Upcycling: Great taste from coffee waste

Food Waste Innovation fourth year student Brian Thong

About this resource: This article was awarded first prize in the Food Tech Solutions NZIFST Undergraduate Writing Competition 2022. Upcycling coffee pulp and husk can help turn the table on coffee waste. It will help reduce waste streams on the farm and provide the opportunity for coffee growers to fully utilise their return on investment. The food industry is driven by consumer demand, thus there should be increased efforts in generating demand for these products. Education around the scale of the problem and presenting upcycling as a solution will help with this. If there is sufficient interest, a significant amount of waste can be redirected into value-added products, benefitting the consumer, the producer, and planet Earth. Brians article was published in the August/September 2022 issue of Food New Zealand, the magazine of NZIFST.

Food Waste innovation Authors: Brian Thong

Citation: Thong, B. (2022). Upcycling: Great taste from coffee waste. (2022). Food New Zealand, 22(4), 49–50. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/13673