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Produce Ltd retail in the coming months and an appetite to expand into high care in years to come.“ Processing our products this way is also going to be significant in reducing food waste. Pre-Covid, we had a lot of waste product, and we realized that if we were to remain sustainable as a business, we needed to find value in that waste. This was before‘ wonky veg’ was being advertised and purchased, so we had the idea of making vegetable crisps. To make these healthy vegetable crisps, we needed to powder carrots. This is how the idea of carrot powder first started. We invested in a powdering line which basically takes our waste, dries it and mills it into a powder. Initially it was created for the crisps, but it’ s now used in food products such as carrot cake and food ingredients, along with dog food, chicken feed for egg coloring, and it’ s even used in some cosmetics. It’ s still new to the UK market and we’ re currently the only company in the UK producing it. Our other strategies around minimizing food waste are working business-to-business with the Tesco chain to explore how it can be incorporated into their other products, for instance, frozen parsnips, or diced and sliced carrot retail packs.”
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