What ReGrained does

ReGrained, operating under the legal entity Upcycled Foods, Inc., is a San Francisco-based B2B food ingredient and innovation services company founded in 2013. Its core technology is the proprietary ReGrained SuperGrain+® platform, which converts brewers' spent grain — a high-volume brewing byproduct — into functional, nutritious food ingredients used for flavor enhancement, nutrition fortification, and sustainability storytelling in CPG applications. The company has since expanded its ingredient portfolio beyond grain to include upcycled teas, cocoa substitutes, syrups, purées, and unique fruits.

The business operates two complementary revenue streams. The first is upcycled ingredient sales, supplied directly to consumer packaged goods brands, food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers (including Kerry, Mondelez, and Puratos), and retailers for private-label programs (notably Kroger, where three bread SKUs were launched in 1,800 stores across 18 states). The second is the Upcycled Foods Lab, a five-stage innovation services offering spanning opportunity discovery, business case development, product development, scale-up and commercialization, and market launch support, sold to food and agriculture stakeholders seeking to valorize their own waste streams.

ReGrained pursues an enterprise field sales and channel-partner GTM motion targeting five horizontal customer segments: CPG brands and manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, agricultural processors and growers, retailers and foodservice operators, and institutions and trade associations. The company maintains a documented USDA affiliation supporting upcycled food category standards. With 1-10 employees and cumulative disclosed funding of approximately $3.76 million across 2018 and 2020 rounds, ReGrained operates as a lean, category-specialist organization within the broader upcycled food market projected to grow from roughly $39 billion in 2024 to over $65 billion by 2032.

Name

ReGrained

Legal name

Upcycled Foods, Inc.

Website

https://regrained.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ReGrained (Upcycled Foods, Inc.) is a B2B upcycled food ingredient supplier and innovation services provider, converting brewers' spent grain and other byproducts into functional ingredients for CPG brands, ingredient suppliers, and retailers such as Kroger and Kerry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Upcycled Food Ingredients

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Functional Packaged Foods (Gluten-Free, Keto, Organic, Medical/Allergen-Friendly) (CRADAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Alternative Protein Snacks, Bars & RTD Nutrition Manufacturing (AFAKAGAK)

Keywords

• Upcycled food ingredients
• Spent grain upcycling
• Functional ingredient formulation
• Food byproduct valorization
• Product commercialization services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Upcycled Ingredient Sales: Sale of proprietary upcycled ingredients including ReGrained SuperGrain+® and expanded portfolio of teas, cocoa substitutes, syrups, purées, and unique fruits to CPG brands and manufacturers.
2. Innovation Services: Innovation Lab services offering opportunity discovery, business case development, product development, scale-up & commercialization, and market launch & growth support for food and agriculture stakeholders.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ReGrained supplies upcycled food ingredients, led by the ReGrained SuperGrain+® product family derived from brewers' spent grain. It also provides food and agriculture innovation engagements covering opportunity discovery, product development, scale-up, commercialization, and launch support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SuperGrain+®: Flagship ingredient platform derived from brewers' spent grain, offering versatile product family for flavor enhancement and nutrition in food applications.

Products and services

• ReGrained SuperGrain+® A product family derived from brewers' spent grain that enhances flavor and nutrition in food applications for CPG brands and food manufacturers.
• Upcycled Ingredient Portfolio A range of formulation-ready upcycled ingredients, including teas, cocoa substitutes, syrups, purées, and unique fruits, for food and beverage product development.
• Upcycled Foods Lab An innovation service for food and agriculture stakeholders covering opportunity discovery, business-case development, formulation, prototyping, validation, scale-up, commercialization, and market-launch support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three bread SKUs launched in 1,800 stores across 18 states for Kroger
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KrogercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKroger partnered with Upcycled Foods, Inc. to integrate ReGrained SuperGrain+® into new private label products, accelerating product innovation and advancing Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative. The collaboration resulted in three bread SKUs (Seeded Multigrain, Multigrain Quinoa, Apple Cinnamon) launched in 1,800 stores across 18 states.
• KerrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKerry collaborated with Upcycled Foods, Inc. to co-create the world's first upcycled protein crisp, leveraging ReGrained SuperGrain+® to deliver enhanced nutritional profile and sustainability credentials. The product generated significant sales opportunities and demonstrated strong market interest for broader adoption.
• MondelezminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMondelez is listed as a partner/client utilizing Upcycled Foods, Inc. ingredient solutions for product innovation.
• PuratosminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPuratos is listed as a partner/client utilizing Upcycled Foods, Inc. ingredient solutions for product innovation.
• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSDA affiliation noted on the company's website, suggesting regulatory or certification partnership supporting upcycled food standards.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Outcast Foods: Outcast Foods is a direct peer that specializes in upcycling surplus and cosmetically imperfect produce into shelf-stable food ingredients for CPG companies. Highly comparable to ReGrained as both are B2B upcycled ingredient companies serving food manufacturers with sustainability-focused solutions.
• Renewal Mill: Renewal Mill upcycles byproducts (notably from tofu and juice production) into baking ingredients, flours, and snacks. Directly comparable to ReGrained as both transform food manufacturing byproducts into branded upcycled ingredients sold to CPG and retail channels.
• Barnana: Barnana upcycles 'imperfect' bananas that would otherwise be wasted into snack products. Comparable to ReGrained in the upcycled snack category, with similar positioning around sustainability and byproduct valorization, though more consumer-facing branded.
• Blue Stripes Urban Cacao: Blue Stripes upcycles cacao fruit pulp (typically discarded in chocolate production) into beverages, snacks, and ingredients. Similar upcycling business model to ReGrained, transforming food processing byproducts into consumer products and ingredients.
• Spudsy: Spudsy produces snacks made from upcycled sweet potatoes and vegetables that don't meet grocery store aesthetic standards. Comparable to ReGrained's original snack-puff business model and its focus on transforming surplus produce into consumer food products.

Emerging players

• Cascades Food Equipment & Ingredients: Cascades operates in food byproducts and sustainable ingredients for CPG applications. Comparable to ReGrained's byproduct valorization approach, though Cascades has a broader industrial scope including packaging and tissue products.
• Misfits Market: Misfits Market sells 'imperfect' and surplus produce directly to consumers to reduce food waste. Comparable to ReGrained in the broader upcycled food ecosystem with shared sustainability positioning, though operating via a DTC subscription model rather than B2B ingredients.
• Too Good To Go: Too Good To Go operates a marketplace app connecting consumers with surplus food from restaurants and retailers. Thematically comparable to ReGrained as a food waste reduction platform, though positioned at the consumption stage rather than the ingredient transformation stage.

Broad incumbents

• Apeel Sciences: Apeel Sciences develops plant-derived coatings that extend produce shelf life and reduce food waste. Broader incumbent in the food waste/sustainability space with significant VC backing, addressing a related but distinct problem from ReGrained's ingredient upcycling.
• Kerry Group: Kerry Group is a global ingredient and taste solutions company that co-developed the upcycled protein crisp with ReGrained. Comparable as both partner and potential competitor in the upcycled ingredient space, with substantially greater scale and resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/regrained

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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