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How to turn leftover gyoza wrappers into a tasty lasagna that’s easy to make [recipe]
If you enjoy cooking, you may have tried making Japanese gyoza dumplings. If you don’t have any Japanese restaurants nearby, you may be able to…
food waste
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…
This tasty Japanese twist on coleslaw could help you avoid food waste
A popular side dish in many parts of North America and Europe, coleslaw is made by seasoning finely shredded raw cabbage with mayonnaise, oil, vinegar,…
Karaoke PASELA works on SDGs by cutting food waste in its huge honey toast cubes
If you’ve ever wandered the streets of a major city in Japan whilst on the hunt for something sweet to eat, you’ve most likely come…
Japanese retailer Kuran and vegetable produce Hoshiko fights food loss with fresh sustainable tomato juice sake and other goods
Japanese online alcohol retailer “KURAND” is teaming up with dried vegetable produce brand “HOSHIKO” to produce dried tomatoes using “imperfect” tomatoes and tomato sake. The…
Soup Stock Tokyo to curb food waste by selling frozen near-expired soup online
Beginning on September 20th, 2021, Soup Stock Tokyo Co., Ltd. will start selling frozen soups that are approaching their expiration date on their official online…
Japanese coffee shop chain Excelsior Caffé to curb food loss via food sharing service TABETE
Excelsior Caffé joins the effort to reduce food loss Some of our readers may recall our recent article in which we introduced Starbucks’ recent efforts…
Sustainable Japanese seasoning uses rice bran often discarded in the rice milling process
Rice bran and food waste As many of our readers surely know, rice is a staple food of the Japanese people. In the rice milling…
“Roasted Asparagus Tea” hōjicha curbs food waste by using normally discarded lower stems
Japanese company REDD Co., Ltd., based in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, is now selling “翠茎茶 Suikeicha – Roasted Asparagus Tea,” a hōjicha tea made from the…
Starbucks Japan offers 20% off on food to curb waste and support children’s cafeterias
While Starbucks Japan has kept up with its busy schedule of a constant stream of creative Frappuccino flavors (including 47 unique regional flavors, one for…
Japanese produce stand goods to be saved in industry-government-academia collaboration
CoCooking Co., Ltd., which operates the popular service TABETE allowing customers to “rescue” leftover or unused food from participating shops and restaurants, is collaborating with…
Cafe’s “sustainable” summer delights include boozy sudachi gin, gazpacho tomato shaved ice
Sustainable shaved ice at haishop café Innovation Design Inc., a Japanese company focused on solving social issues through its business ventures, will introduce a new…
“F Spirits: Strawberry & Cardamom” shochu curbs food waste by saving local berries
On July 1st, 2021, Wakashio Distillery Co., Ltd. 若潮酒造株式会社, based in Shibushi City, Kagoshima, launched “F Spirits – Strawberry & Cardamom” using local strawberries which…
Japanese high school freshman launches startup to cut food waste, opens fruit daifukumochi shop
On June 19th, 2021, a new branch of the Kanazawa-based fruit daifuku sweets shop Rinrindō 凛々堂 will open in the Kyōdō 経堂 neighborhood of Setagaya…
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…