UPCYCLED BAKING MIXES

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