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[For Restaurants!] Use Dried Vegetables to Cut Food Waste and Improve Operational Efficiency at Your Store
野菜を乾燥させて作る「乾燥野菜」には、食品業界や飲食店にとって多様なメリットがあります。保存性が高く、仕込みの手間を減らせるため、オペレーションコストの削減につながるほか、メニューの幅を広げることも可能に。食品ロスの削減にも繋がるため、... -
Saving discarded vegetables! A new approach to food loss reduction
The Reality of Off-Spec Vegetables, About 30% of Total Harvest Discarded. At Japan's agricultural sites, about 30% of harvested vegetables are discarded as "off-spec" without being shipped. According to MAFF statistics, domestic food loss reaches about 5.23 million tons per year (FY2021 estimate), of which the agricultural production stage... -
What Changed with "Too Good To Go" Landing in Japan—A Turning Point the Food-Loss-Reduction App Presses on the Food Industry
On January 28, 2026, the Denmark-born food-loss-reduction app "Too Good To Go" entered the Japanese market. Registered users topped 250,000 within a week of launch, and it captured the No.1 overall ranking on the App Store. This speed shows that Japanese consumers... -
The global cost of food waste surges to USD 540 billion—3 measures agriculture and the food chain should tackle right now
In 2026, the world's food-waste cost is projected to reach 540 billion dollars. This is up from 526 billion dollars the previous year, and if this continues, cumulative losses for 2025–2030 will reach 3.4 trillion dollars. This figure, reported by New Food Magazine based on expert analysis, relates to the UN SDGs' Goal 12... -
Ministry of the Environment Announces FY2023 Food Loss at 4.64 Million Tons—An 80,000-Ton Reduction Year-on-Year, but Still Halfway to the 2030 Target
The Ministry of the Environment announced that food loss generated within Japan in FY2023 (fiscal 2023) was about 4.64 million tons. This is an 80,000-ton reduction from the previous fiscal year (FY2022) figure of about 4.72 million tons, and a steady improving trend continues. However, reaching the government's FY2030 target still requires a large... -
Too Good To Go, the Domestic Supermarket Industry's First Adoption—Starting at 2 Super Value Stores in Tokyo, Reducing Prepared-Food Loss at Up to 50% Off
The Denmark-born food-loss-reduction app "Too Good To Go" was adopted on March 26, 2026, at stores of Super Value (operated by OIC Group), the first domestic supermarket chain to do so. The service starts first at two stores in Tokyo, Super Value Suginami Takaido and Todoroki... -
The Consumer Affairs Agency approves the second food loss reduction policy in a Cabinet decision—raising the 2030 target from 50% to 60%, for an additional 200,000-ton reduction
Cabbage Stays High at 149 yen/kg in Late March—Amid Continued Price Instability of Spring Vegetables, Why the "Stability" of Dried Vegetables Draws Attention -
Food loss at 4.64 million tons, a record low | Business-related loss falls below household-related for the first time
AEON-Born Sustainable Chocolate | Achieving Cacao-Free with Sunflower Seeds -
Food loss at 4.64 million tons, a record low | Business-related loss falls below household-related for the first time
FamilyMart × Food-Loss App Cuts Waste 5% | Convenience Stores Move -
On January 28, 2026, FamilyMart announced a partnership with "Too Good To Go," an app with a cumulative food-loss-reduction record of over 500 million meals worldwide. It began pilot operation at 6 Tokyo stores in the Ikebukuro, Komazawa University, and Aoyama areas, succeeding in reducing waste by about 5%...
Upcycled Foods Expand | The New Value of Off-Spec Vegetables -
The relationship between non-standard vegetables and food loss | Solutions and case studies
“Non-standard vegetables” discarded without reaching the market for reasons such as appearance or size not meeting standards. Although they are still perfectly edible, many are discarded, making them a major cause of food loss. Today, putting such non-standard vegetables to use is drawing attention... -
Notable upcycle food brands | A sustainable choice
With about 40% of the food produced worldwide being discarded, “upcycle foods” are drawing attention as a new solution that turns that waste into value. This article explains the idea of upcycling—breathing new life into ingredients and byproducts destined for disposal—and the Kyoto-born dried vegetable brand “OY... -
The potential of new businesses using unused resources, and 5 secrets to success
Soaring resource prices, pressure for environmental consideration, the current toward sustainable management. What companies are now called on to have is a “use-it-all” mindset. Drawing attention is the use of “unused resources” overlooked until now—byproducts of discarded crops, ingredients dormant in regions, and what comes out during processing... -
Oryzae Co., Ltd.
Maple & apple granola using dried apple. Under the mission “fermenting the earth,” Oryzae Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells sugar-free, additive-free, gluten-free granola and rice-koji sauces centered on rice koji. We provided dried apple, and...
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