CRUST Group Sustainability Profile

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CRUST Group is a Singapore foodtech startup focused on upcycling food waste and surplus ingredients into beverages and food products. Its work is centred on fermentation and extraction technology, with products made from leftover bread, fruit peels, vegetable waste and other surplus inputs. The company was started in 2019 by CEO Travin Singh and has expanded its innovation efforts beyond beverages. Its sustainability position is closely tied to food waste reduction, circular economy practices, and the use of food by-products as inputs for new products.

About CRUST Group

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Singapore

CRUST Group Sustainability Actions

Upcycled food waste into products

CRUST upcycles food waste and surplus ingredients by transforming them into unique beverages and food products. With food and retail brands like Tiong Bahru Bakery, it has turned surplus bread and other surplus ingredients into a beer called ‘Beerguette’. It has also created a range of non-alcoholic beverages, such as sparkling water and sodas, from fruit and vegetable waste.

Used fermentation and extraction

CRUST gives food waste and loss new value by turning them into unique food products using its fermentation and extraction technology.

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Won Food Resource Valorisation award

CRUST Group received the Participation Award at the inaugural Food Resource Valorisation Awards 2021, which recognised projects in the pilot or R&D phase that convert food waste into valuable products and resources.

Worked with external partners

Travin Singh said CRUST works with a lot of external universities and other companies from the R&D perspective, and that people from his team have spoken to Professor William Chen with regards to certain R&D aspects.

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CRUST Group Sustainability Commitments

2024

Expand beyond beverages

CRUST continues to invest in innovation, with an aim to expand beyond beverages. Pancake mix made from spent grain was mentioned as a possible future product.