Rescued is a circular economy, impact business with a profitable, sustainable and delicious solution for food that is otherwise being wasted. We're taking real action to tackle the food crisis. Driven by purpose and innovation, making really good food for people and our planet to thrive.
Fruit, vegetables, spent grains, spent juniper berries and more are rescued and reimagined to be come new hero ingredients.
End Food Waste Australia
The Australian Food Waste Challenge, from Rocket Seeder and supported by End Food Waste Australia, was looking for the best innovators solving the most pressing food waste problems.
Winning the Food Rescue category was especially meaningful and we can't wait to get started!
Congratulations to all the other category winners and future collaborators.
Hot off the tortilla press! The world's first upcycled tortilla wrap (as far as we know!)
Ay, Caramba! These truly remarkable, world-first, upcycled wraps, show what's possible when like-minded, change-making trailblazers get together.
We teamed up to make a little switcheroo—trading in boring old flour for Rescued Bread Flour. How deliciously innovative!
Thank you Arturo and the Remarkable tortilla team for sharing our passion and vision to make a difference.
Our circular journey for food continues
Rescued is thrilled to have five products through to the production phase of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Big Food Redesign Challenge.
We're proving food can be designed for nature to thrive.
Food Rescuers
Our bold and achievable goal is to lead New Zealand businesses to a zero-food-waste-to-landfill future.
We're collaborating with growers, manufacturers, producers, retailers and food rescue redistributors to help solve food waste challenges by using our passion, expertise, shared values and innovation to move from waste to taste.
Diane, Royce, Emily, Sara, Shayde. The team is growing the next photo will have Linda, Maiko, Po Lam, Blythe, Helena and Yuanyuan.💚
Food Rescue Kitchen
NaomiToilalo from Whanauakai makes bread from Rescued Breadcrumbs with herbs and Chantelle Nicholson creates a plant-based mouth-watering menu featuring a baking mix especially designed by our very own Rescued Royce.
Achievements
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End Food Waste Australia July 2024
Food rescued category winner.
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation Big Food Redesign Challenge - January 2024
We're redesigning food for nature to thrive!
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FINALIST NZ Food Awards - Business Innovation - September 2024
Congratulations to all the finalists!
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Future FoodTech 28 & 29 September 2023.
Featured start-up!
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FINALIST 2023 Business Innovation.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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FINALIST 2023 Excellence in Sustainability.
Congratulations to the inspirational winners.
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Nominated 2023
An honour to be nominated! Congratulations to the winners.
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FINALIST 2022 Business Innovation
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the organisers and sponsors.
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FINALIST 2022 Lemon + gin botanicals cupcakes
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the organisers and sponsors.
Proud members of
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Upcycled Food Association
The easy way for everyone to prevent food waste via the products they buy.
Rescues
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bread rescue
Our secret ingredient Rescued Bread Flour replaces traditional flour in bakery and baked goods.
Bread packaging is upcycled by Future Post.
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peach rescue
696kg now feature on top of our ginger + peach cakes, in jams, chutneys, sauces and more.
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lemon rescue
400kg now an ingredient in our lemon + gin botanicals baking mixes and cakes.
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heirloom tomato rescue
More than 8 tonnes and rescuing. Heirloom kasundi chutney now a guest amenity at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland.
rescues
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apples
From rejection to perfection. Rescued Apple Crumble Ruffins.
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bananas
The more bruised, battered and brown the better! Rescued Chocolate Banana Crumble Ruffins.
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bread
One of the world's most wasted products and our secret ingredient.
Rescued Bread Flour replaces traditional flour as a new ingredient.
Bread packaging is also recycled #zerowaste.
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capsicum
Flash roasted and frozen for a future of endless possibilities. Fun fact... one capsicum has enough vitamin C to meet the daily needs of 10 people.
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carrots
A rescued carrot tastes exactly the same as any other carrot. Grated and made into a Rescued Carrot Ruffins with organic spent vanilla and mixed spice.
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herbs
No need to import dried herbs when we can make our own and give back to the growers.
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lemons
A premium ingredient in our lemon + gin botanicals baking mixes and cakes. Processed into a powder skin, pips and all.
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peaches
696kg now feature on top of our ginger + peach cakes, in jams, chutneys, sauces, dired pieces and more.
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tomatoes
Separated out to become green tomato chutney or ready for anything tomato meal base. We even rescue the tomato water from processing to make a magical molasses.
Food rescue partners
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Woolworths
Rescuring surplus, fruit and vegetables and bread we're creating a whole new category of upcycled food,
Baking mixes and breadcrumbs available at Countdown Ponsonby, Mt Eden, St Johns and Manukau City Mall. New stores coming soon.
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Good George
Flavour bomb gin botanicals are rescued and blended with rescued bread flour and rescued lemons to create a taste explosion.
Watch this space to see what we rescue next.
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Heirloomacy
Surplus heirloom tomatoes are given a new and long life happy life becoming a tasty vegan treat, a kasundi chutney that will transport you straight to India and a fabulous filling for rescued muffins.
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NZ Hothouse
We've got tomatoes every which way. Pulp, puree, paste, and we've even rescued the tomato waster to create new products.
