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NETZRO is an upcycled food ingredient company, creating a new environmental and economic standard for reducing global food waste.

Since 2015, NETZRO has built an ecosystem of farmers, producers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, consumers and regulators, all working together to pioneer a circular upcycled food economy.

Working with large and small-scale businesses across the country, NETZRO uses proprietary technology for reducing, recovering and reharvesting food byproducts into safe, nutritious, and versatile upcycled ingredients that are good for the planet and consumers.

The vision of NETZRO is to eliminate food waste and expand the food economy without growing more food.

NETZRO is a woman-owned Specific Benefit Corporation based in Minnesota.

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Upcycled Corn powered by NETZRO is reharvested spent grain that has been sustainability sourced and recovered from distilleries.

It’s time-consuming and challenging for sustainably minded brewers and distillers to transport their spent grain back to farmers for animal feed. And many produce more than the farmers can use. NETZRO saw this problem as an opportunity — to rescue and restore this grain.

Today, NETZRO is working with award-winning craft distillery, Tattersall Distilling, known for its sustainable practices. Tons of nutrient-rich, spend rye & corn grains are rescued by NETZRO every week. During the distilling process the sugars are extracted, then using NETZRO proprietary technology, the spent grains are restored leaving behind the nutritious fiber and protein. This marks the first time that upcycled grain from a distillery will be made commercially available as edible ingredients. NETZRO is currently reclaiming grain from various breweries in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

Wholesalers, retailers, restaurants and consumers can purchase upcycled ingredients directly from NETZRO prepared to purchasers' spec. For each pound sold, Tattersall and NETZRO donate proceeds to The Artisan Grain Collaborative to promote a regenerative food system. Buyers can be assured that NETZRO is socially responsible, sharing profits with farmers in order to promote land stewardship.

Spent Corn Upcycled Flour

Upcycled Rye powered by NETZRO is reharvested spent grain that has been sustainability sourced and recovered from distilleries.

It’s time-consuming and challenging for sustainably minded brewers and distillers to transport their spent grain back to farmers for animal feed. And many produce more than the farmers can use. NETZRO saw this problem as an opportunity — to rescue and restore this grain.

Today, NETZRO is working with award-winning craft distillery, Tattersall Distilling, known for its sustainable practices. Tons of nutrient-rich, spend rye & corn grains are rescued by NETZRO every week. During the distilling process the sugars are extracted, then using NETZRO proprietary technology, the spent grains are restored leaving behind the nutritious fiber and protein. This marks the first time that upcycled grain from a distillery will be made commercially available as edible ingredients. NETZRO is currently reclaiming grain from various breweries in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

Wholesalers, retailers, restaurants and consumers can purchase upcycled ingredients directly from NETZRO prepared to purchasers' spec. For each pound sold, Tattersall and NETZRO donate proceeds to The Artisan Grain Collaborative to promote a regenerative food system. Buyers can be assured that NETZRO is socially responsible, sharing profits with farmers in order to promote land stewardship.

Spent Rye Upcycled Flour

The byproduct from cold-pressed juicing is a superfood ingredients, full of fiber, that is typically overlooked. In one week, thousands of pounds of organic produce pulp might be sent to the landfill from just one juicery! 

For every pound of juice produced, as much as one to four pounds of nutritious, fiber-rich pulp might be trashed. NETZRO can process this pulp into shelf stable bacteria free ingredient that can be a terrific additive to other food products.

Upcycled Fruit Pulp Fiber

In the US 105 billion eggs are produced per year. The majority of the eggshells are either landfilled or land applied. Mother nature created eggshells with its membrane to protect and nurture the embryo to grow into a chick. 

NETZRO's platform processes eggshell waste from egg producers separating the membrane from the shell creating two high value products; calcium carbonate (shell) and collagen protein (shell membrane) for animal and human consumption. NETZRO sells upcycled calcium and collagen to food manufacturers and licenses its platform to large egg processing facilities.

Upcycled Eggshell Collagen

Upcycled Kernza powered by NETZRO is reharvested spent grain that has been sustainability sourced and recovered from breweries

Kernza® is a perennial wheatgrass and a power player in regenerative agriculture. The crop creates healthy soil with its deep root system and helps fight climate change by locking carbon into the land instead of in the air. It's also high in protein, high in antioxidants, and has eight times the amount of insoluble fiber as wheat. Kernza® grain has a sweet, nutty flavor that works well as an ingredient in a wide variety of baking, cooking, and of course beer and whiskey!

Spent Kernza Upcycled Flour

Transforming food byproducts into upcycled ingredients at scale

NETZRO, SBC

Transforming food byproducts into upcycled ingredients at scale

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