9 Jun 2025

The Auckland company doing great things with food nobody else wants

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 9 June 2025

Rescued Kitchen repurposes surplus food from various places, including food growers, farmers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and food charities.

Then, the food is turned into upcycled food, ingredients and recipes.

One product sees unused supermarket bread back on the shelves sold as breadcrumbs. 

Rescued co-owner Diane Stanbra says is the company is building on the growing demand for sustainable food options. 

Rescued is helping fight food waste by rescuing and upcycling surplus food.

Rescued is helping fight food waste by rescuing and upcycling surplus food. Photo: Recycled