Sustainable Development Goals
Reducing food waste, even before the products are marketed, is the mission of Verspillings Fabriek. Every year, the factory saves almost 200 tons of ungraded vegetables or food scraps from the trash can to make delicious soups and ketchup.
Food waste reaches record levels. If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest greenhouse gases generator. In Netherlands, the equivalent of at least 5 billions euros of food are wasted each year. A substantial waste, before the products are even marketed. Indeed, when fruits and vegetables don’t fit consumption norms (too big size, questionable "look"...), they are thrown away even though they are still completely edible.