Renewal Mill, an upcycled food company, has partnered with Miyoko’s Creamery, an plant-milk creamery, to create a collection of chef-crafted cookies.
Renewal Mill’s Salted Peanut Butter Cookies are now made with upcycled Miyoko’s Creamery European Style Cultured Vegan Butter, marking the first co-branded, upcycled product using Miyoko’s Creamery ingredients.
True to its mission to reduce food waste and create a new circular food economy, Renewal Mill is working with Miyoko’s Creamery to capture the portion of its vegan butter left in its churning equipment at the end of production and put it to its best use.
Recognized for its cultured flavor, Miyoko’s European Style Cultured Vegan Butter is crafted to melt, brown, spread, and bake like animal dairy butter. Miyoko’s Creamery butter is also lactose free, palm oil free, gluten-free, non-GMO, kosher, and certified USDA Organic, making it the ideal ingredient for Renewal Mill’s single-serve, ready-to-eat cookies.
“According to Project Drawdown, a leading climate change research organization, reducing food waste and eating a more plant-rich diet are two of the top three things we can do to stay below two degrees of global climate warming” said Caroline Cotto, Renewal Mill’s co-founder, in a statement. “Creating artisan cookies made with Renewal Mill’s upcycled ingredients and Miyoko’s Creamery’s plant milk butter is a delicious way to help achieve both of these goals and to put power back into the hands of consumers to make a difference.”
Jennifer Kaplan, director of sustainability at Miyoko’s Creamery added, “A vegan, non-GMO, gluten-free, upcycled soft-baked cookie that tackles food waste is a marker of a food system renaissance. What a dream come true to have a partner like Renewal Mill, who is revolutionizing the industry by finding delicious homes for rescued ingredients like our end-of-run butter. We can't wait for everyone to try our collaborative peanut butter cookie and taste how great doing good can be.”
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