MXR WED 4th June 2023 Saving Grains Pitch.pdf -

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“Brewing relies on grains, typically malted barley, which are first soaked in hot water. This step releases sugars that are crucial to the later production of alcohol. Once those sugars are released into the liquid, the grain is discarded. spent 23% Protein | 46% Fibre No Alcohol grain Context An average microbrewery uses 200 kg of grain to brew 1,000 litres of beer. There are at least 70+ microbreweries in Bangalore city alone. Nearly 12000 kg of Nutritious food is Sustainable food grain is wasted unaffordable systems are every day within New products that aim at considered the city. delivering high nutrition are not inaccessible built around communities that Once the grain is "mashed" it's Spaces that are creating value need it the most. discarded by most breweries; in for both "people and the some cases it is used as cattle planet" are not participatory. feed, but there is no system to capture this waste streams. Our Solution: 01 Delicious & Healthy Flour Alternative + Products spent grain 45% fibre - 23% protein, this flour is not just healthy but is flavourful, malty and versatile to flour & make sweet and savoury things! 02 Upcycling Food Waste products Built on practices of circularity and sustainability, ensuring closed loop urban food systems. THROUGH SAVING GRAINS, WE'RE CREATING VALUE FROM SO CALLED "WASTE". Community-based 03 A human-centred designed, "micro food waste kitchen: model than can help capture food waste streams in cities. 85% Brewing begins: Grains are "mashed", and discarded as spent grain. saving wet spent grain is rescued, dried and grains milled into a wholesome flour USING INVISIBLE FOOD TO CREATE VISIBLE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES Spent Grain Flour is a great value-add to any recipe for people, pets and the planet! Our Target Market #sustainable #upcycle #nutritious #health Micro-Breweries Food Businesses Corporate F&B Breweries are looking for new innovative (restaurants, chefs, The nutritional, sustainable values that our ways to be more sustainable. By working bulk food stores) products bring match with those with us, they are able to meet sustainability sustainability goals or corporate snacking. Food Businesses keen to innovate + add goals. value to their brands, by using our products in their dishes or stocking our products.. KETO FRIENDLY DIABETIC FRIENDLY SUSTAINABLE FLOUR PET FRIENDLY HIGH FIBRE HIGH PROTEIN VEGAN Revenue Model It's not just an all purpose flour, but a flour with a purpose Direct Sale of Collaborative Consulting & Flour & Spent Products Development Grain Products Collaborating with bakers Consulting, workshops and Upcycled Spent Grain Flour and chefs to create exclusive strategizing with breweries and spent grain products to "Saving Grains" products and other business on food individuals/businesses waste capture models that can be replicated anywhere **from October to December 2022 we made Rs. 94,976 in revenue across urban India (Rs. 43,727 from online sales and Rs. 51,249 from offline sales, events & markets) Upcycled Flour/Products We're the first! to be upcycling brewers spent grain in Bangalore and potentially India High Nutrition Everyday Flour/Products Flour/Products keto high fibre high protein Premium Flour/Products What does scale look like? We're working to use spent grain as a tool to put people at the centre of the circular economy - keeping protein+fibre rich spent grain as a food source within Low- the city that is investment fuelled by upcycling innovation by kitchens in people at a every community level. neighborhood microbrewery cluster. Our micro-upcycling kitchen model is community based LAUNCHED POPPED-UP AT 5 Apart of the COMMUNITY MARKETS CORPORATE Level Up by INITIATIVES from corporate 91Springboard Cohort "SUSTAINABLE" GIFTING canteens to design from our first Natural and fully home prototype upcycling festivals and WORKSHOP AT BANGALORE DESIGN compostable packaging kitchen - KUTUMBA sustainability events WEEK materials Locally sourced & seasonal 2762.5* kgs of ingredients CO2 saved Here's what we accomplished COLLABORATIONS in our first Speaking at The Little Bakery year running CONFERENCES Loafer & Co. Brewers World Cats Eye Kitchen Brews & Spirits Expo Lush with Jeni Business Days Hungary Geist Brewing Co. Bangalore Design Week Upcycled 1100 kgs of The Locavore The Goya Journal brewers spent grain Stocking Upcycled Tea Biscuits at a bulk foods store - FreshMills Current Collaborators Geist Brewing Biergarten A Zero Liquid Discharge Brewery & (ZLD) brewery in Bangalore Kitchen City Kutumba Elizabeth Yorke A community centre whose Chef & Researcher mission is to create - Food Innovation + Circular livelihoods for women from Economy underserved communities. FreshMills Bulk food store and flour mill "I peeled 50 kg of oranges for breakfast service at my hotel today" saving grains is There are at least 40 An average just the start... five-star hotels in microbrewery Bangalore city uses 200 kg of grain to brew 1,000 litres of Food spaces in cities do beer. generate certain amounts of THERE ARE There are at least 65 microbreweries perishable waste. Alone, they FOOD WASTE in Bangalore. may seem insignificant, but STREAMS THAT collectively this so called CAN BE "I brewed 60 "waste" has so much potential CAPTURED cups of coffee to be used to make food and ACROSS CITIES today" non-food products. 11 grams of fresh ground coffee go into each cup. In 2010 there were 40 cafes in Koramangala alone Join us in Saving Grains savinggrains.in savinggrains@gmail.com @savinggrains NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON WITH OTHER FLOURS (/100gm) Ragi Flour Whole Wheat Flour Spent Grain Flour 7.3 gm Protein 10.9 gm 22.27 gm high protein 11.85 gm Fibre 10.5 gm 45.6 gm high fibre 1 gm Fats 1.8 gm 6.6 gm 60.15 gm Net Carb 66.5 gm 20.66 gm low carb 0 25 50 75 GRAMS