Cascara Foods Secures Over 400k Via Broota For Food Upcycling
Cáscara Foods, established by UAI engineering graduates Mateo Rubio (CEO) and Domingo Chong (CMO), revolutionizes food waste. They convert discarded food parts into nutritious shakes and supplements. This initiative aligns with their 2017 thesis on sustainable entrepreneurship.
Their journey started with a deep dive into the food industry’s waste issue. This led to the creation of Cáscara Foods in 2018. After four years of dedicated effort, they’ve saved over 180 tons of food from going to waste. Their recent funding of over $400,000 through Broota aims to enhance growth in national D2C and retail channels, develop new products, and optimize operations.
Cáscara Foods specializes in food upcycling. They salvage nutrients from discarded food parts like pulps, peels, and imperfect vegetables. These ingredients are then transformed into healthy and tasty supplements and snacks. Collaborating with processing companies, they rescue by-products, ensuring quality and promoting sustainable production practices.
Their dehydration plant plays a crucial role. Here, the by-products undergo quality inspection and are processed into a range of stable, versatile powdered ingredients using specialized technology.
Broota’s involvement with Cáscara Foods highlights their commitment to addressing global food waste issues. Eduardo González from Broota emphasizes the significance of their work, noting the vast amount of food and resources wasted worldwide. The upcycled food market, valued at $53 billion in 2022, is expected to grow annually by 5% over the next decade. This trend is notably strong in North America and Europe and is gaining momentum in Latin America and Asia.
