The Upcycling Community
Food Upcycling
From side stream to mainstream
The Upcycling Community is an international network of organisations committed to scaling upcycled food and ingredients. We bring together businesses, innovators, researchers and public stakeholders from across the food value chain to accelerate collaboration, unlock innovation and create the conditions needed for widespread market adoption.
Through knowledge sharing, matchmaking, collaborative initiatives and innovation projects, we help organisations turn ambition into action. Together, we address barriers to adoption, strengthen cross value chain collaboration and unlock new opportunities for suitable side streams to be transformed into valuable food ingredients and products for human consumption.
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Join the movement. Create impact through upcycling.
Scaling upcycled food and ingredients requires more than innovation alone. It requires greater awareness, supportive market conditions and collaboration across the value chain. The Upcycling Community brings organisations together to collectively address these challenges and accelerate market adoption.
As a partner of The Upcycling Community, you gain access to:
• Upcycling specific knowledge, market insights and learning opportunities
• Participation in collaborative initiatives and projects
• Tailored matchmaking across the food value chain
• Upcycling related events and networking opportunities
Join a growing network of organisations working to make upcycled food and ingredients the new normal.
Learn more about challenges, barriers & opportunities in upcycling in the Position Paper Upcycled Foods & Ingredients.
Welcome to our newest partners
News & Events
14-23 September 2026 – UPcycled4Food Pre-competitive working groups
Celebrating 1 year of the Global Food Upcycling Map!
Regulations as a driver for upcycled food: from bottleneck to accelerator
Food 2040: Keeping the Netherlands at the Forefront of Agrifood Innovation
16 June 2026 – UPcycled4Food Checkpoint Meeting: Getting started with Phase 2!
9 July 2026 – The Upcycling Community: Work Session | Meet The New Partners + Matchmaking & Programme Co-creation | Online
Initiatives
UPcycled4Food Initiative
Upcycled products and ingredients should be widely adopted by food manufacturers, on supermarket shelves and food service offerings. That’s the ambition of the new Upcycled4Food Initiative, launched by Foodvalley’s Upcycling Community.
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Upcycled Food and Ingredients Position Paper
Foodvalley is working with Upcycling Community partners and other stakeholders on a position paper on Upcycled Food and Ingredients. The position paper will seek alignment between various stakeholders on the definition of upcycled food and ingredients, their attributed values, and how these should be communicated in the industry — all the way up to the consumer.
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Global Food Upcycling Map
The Global Food Upcycling Map shows instantly who’s doing what and where in the food upcycling ecosystem.
Read moreRedesign Food for Value Programme
Empowering businesses to create healthy, sustainable and consumer-loved products
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Accelerate your innovation with the SME Innovation Voucher
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