Third-party verifier of meals manufacturing practices The place Meals Comes From, Inc. (WFCF) introduced at this time it had acquired the Upcycled Licensed Program from the Upcycled Meals Affiliation.
The Upcycled Meals Affiliation launched its certification program in early 2021, changing into, on the time, the primary certification program for the nascent upcycled meals business. Since then, 93 firms have obtained Upcycled Licensed standing for over 480 merchandise, in accordance with the Upcycled Meals Affiliation. The group claims it has helped divert a mean of 390,000 tons of meals waste yearly.
WFCF is sensible as a pure dwelling for the Upcycled certification program given the corporate’s concentrate on with meals business verification. The corporate manages verification applications for natural meals, non-GMO meals, and the humane remedy of animals amongst others. And now with the acquisition of the UPFA’s verification program, they add a reasonably fast-growing new class to their secure.
As for the Upcycled Meals Affiliation’s future, the non-profit group seems to be to proceed to facilitate the expansion of the business even because it exits the verification enterprise.
“The Upcycled Meals Affiliation is wanting ahead to ongoing collaboration to successfully serve the broader meals waste discount neighborhood and to making sure that upcycled meals firms have the sources they should develop and produce to market new upcycled meals merchandise,” wrote the Upcycled Meals Affiliation CEO Angie Crone on her Linkedin.