We used to add surplus fruit and veg into stockfeed as a natural form of vitamins and minerals but usually the cooked product smelled soooooo good we thought it must have better qualities than just basic stockfeed. Nutricq received circular economy grants from the RCOE in Mackay in 2024. The two grants awarded to Nutricq were to focus on 1) using retailers’ surplus fruit and veg to make concentrated natural vitamin and mineral powders for livestock (hence reducing landfill fr

With so much food going to landfill, causing environmental damage (by forming the powerful greenhouse gas methane), and in simple terms being wasted, Nutricq decided to focus on preserving nutrients from surplus fresh food. Surplus fresh food is generated by 1) Retailers who understandably need to keep their produce displays appealing to customers 2) Retailers generate byproducts such as fruit peel & pulp in juice bars 3) Producers can generate byproducts that are surplus to