Fireside Chat // Upcycling Biomass: Transforming Agricultural Waste into High-Value Ingredients

06 Nov 2025
Main Auditorium
Agri-Tech , Food-Tech
  • As sustainability becomes a business imperative, upcycling biomass into high-value, bioactive food ingredients is revolutionising the agri-food sector. From coffee and tropical fruits to shrubs, what is the valorisation potential of different waste streams across fresh produce and specialty crop production systems?
  • From production practices to the collection, aggregation and processing of waste, what supply chain management challenges must we address to scale from pilots to mass production?
  • What type of ingredients are in production, and what’s in the innovation pipelines of corporates and start-ups? What front-of-pack claims do these ingredients support, and how do they align with industry and consumer needs?
Speakers
Weitze Ooi
Weitze Ooi, Managing Director, Dole Specialty Ingredients - DOLE SUNSHINE COMPANY