Cacao Barry releases first wave of WholeFruit chocolate for chefs and artisans By Anthony Myers Two years since its impressive launch in San Francisco, Barry Callebaut’s global brand, Cacao Barry, has announced the release of its first couverture chocolate made from 100% pure cacaofruit for chefs and food artisans.
Cacao Barry’s WholeFruit Evocao is the first signature expression of WholeFruit chocolate, and it said other exciting flavour profiles will follow in 2022.
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At Cacao Barry, we are proud to present WholeFruit chocolate and its first expression: Evocao. This chocolate has been designed for chef artisans, answering perfectly to their expectations and requirements, in terms of values and taste,” said Andrea Doucet Donida, Global Managing Director, Cacao Barry.
Misshapen, soft or bruised fruits and vegetables. edible stems and leaves. leftover pulps from juicing. all made into the most delicious foods and beverages. Not only does upcycled food help to reduce food waste and protect the environment, but it is currently one of the biggest food trends.
8 Tasty Snacks Made of Upcycled Food That Can Make the Most Out of Food Waste
By Devorah Lev-Tov of Self |
Food waste is a huge problem worldwide, which is one reason why snacks made of upcycled food are becoming more and more popular.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one-third of the food produced in the world each year never makes it into someone’s mouth. That means billions of produce, grains, meat, dairy, and seafood go to waste because it either never leaves the farm, is lost or spoiled during distribution, or is thrown away by stores, restaurants, hotels, schools and us, from our own homes.
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Caue Suplicy, 42, is the founder of Barnana, a San Diego-based snack company that makes its products with bananas and plantains that can t be exported internationally to supermarkets. (The bananas will ripen too quickly to make the journey and the plantains come from an excess supply.) Suplicy hails from Curitiba, Brazil, a city known for its sustainability effort to recycle over 70 percent of its residents garbage. The former professional triathlete is also a founding member of the nonprofit Upcycled Food Association, a coalition of global organizations aiming to reduce food waste. Inspired by his favorite childhood snack, Suplicy launched Barnana in 2012 after a trip to Brazil when he noticed that local banana farmers were tossing up to 20 percent of their stock, bananas too ripe or too large to be exported. Now, Barnana partners with nearly 2,000 family farms many of which belong to struggling indigenous communities in the Amazon to bring its