Upcycled ingredients on trend at Summer Fancy Food Show

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Product developers are discovering new uses for whey, spent grains, grape skins and more. Several brands at the Summer Fancy Food Show, held June 23-25 in New York, highlighted the inclusion of upcycled ingredients, including landfill-bound byproducts and less-than-perfect produce. "I am really glad to see 'spent' ingredients and byproducts finding new uses across categories," said Melanie Zanoza Bartelme, global food and drink analyst at Mintel. "These products help reduce waste and often deliver additional nutritional benefits, such as the boosted fiber content in processed beans or fruit and vegetable pomace." A start-up exhibiting at the Fancy Food Show, Superfrau, Cambridge, Mass., sources leftover whey from yogurt and cheese production to create ready-to-drink beverages in flavors such as cucumber lime, peach mango and lemon elderflower.