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Food and Beverage Services
Oakland, CA 3,847 followers
🍪 Bake a better future. 🌎
About us
Named a World Changing Idea by Fast Company, Renewal Mill is an award-winning, next-generation ingredient company that fights global food loss by upcycling byproducts from food manufacturing into premium ingredients and plant-based products. We’re building a new circular economy of food that’s better for the people and the planet we love. Our flagship ingredient is organic okara, a high fiber, high protein, gluten-free flour made from the nutritious soybean pulp leftover when you make soy milk. But, okara is just the beginning. Food waste is the world's $1.2 trillion problem, and our process can be applied to an array of byproducts, from oat pulp to potato peels to grape pomace, almond meal, and more. Backed by some of the top culinary minds in the industry and winner of the Institute of Food Technologists' (IFT) Future Food Disruptor of the Year award, Renewal Mill aims to be the food industry's go-to supplier for upcycled ingredients that will define the future of sustainable food. Founded in 2016, we're proud to be a woman-owned business based in Oakland, CA.
Industry
Food and Beverage Services
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2016
Specialties
food, upcycling, foodwaste, ingredients, research and development, food tech, innovation, sustainability, nutrition, baking, CPG, convenience stores, recipe development, food marketing, food sales, benefit corporation, women-owned business, proprietary technology, drying technology, and climate collaborative
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Employees at Renewal Mill
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Director at Food System Innovations | Entrepreneur | Startup Mentor & Advisor | Forbes 30 Under 30
5d
Calling all Bay Area entrepreneurs: Applications are officially OPEN for the ICA Fund Accelerator 🚀 My startup Renewal Mill went through the accelerator in 2020 & ICA became an essential partner in helping us scale throughout the pandemic and beyond. I love that ICA has flipped the script on traditional investing and that the majority of their portfolio is #female & #BIPOC founders! ICA's Accelerator program will give you the clarity, confidence, and tools you need to grow your business — and the #community to support you every step of the way. Entrepreneurship can be lonely; the founder friends I've made through ICA were essential. Program Details: 📅 May 8 – July 31 ⏳ ~5 hours/week commitment 📍 Hybrid virtual and in-person Who you are: ⭐️ A Bay Area entrepreneur running a post-revenue business 🫶 A passion for creating good jobs and a commitment to your community What you'll learn: 🌿 Growth Strategy: Develop a clear and actionable plan for growing your business 📈 Capital Landscape: Understand the options for funding your business and get clear on your financial needs based on your business goals 🚀 Investment Readiness: Build a pitch deck, financial model, and a clear growth strategy to be ready to pursue investment 💰 Plus: Graduates of the Accelerator are eligible to apply for ICA’s founder-friendly capital ($25K–$1M) when your business is ready. (Capital is not immediate or guaranteed.) ➡️ Apply today: ica.fund/acceleratorIf you have questions about ICA or my experience as an ICA founder, please DM me, I'd be more than happy to chat! #accelerator #application #opportunity #capital #community #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #getgrowing #ICAfund #yourbusinessisourfocus - Renewal Mill reposted this
President at Renewal Mill
2mo
Spending a day with Acme-Hardesty, Co. at Supply Side West! As emerging distro partners, this team went above and beyond to bring the best out of Renewal Mill Upcycled Oat Protein Flour and Pineapple Fiber through delicious custom formulations - Upcycled Protein PB Bites and Smoothie Splash (a bomb-style mix) Huge hugs to Iswarya Ramakrishnan who pulled this partnership together and leads her career with so much contagious passion for good ingredients. Check out her formulations here: https://lnkd.in/eJt5aREy - We're feeling grateful to the Tory Burch Foundation and Kiva for selecting us to raise a $25,000 zero interest loan in support of our new Certified Gluten Free Oat Milk Flour supply. This loan is powered by our community and is repaid over time. Please consider contributing here: https://lnkd.in/eemgxVnXAfter our successful previous loan, the Kiva platform remains a critical tool to expand the supply of this novel Upcycled ingredient with huge impact potential!
Claire kiva.org - As a small team, packaging is an iterative team effort. If there's a detail you love, chances are Aaron E Brown made it happen!
Director of Operations @ Renewal Mill | 🍪 Climate Foodie 🌎
4mo
Bravo on a great user experience, TCHO Chocolate! 🍫 I want to praise a brand that's truly delighted me. I keep thinking I should call them out and now I'm finally doing it. Their packaging rocks! Anyone else agree with me? It looks great, is easy to open AND easy to close, and they understand that I (and most people) don't—and shouldn't—eat an entire chocolate bar in one sitting. Inside the box are three small wrapped bars of chocolate instead of one. The graphics on the underside of the box are SUCH a delightful surprise, too. I also love the fun collabs they’re doing(Equator Coffees, Fieldwork Brewing Co., Third Culture). They’re not hiding the fact that they’re having fun thinking about how we, the customers, are going to interact with their product. I love seeing little details that show you're really thinking about how the end user might want to enjoy your product. One small thing we've done at Renewal Mill is put a ziplock seal on all our mix pouches. It makes sense for something like our 1-to-1 GF Flour mix, but for our cookie baking mixes? Well, we know that sometimes you’re the only one in your house who is gluten-free, and you want to make a little treat just for yourself. On our brownie mix, we (sort of) hid the recipe on the bottom gusset of the pouch to show you how to make a lil single mug brownie so you don't have to use the whole mix at once. We know our users can quarter or halve our mix instructions and save more for later. What other little details have you seen from CPG brands that make you go... "Oh, that's clever!"? (While I'm at it I have to add... The Hoppy Hour was so much fun to try with its clever effervescence 🫧, and their social media content is 🔥)#UserExperience #PackagingDesign #ThoughtfulDesign #CustomerExperience #CPGInnovation #Sustainability #FoodInnovation #ConsumerInsights #ProductDesign #SmallDetailsBigImpact #TCHOChocolate #RenewalMill #GlutenFreeLiving #BetterForYou #FoodPackaging #MugBrownie #SnackSmart - 📆 Counting down the days 'til the Sweet Earth Brunch Club, kicking off NYC Climate Week 2024! Hosted by Queer Brown Vegan, along with Chef Chris Sidwell and Chef Roopa Venkatraman, this event will feature delicious, planet-friendly, plant-based creations using ingredients from JUST Egg, TiNDLE Foods, Original Sunshine, Mellody®, Miyoko's Creamery, Matriark Foods, Liquid Death, Dandies Vegan Marshmallows by Chicago Vegan Foods, SIMPLi, Once Again Nut Butter Collective, and Renewal Mill. Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 22! Get your tickets now → https://lnkd.in/gNty69e2 #NYCClimateWeek
Sweet Earth Brunch Club: NYC Climate Week Edition eventbrite.com - Renewal Mill reposted this
Director of Operations @ Renewal Mill | 🍪 Climate Foodie 🌎
4mo
I’m just finishing a break to care for my new son. I’m thankful to work for a company that lets me take this time, pays me, and supports me in doing so! Paternity leave is both great and hard! I didn’t realize the new level of constant awareness it takes to fully watch over a child. It’s like suddenly having an app on your phone that drains way more battery than you’re used to. Now, I’m more aware of the finite amount of energy I have each day and the importance of knowing what needs to happen and what can wait. It’s a work in progress. On a personal level, I’m so grateful for this time. Since the day he was born, I’ve had plenty of time with him, but never the chance to spend all day with him by myself. Before, I logically understood his existence and was good at providing for and helping with his needs. But this time with him has been amazing for reflecting, observing, and connecting. The way he plays with my beard (and sometimes pulls!) while I bottle-feed him. The way he stares long and hard at a new toy or even just his hand. Now that I’ve had this time, it’s hard to imagine not having it. I’ve gotten to see and know his little, funny personality. I’m so lucky to have an amazing, happy, and healthy child to get to know, and a partner who is truly incredible at figuring out this whole raising-a-child thing with me. Thank you to Renewal Mill, our suppliers, and our customers for your patience. In a six-person startup, this time away can cause slower email responses and delays.#PaternityLeave #WorkLifeBalance #Fatherhood #ParentingJourney #FamilyTime #Grateful #StartupLife #EmployeeSupport #Thankful