Our Resources
Discover a compilation of open-access resources authored or produced by Food Waste Innovation. Additionally, find a list at the bottom of this webpage of academic publications by our investigators, though not currently available through our resource centre.
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Journal Article - Investigating systemic and social dynamics of food loss and waste
Utilising 'waste regime theory,' this study explores social and discursive influences on food loss and waste in the Aotearoa New Zealand kiwifruit industry.
Video - Pūhau ana te rā: Tailwinds Student Seminar 2024
Eight research presentations by the Food Waste Innovation summer student cohort as part of the University of Otago’s Pūhau ana te rā Student Seminar 2024.
Report - A Toast to Sustainability
This report by Consumer Food Graduate Ella Zwagerman spotlights Dunedin Craft Distillers' pioneering use of surplus bread to raise awareness of food waste.
Impact Report - Food Waste Innovation 2023
An overview of Food Waste Innvation’s impact in 2023.
Journal Article - Upcycled food: How does it support the three pillars of sustainability?
This review paper explores upcycled food's environmental, social, and economic impacts, underscoring its potential for sustainable food waste repurposing.
Creative Work - The Champions of Food Waste
Maddie Crang, a Science Communication master’s student, produced these resources during her internship, offering insights into Food Waste Innovation and promoting science communication skills.
Journal Article - Consumer Acceptance of Upcycled Craft Beer: A New Zealand Case Study
This article explores consumer sentiment toward upcycled beer, emphasising the environmental benefits to help inform food manufacturers about future promotional strategies.
Video - Shared Horizons 23 - University of Otago
This video highlights the University of Otago Food Science Department’s work in the food waste space.
Journal Article - Food waste initiatives in the tertiary sector in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper addresses global food waste, focusing on the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa, emphasizing the "Target, Measure, Act" strategy for effective change.
Video - Overcoming Barriers to Reducing Food Loss and Waste
A panel discussion with Miranda Mirosa, hosted by ISO - International Standardization Organisation about 'Overcoming barriers to food loss and waste'.
Video - How can we redesign our food system
A seminar presented by Wendy Zhou, founder of Perfectly Imperfect, hosted by Food Waste Innovation.
Video - Tackling Food Waste Together: Actions and Innovations
A panel discussion that brought together leaders from government, research, industry, and non-profits discussed food waste solutions, highlighting the need for collaborative efforts to transform the food system.
Journal Article - A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste
This review explores the current research landscape of on-farm food loss and waste and provides actionable recommendations for researchers, policymakers and industry stakeholders.
Journal Article - Measuring Impact of Food Rescue in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper calculates the Social Return on Investment (SROI) created by three food rescue organisations in New Zealand, demonstrating the value of investing in their work.
Creative Work - Onion Loss and Waste Streams in Aotearoa
This infographic summarises findings from a summer student project investigating grower self-reporting of onion waste.
Journal Article - He taonga te kai – an Aotearoa where food is valued not wasted
This paper overviews what we know about food waste at each stage of the supply chain in Aotearoa, and makes recommendations for action.
Creative Work - Food waste in aged care
This resource summarises research conducted to investigate food waste in aged care facilities.
Impact Report - Food Waste Innovation 2022
An overview of Food Waste Innovation’s Impact in 2022.
Journal Article - Critical success factors of food waste reduction
This research identified overarching critical success factors for food waste reduction practices across the food supply chain.
Journal Article - Upcycled foods: A nudge toward nutrition
This publication discusses opportunities for upcycled food manufacturers to produce more nutritious products.
More publications not publicly available:
The list below includes publications authored by Food Waste Innovation investigators that are do not have ‘open access’ meaning they are not available for the general public to view. If you are a University of Otago staff or student, or a staff or student of another research institution, you may be able to access these publications through your University’s library databases.
Published in 2022-2023:
Mirosa, M., Bremer, P. (2023). Understanding New Foods: Upcycling. In: Serventi, L. (eds) Sustainable Food Innovation . Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12358-0_11
Thorsen M, Mirosa M, Skeaff S. A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Food Loss in Glasshouse-Grown Tomatoes. Horticulturae. 2022; 8(1):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8010039
Margaret Thorsen, Fiona Nyhof, Francesca Goodman-Smith, Jonathan Deutsch & Miranda Mirosa (2022) Accessing Supermarket Shelves: Retail Category Managers Advice to Upcycled Food Manufacturers, Journal of Food Products Marketing, 28:4, 179-192, DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2022.2072695
Thorsen, M., Skeaff, S., Goodman-Smith, F., Thong, B., Bremer, P., & Mirosa, M. (2022). Upcycled foods: A nudge toward nutrition [Perspective]. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1071829
Clare, G., Bremer, P & Mirosa, M. 2022. The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Rescue Organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand and Recommendations for Ongoing Crisis Management. British Food Journal. IF: 3.47.
Published 2017-2021:
Böhner, N., Zareian, M., Tybussek, T., Silcock,P., Bremer, P., & Beauchamp, J. 2019. Interrelationship among myoglobin forms, lipid oxidation and protein carbonyls in minced pork packaged under modified atmosphere. Food Packaging and Shelf Life 20(2):
Zareian, M., Böhner, N. Loos,M. H., Silcock, P., Bremer, P. Buchamp, J. 2019. Evaluation of volatile organic compound release in modified atmosphere-packaged minced raw pork in relation to shelf-life. Food Packaging and Shelf Life,18:51-61.
Alahakoon, A.U., Oey, I., Bremer, P., Silcock, P. 2019. Quality and safety considerations of incorporating post-PEF ageing into the pulsed electric fields and sous vide processing chain. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 1-13.
Alothman, M., Lusk, K. A., Bremer, P. & Silcock P., 2018. Relationship between total microbial numbers, volatile organic compound composition, and the sensory characteristics of whole fresh chilled pasteurized milk, Food Packaging and Shelf Life,15, 69-7.
Buvé, C., Van Bedts, T., Haenen, A., Kebede, B., Braekers, R., Hendrickx, M., … Grauwet, T. (2018). Shelf-life dating of shelf-stable strawberry juice based on survival analysis of consumer acceptance information. Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture, 98(9), 3437-3445. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.8856
Buvé, C., Neckebroeck, B., Haenen, A., Kebede, B., Hendrickx, M., Grauwet, T., & van Loey, A. (2018). Combining untargeted, targeted and sensory data to investigate the impact of storage on food volatiles: A case study on strawberry juice. Food Research International. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.07.022
Schuster, L., Franke, C., Silcock, P., Beauchamp, J. & Bremer, P. 2018. Development of a novel sample reuse approach to measure the impact of lean meat, bone and adipose tissue on the development of volatiles in vacuum-packed chilled lamb stored at 2°C for 15 days. Meat Science, 24(145):31-39.
Marshall, J., Wassilak, C., Mirosa, M., Mainvil, L., Chisnall, S., Jones, E. (2018). Food Waste in the Café and Restaurant Sector in NZ. Industry Report: http://www.wasteminz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/New-Zealand-cafe-and-resturant-food-waste-WasteMINZ-2018.pdf
Althoman, M., Lusk, K. A., Silcock, P., Bremer, P. J. 2017. Comparing PTR-MS profile of milk inoculated with pure or mixed cultures of spoilage bacteria. Food Microbiology, 64:155-163. 3.579
Holland B., Akanbi T.O, Agyei D., Wang B., Barrow C.J. (2017). Bioprocessing of plant-derived bioactive phenolic compounds. Handbook of Food Bioengineering. Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu and Alina Maria Holban (Editors). Elsevier (UK)
Lee, P.Y., Kebede, B.T., Lusk, K., Mirosa, M., Oey, I. 2017. Investigating consumers' perception of apple juice as affected by novel and conventional processing technologies. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 52 (12), 2564-2571.
Mutsokoti, L., Panozzo, A., Tongonya, J., Kebede, B. T., Van Loey, A., & Hendrickx, M. (2017). Carotenoid stability and lipid oxidation during storage of low-fat carrot and tomato based systems. LWT, 80, 470-478. doi: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.03.021
Campbell, H., Evans, D. and Murcott, A. (2017). Measurability, Austerity, Edibility: Introducing Waste to Food Regime Theory. Journal of Rural Studies. 51, 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.01.017
Published prior to 2017:
Horne (2016), MDiet thesis – ‘Evaluating the practicability and utility of the Social Return on Investment tool in public health nutrition: A food redistribution case study, New Zealand’. Advisors: M Mirosa, L Mainvil. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6310
Agyei D., Shanbhag B., and He L. (2015). Enzymes for food waste remediation and valorisation. Improving and tailoring enzymes for food quality and functionality. Yada R. (Ed.) Woodhead Publishing. pp. 123 – 145
Kebede, B. T., Grauwet, T., Palmers, S., Michiels, C., Hendrickx, M., & Van Loey, A. (2015). Investigating chemical changes during shelf-life of thermal and high-pressure high-temperature sterilised carrot purees: A ‘fingerprinting kinetics’ approach. Food Chemistry, 185, 119-126. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.02.134
Wibowo, S., Grauwet, T., Kebede, B. T., Hendrickx, M., & Van Loey, A. (2015). Study of chemical changes in pasteurised orange juice during shelf-life: A fingerprinting-kinetics evaluation of the volatile fraction. Food Research International, 75, 295-304. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.06.020
Kebede, B. T., Grauwet, T., Magpusao, J., Palmers, S., Michiels, C., Hendrickx, M., & Van Loey, A. (2015). An integrated fingerprinting and kinetic approach to accelerated shelf-life testing of chemical changes in thermally treated carrot puree. Food Chemistry, 179, 94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.01.074
Mirosa, M. (2015). Household Food Waste Kitchen Diary Analysis for the Wider Wellington Region. Project report prepared for the Upper Hutt City Council, targeted at Wellington Regional Council Officers (Confidential report).
Evans, D., Campbell, H. and Murcott, A. (eds.) (2015) Waste Matters: New Perspectives on Food and Society. Sociological Review Monographs (Book 60): Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12307
Silcock, P., Alothman, M., Zardin, E., Heenan, S., Siefarth, C., Bremer, P. J. and Beauchamp, J. 2014. Microbially-induced changes in the volatile constituents of fresh chilled pasteurised milk during storage. Food Packaging and Shelf-life. 2:81-90.
Beauchamp, J., Zardin, E., Silcock, P., & Bremer, P. J. 2014. Monitoring photooxidation-induced dynamic changes in the volatile composition of extended shelf-life bovine milk by PTR-MS. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2014, 49(9), 952-8.
Reynolds, D. & Mirosa, M. (2014). A Load of Rubbish: Quantifying Food Waste in New Zealand. Project report prepared for WasteMINZ, the representative body of the waste and resource recovery sector in New Zealand (Confidential report).
Verachia, W., Niven and Bremer, P. 2012. The effect of postharvest handling and processing on sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) gonad quality. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 47:2545-2553. (IF 1.223).
Phillips, K., Bremer, P*., Silcock, P. , Hamid, N., Delahunty, C., Barker, M. and Kissick, J. 2009. Effect of gender, diet and storage time on the physical properties and sensory quality of sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) gonads. Aquaculture 288:205–215.