How the Spare Food Co. upcycled its way to a NEXTY Award

Co-founders and brothers Jeremy and Adam Kaye talk about their food-waste mission and what’s in the pipeline for this innovative brand.

Adrienne Smith, Director of Content

March 21, 2022

The Spare Food Co. burst onto the natural products CPG scene at Natural Products Expo West with its first line of products: four SKUS of Spare Tonic, a probiotic sparkling tonic made with only four ingredients and containing 85%-95% upcycled whey (depending on the SKU).

At New Hope Network, our NEXTY Awards team and judges had already enjoyed a preview of this product, which was selected as the Expo West 2022 NEXTY winner in the Best New Beverage category. In this video, NEXTY program manager Adrienne Smith speaks with Jeremy and Adam Kaye about this stellar product and what comes next for this innovative and mission-driven brand.

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Adrienne Smith

Adrienne Smith

Director of Content, New Hope Network

Adrienne Smith is the director of content for newhope.com and the editor-in-chief of Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine where she helps ideate and produce content for natural products retailers, brands and entrepreneurs. She also runs the NEXTY Awards, an annual program held in conjunction with Natural Products Expo West that recognizes emerging and established natural CPG brands for their innovation, inspiration and integrity.

Before coming to New Hope Network, Adrienne spent two decades writing about food and beverage products and trends for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Trade in Madrid, Spain, as well as for publications including the International Herald Tribune/New York Times and El País. A former restaurant owner, chef and sommelier, Adrienne is passionate about food in all its forms.

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