UPCYCLED CERTIFIED
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Upcycled Certified®
Third-party certification for products made with verified upcycled ingredients.
Upcycled Certified® turns verified food waste reduction into a claim buyers and consumers can understand. To earn the mark, a qualifying product must use ingredients that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption, move through a verifiable and auditable supply chain, and create measurable environmental benefit.
Why Should You Become Upcycled Certified®?
62%
of consumers are willing to pay more for a product that fights food waste. (Innova Market Insights)
70%
of consumers had increased intent to buy Upcycled Certified® foods when the mark was on packaging. (Hartman Group)
95%
of consumers see food waste as an issue. (UFF)
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Bundling Opportunities
The certification process is often thought of as time consuming and laborious. How will you manage more certifications when you're already focusing on so many others? If it’s your first time, certification is honestly a daunting task.
WFCF has focused priorities and certification efforts to serve consumer package good companies, retailers, suppliers and farmers to ensure we can offer all of the highly recognized certifications while reducing your costs, creating brand awareness and saving you time by streamlining and bundling your many certifications.
WFCF has five different divisions under the WFCF umbrella and are each led by the industry’s experts in their given field. When you choose to work with WFCF, you can rest assured you're working with the best of the best!
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