Imperial Hotel Tokyo develops new shokupan bread with white crusts to curb food waste
A crust-averse nation Many Japanese people enjoy eating fluffy, soft, and chewy white milk bread, known as 食パン shokupan, baked into square loaves. Whether it’s…
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Moriyama Napoli’s “SDGs pizzas” feature non-gluten dough using oft-discarded okara soy pulp
Moriyama Napoli Kanazawa Pizza Crafts is a pizza factory based in Moriyama, near the quaint Higashichaya Old Town district of Kanazawa, selling authentic Napoli-style pizzas,…
SDGs food mall WakeAi collabs with auction site Mobaoku & anime SAKUGAN on charity auction
As previously introduced on grape Japan, WakeAi is an SDGs-minded “social contribution” mail order site seeking to promote the reduction of food waste among producers…
Dom Dom Hamburger cuts food loss by using leftover beef tendon at new curry shop in Ginza
From September 28th to November 29th, 2021, Dom Dom Food Service Co., Ltd. will open a limited-time shop called “Curry Shop Dom Dom” in Ginza….
Introducing RE: BREAD, an eco-friendly beer made from would-be-wasted bread
First opening its doors back in March of this year, Bakery Square, located in Yokohama Takashimaya, likes to focus on delivering food in a sustainable…
Take a dip in a bath full of pears to tackle heat rash and food wastage
If life gives you lemons you make lemonade right? So what do you do when life gives you pears? Take a bath, that’s what! At…
Japan’s honor system unstaffed produce stands get a stylish upgrade
When traveling through the Japanese countryside and in some smaller neighborhoods, it can often come as a surprise to some to encounter unmanned produce stands….
Fight food loss and save money with Japan’s new Toku Pochi paid membership service
STRK Inc. has announced the upcoming launch of Toku Pochi, a members-only mail-order site that sells products at drastically discounted prices, including free (plus shipping)….
Sustainable shrimp crackers co-developed by Japanese H.S. students in SDGs project go on sale
Keishindō 桂新堂, a company founded in Nagoya in 1866 which specializes in shrimp-flavored crackers known as ebi-senbei (えびせんべい or 海老煎餅), has announced the sale of…
Japanese craft gin from Iki Island cuts food loss using oft-wasted parts of local fruits & veggies
Iki Retreat Kairi Murakami Iki Retreat Kairi Murakami 壱岐リトリート 海里村上 is a luxury hot spring inn with sublime sea views and blissful hot spring baths…
You can help reduce food loss when you buy this vegetable dashi made with imperfect produce
Mountain Book LLC, located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has started a crowdfunding campaign on Campfire for a vegetable-based dashi broth called 野菜だけのやさしい旨みだし (yasai dake…
Japanese tomato farm and sake brewery cut food waste with tomato shiokōji using flawed produce
The Predicament of Yoda Farm Yoda Farm in Chuo City, Yamanashi Prefecture, has devoted itself to tomatoes for half a century. Although they used to…
Saitama prefecture battles food and sake loss with relaxing traditional sake hot spring baths
Much like the rest of the world, safety measures and stay-at-home protocol enacted due to the spread of the the novel coronavirus has put many…
Japanese chain helps fight food waste and turns home tables into at-home izakayas
Tsukada Farm is an izakaya (Japanese style pub) that emphasizes use of fresh locally farmed ingredients running in 24 prefectures across Japan. However, despite being…
Strawberry picking farm hopes to avoid corona food loss by selling local berry varieties online
The ongoing financial impact of the novel coronavirus is being felt in nearly all industries in Japan, and farming is no exception. Ando Farm 安藤農園…