Transforming food waste in to valuable product.

Our TRANSFORM Program works with food industries to turn surplus product and biproducts of food manufacturing into profitable resources. This includes research, development, on-the-ground delivery and industry collaboration to find innovation solutions.

Our Research

Program
Activities

  • Identify and prioritise valuable products from waste streams.
  • Identify technology gaps and process limitations in waste transformation.
  • Deliver toolkits for optimising technology and feedstock combination choice.
  • Conduct socio-economic assessment of alternative policy settings.

Projected
Impact

684K

tonnes of food waste reduced.

$116M

million in increased industry profitability.

UPCYCLED

create additional value-added products from food waste.

Case Studies

Family-owned Gina’s Table Leading the Way in Transforming Berry Wastage into Nourishing Freeze-Dried Snacks  

We spoke with passionate strawberry growers Gina Dang (CEO) and Toan Nguyen (CFO) of SSS Strawberries & Gina’s Table to discuss their recent TRANSFORM project with End Food Waste Australia’s Cooperative Research Centre to develop value-added products that reduced their on-farm food loss and waste.  SSS Strawberries is an award-winning second-generation strawberry farm in Bundaberg, Queensland.

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Research Projects

REDUCING ON-FARM FOOD WASTE: UNLOCKING VALUE FOR PROFITABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY

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Value Adding to Brewery Spent Grain

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Maximising Sunripe’s value: creating value-added products from surplus capsicum, zucchini and tomatoes

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Addressing 100% pre-consumer food waste in strawberries

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Improved Kangaroo meat recovery and value creation from commercial processing

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COLLAGEN FROM AQUACULTURE BY-PRODUCTS

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Using Non-Thermally Processed Grape Marc as a Feed Supplement in Pig And Poultry Under Stressful Conditions

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INDUSTRY CONNECTION HUB

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The TRANSFORM program is led by Molly Chapman.

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