Upcycled Food Association

The day has finally come... 🥁 Amazi Foods has OFFICIALLY LANDED at Whole Foods Market!!! 🚀 I could not be more excited (and PROUD) to see Amäzi on shelves at Whole Foods locations in not 1, but 2 regions - #SoPac and #MidAtlantic! Amäzi Ginger Lime Dried Jackfruit and select #Organic (!!) Pineapple flavors are rolling out in Southern California, Arizona, Hawaii and the Mid Atlantic (DC, MD, VA, select PA and NJ stores)!!! I'm particularly excited about this bi-coastal launch because I, myself, have been a bi-coastal girly the past few months... In a life plot twist, I drove across the country in May to LA, but of course, still have deep roots in the Mid-Atlantic. I'm eager to keep building out both of these markets and communities with boots - and hearts - on the ground. This launch means a whole lot to our team and entire supply chain in Uganda, particularly given the challenges we've been working through behind the scenes the past few months. Whitney Herrera and Brooke Ballagh have been BEYOND incredible partners through it all. It's an honor to partner with them, and I'm so grateful to have their support. It is an absolute dream come true to #SnackonPurpose with such a purpose-driven retailer 🌱 A HUGE thank you to all who made this launch possible - from our distributors, to our producers, to our farmers, and Nikki Azzara and Sabrina Kautz on the marketing front. So go ahead and get your trick-or-treating on early at your local Whole Foods Market! Spot us in the functional snack set near the dried fruit and nuts — we can’t wait to see you in the aisles!!!! 🍍 (link in the comments to get a #free bag!)

Daily Crunch is officially at Whole Foods Market nationwide!! This has been a long time coming and we couldn’t be more excited!! Thank you to the whole team at Whole Foods for believing in this brand. Now let’s make some magic!! Laurel Orley Dan Stephenson Diane Orley Isabella Jonna Jasmine Mastroianna Rachal (Snider) Jordan, MBA #wholefoods #newstores #cpg #cpgmarketing #emergingbrands #startup #healthysnack

🚀🍀Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering an invited lecture for the Food Process Technology 2 module to the 4th-year Food Science and Innovation students at South East Technological University. We learnt about 🍺 beer production and explored the following with some fantastic examples: 1️⃣ 🥽 🧪Innovations from the Nordic and Celtic: enzyme applications and technical properties of novel and local ingredients, including colour and viscosity. Sinebrychoff (Timo Mikkola) 🇫🇮, Guinness Storehouse (Steve Gilsenan) 🇮🇪. 2️⃣ 🥼🔬Role of ethanol: in beer mouthfeel and aroma, production and classification of low- and non-alcoholic beers across different countries and taxation. We even touched on brewing the world's strongest beer, Snake Venom from Scotland, at 67.5% ABV!! 3️⃣ 🏭 Side streams: brewers' spent grain (BSG), hot trub, residual yeast and the challenges (safety, flavour, technical) of upcycling them into foods and ingredients. EIT Food, EIT Alumni. 4️⃣ 🏆Upcycling innovation: How we at Upcycled Food Association (Amanda Oenbring, Jonathan Deutsch,) are excited to set sustainability trends alongside innovative companies. Examples include beer from surplus bread (Toast Brewing, Louisa Ziane) 🇬🇧 and our member companies, such as amazing food and ingredients from BSG  (Agrain by Circular Food Technology, Aviaja Riemann-Andersen and Selcuk Yildirim) 🇩🇰 and stabilization of BSG (NETZRO, SBC, Sue Marshall) 🇺🇸. It was also an excellent opportunity to share some of our work from Norway 🇳🇴 at Nofima. 🙌 Thank you, Yuanyuan Pu, for the invitation—it was wonderful to reconnect after our time as #RL2025 fellows at Teagasc and to continue 🤝 collaborating through the Marie Curie Alumni Association.

Last week to register for the national symposium Plant Based Symposium "Plant-Based Food and Nutrition: Innovations and Challenges". The symposium is organized by the #NutritionandFoodScienceDepartment, Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture,. The symposium is hosted at Kellogg West Conference Center and Hotel on 14&15 November. The Distinguished Speakers @Christopher Gardner Stanford University Job Ubbink University of Minnesota Celine Heskey, DrPH MS RD Loma Linda University Dr. Darin Detwiler, LP.D. @Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies Rafi Taherian Yale University Belal Muhialdin California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Sudarshan Nadathur ADM Dr. Lara Ramdin 🇬🇧 Upcycled Food Association Casey Vanous Herbalife Matthew Ruscigno, MPH, RD Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND U.S. News & World Report The Sponsors Thermo Fisher Scientific, Platinum Sponsor colorMaker Inc., Platinum Sponsor Bühler Group, Gold Sponsor Gold Coast Ingredients, Gold Sponsor DC Norris North America, LLC, Gold Sponsor Sensus, Gold Sponsor NURA FOODS, Gold Sponsor SCIFTs Suppliers Night Expo, Gold Sponsor Texture Technologies, Gold Sponsor Califia Farms, Silver Sponsor CII Foods, Silver Sponsor Eurofins, Silver Sponsor @Green Plate, Silver Sponsor INFORS HT, Silver Sponsor National Stabilizers Inc, Silver Sponsor Kalsec Inc. Bronze Sponsor PURIS, Bronze Sponsor For registration: https://lnkd.in/g-XGhDkf

Read more about #upcycledfood and the work we're here to do together from Upcycled Food Association member Agrain by Circular Food Technology & join the upcoming sessions of our UFA weekly webinar series to join the conversation (link in article resources) 🌍 🌊 🍽 🌎 💚 🌏

Did you catch me on the Today Show this morning? I made a few cameos in my Tough Cookie 🍪 🥊 costume, debuting the presale of our new ready-to-eat Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies (more on that later). I had no idea whether this would work, but here are a few ways on how this went incredibly well: 🍪Gave Hoda Kotb a hug along with cookies and told her she is one tough cookie 🍪Gifted Dylan Dreyer our cookies - she has been such a champion for celiac disease and food allergies 🍪Met Al Roker and shared our cookies with him 🍪Met Savannah Guthrie 🍪Had Craig Melvin guess my costume But, the ultimate highlight was meeting this sweet grandma, Mary, and her granddaughter, Caroline from Cincinnati. I just adore them. It turns out that Caroline is plant-based so of course I sent her home with some of our yummy cookies. It was so much fun and shows that scrappy works. Special thanks to my advisor, Jill Frechtman for the idea and my intern who woke up at 5am to film this amazing experience! 🩷 #todayshow #plantbased #cookies #vegan #glutenfree #femalefounders #smallbusinessowner

Have you wondered what upcycled foods are used for? Did you know they can be used in cosmetics, skincare, packaging, and plastics? Tune into the Upcycled Food Association's webinar on November 14 learn how! Webinar registration: https://lnkd.in/gVZxdhgj

Mark your calendar! 🗓️🎙️ On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 4 - 5 PM CET (11 AM ET), RE-NUT’s® Co-Founder and CEO, Roland Laux, will be speaking at the Unleashing Innovation event hosted by the Upcycled Food Association. Roland will be part of an expert panel discussing the latest technological advances in the #upcycled food sector. Don't miss this opportunity to hear how RE-NUT® is pioneering #sustainable innovations in the food industry with our unique "in-shell inside®” technology.🤩 Link to the event: 👇🏻 https://lnkd.in/gxGnW2a3 More Info about the UFA here: https://lnkd.in/eYxStw4 #RENUT #innovation #sustainability

If you missed The Global State of Food Upcycling webinar, here’s the link to the video: https://lnkd.in/gg3ZEZfS Listen to insightful conversations on how brands and manufacturers are making a meaningful impact through sustainability. Enjoy! Sue Marshall - Founder/CEO, NETZRO, SBC Corinne Trang: Author and Educator, Global Food Consultant Aviaja Riemann-Andersen: Founder & CEO, Agrain Vinodthan Nayagar: Director, Where Food Comes From Jessica R.: CEO, FoodMesh #FoodUpcycling #Sustainability #GlobalImpact #Innovation

Hooray, it's our 5th birthday today! What a joy to start the day on a world wide zoom talking all things #upcycledfood with participants from Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, India, Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey, UK, US and beyond. Special thanks to our panelists Jessica R., Corinne Trang, Aviaja Riemann-Andersen, Vinodthan Nayagar and moderator Sue Marshall for sharing your insights to kick off our weekly webinar series (link in comments to join our sessions ahead!). In our first five years Upcycled Food Association would not be possible without the tireless dedication of so many - while there are more names from all the eras of UFA than I can mention, heartfelt gratitude for some who have especially supported me thus far with generous time, wisdom and perspective: Bo Spiller, M.Ed., Eden Merkle, Grace L., Donya Litowitz, Desiree Parker, Angie Crone, Emily Lafferty, Kathryn Britton, Rose Hartley, Jacqueline Alexander, Jim Weaver, Pareen Shah, Dr. Lara Ramdin 🇬🇧, Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D., CHE, CRC, Caroline Cotto, Eva Goulbourne, Turner Wyatt, Ben Gray MS, RD, Jeremy Kaye, Anna Hammond, Daniel Kurzrock, Eric Adams, Emily Darchuk, Liz Weaver, Lydia Oxley Johnson - y'all, UFA of today is because of you and what a brilliant and courageous global community it is. You keep me looking 🆙 Cheers to all that's ahead for UFA from here 🌍 💚 🌎 🍽 🌏