Abstract
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.
This article was first published in the August/September 2022 issue of Food New Zealand, 22(4), 49-50, the journal of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST). https://nzifst.org.nz/Food-New-Zealand.
It is made available on OUR Archive with the permission of Anne Scott, Editor, Food New Zealand.