Upcycled Certified® and UFA Member Products Available at a Sprouts Farmers Market Near You!

by Halle Hirschkop

Looking for a yummy snack for your next road trip or potluck?

Look no further than Sprouts Farmers Market, where you can find delicious Upcycled Certified® products to enhance your daily snacking and meals. Look for products that have received UFA’s Upcycled Certified® mark, the world’s only third-party certification program for upcycled food ingredients and products. This mark ensures the upcycled ingredient or product was acquired and developed with surplus food or food by-products from manufacturing through verifiable supply chains. By going through the detailed process of certification, companies demonstrate that they want their product or ingredient to have a positive impact on the Earth. Check out the list of upcycled foods below that can be found at a Sprouts Farmers Market near you that offer a sustainable and flavorful twist to your daily munching. 

Spudsy

Spudsy was founded in 2018 and was inspired by the idea of making better-for-you and better-for-the-world snacks, taking sweet potatoes with minor flaws and turning them into yummy, new snacks.They have helped save over 2 million sweet potatoes from ending up in landfills.

When you want a savory crunch you can always depend on their sweet potato Puffs including Vegan Cheesy Cheddar, or try their Sweet Potato Poppers that come in flavors such as White Cheddar, Jalapeno Ranch, and Salt And Vinegar. Spudsy also has you covered when you are craving something sweet and healthy; you can snack on their Cinnamon Churro Sweet Potato Puffs. #savethespud!

Uglies  Kettle Potato Chips

Despite the name, Uglies Kettle Potato Chips help reduce food waste.They take potatoes that are too large or too small, have varied colors or the wrong sugar content, and turn them into a mouth watering chip. They craft their chips in small batches to minimize food waste.Flavors that can be found at Sprouts Farmers Market include Bar-B-Que Kettle Chips, Sea Salt Kettle Chips, and  Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips. 

Blue Stripes  

Most people are familiar with the cacao bean, which is extracted from the cacao pod to make chocolate. Unfortunately, nearly 70% of the cacao pod is wasted after taking the beans. Blue Stripes founder Oded Brenner decided to go on a quest to use the entire cacao pod, and this endeavor turned into Blue Stripes. 

The company offers a whole range of items that include nutritious cacao drinks to varieties of chocolates. At Sprouts Farmers Market you will find their Whole Cacao Trail Mix, Crunchy Coconut Dark Chocolate Bar, and Almond Butter Dark Chocolate Bar. All of these items provide you with an ethical snack that is healthy and delicious. 

Barnana 

Upcycling is at the heart of  Barnana’s mission, as all of their products have been created from overripe bananas that would not be used otherwise. They get their bananas primarily from smallholder, indigenous family farmers, and they provide good wages by paying 30% above the normal rate, and still manage to sell their products at affordable prices.

If you’ve ever tried a plantain chip, you know just how delicious they are. Sprouts Farmers Market carries Barnana plantain chips in two flavors: Organic Himalayan Pink Sea Salt and Organic Ridged Acapulco Lime. 

With over 397 Sprouts Farmers Market stores in the USA, we encourage you to swing by your local store to pick up some tasty upcycled snacks soon! Interested in learning more about membership, certification, and other ways to combat food waste? Learn more here: https://www.upcycledfood.org/