When apples are processed for juice, about 70-75% of the apple goes into the juice, leaving the remaining 25-30% as pomace.

In commercial productions, apple pomace usually ends up in the landfill and quickly starts to release methane due to the high moisture level and lack of oxygen. More on environmental impact of food waste can be found here.

However, the pomace is full of fibers that can be further utilized.

With production partners, we collect the pomace and dehydrate it. The dried product is then mixed with binding agents and laminated on recycled, plant-based fabric.

We work with Desserto®, a Mexico-based material innovator, to bring you cactus leather.

On its sustainably operated Nopal farm, mature leaves are harvested of without damaging the plant itself, enabling repeat harvest every 6-8 months from the same plants.

The harvested leaves are used for human consumption, animal stock and the production of cactus leather, maximizing the utilization of every harvest.

We work with Fruitleather Rotterdam, a Netherland-based material lab, to bring you mango leather.

Mangoes sold in countries like Netherland experience very high waste rate because the fruit is mostly imported and have a very short shelf life. Once the fruit is bruised or starting to go bad, it's unlikely to be sold and ends up be thrown out. However "rotten" mangoes are a great starting point given their high sugar and fiber level.

Once the discarded mangoes are collected, they are boiled down and baked into sheets in a process similar to making fruit rollups, with help of some natural additives as biding agents and GOTS-certified organic cotton material as backing.