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From seaweed burgers to ‘upcycled’ potato chips, the high-end food industry is going ‘nature positive’

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More than 1 billion tonnes of food was thrown away in 2022 by households, retailers and food service companies.

Lesser-known ingredients such as seaweed are also being used in food production in Europe .

Upscale U.K. stores such as Waitrose and Fortnum and Mason are selling food made with "upcycled'' ingredients.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is encouraging companies to produce food in a more regenerative way.

Seaweed is not yet being used to its full potential as a food product in the U.S. and Europe .

Several of the products in the Big Food Redesign Challenge are on sale in Waitrose stores in the UK .

Food entrepreneur Stewart hopes upcycled ingredients can go mainstream.