A first for spent coffee grounds in the Netherlands: recognised as a bijproduct (by-product)
What just changed? Nobody sets out to make coffee grounds. You brew coffee, and the grounds are what is left in the machine. For years that made them waste by default, because no Dutch or European rule said otherwise. That has now shifted. The Omgevingsdienst Noordzeekanaalgebied has concluded that the spent coffee grounds Caffe Inc. […]
Gro: A Perfect Circular Partnership
At Caffe Inc., Spent Coffee Grounds power everything we make, from coffee oil to soaps and beyond. We use the whole material: first extracting cosmetic actives, then giving what remains, our coffee blocks, a second life as the substrate for mushroom cultivation. This brings us to the topic of this blog: our “perfect circular partner” […]
Caffe Inc. Scale Up Is Now a Certified B Corporation™!
In July 2026, Caffe Inc. became a Certified B Corporation™, verified by B Lab across our governance, workers, community, environment, and customer impact. It’s a milestone that reflects something we’ve believed in since day one. Turning coffee waste at large scale into something valuable and running a responsible business are the same goal, not two […]
Why Upcycled Ingredients can offer greater price stability in a volatile market
The problem: When raw materials become unpredictable As a manufacturer, brand owner and a formulator, there is nothing more annoying than fluctuating prices or raw materials that are suddenly unavailable because of geopolitics or climate change. Across the cosmetics industry, many ingredients depend on agricultural crops and global supply chains, making their availability and price […]
Caffe Inc. Impact report 2025 – 2026
Curious about what we’ve achieved over the past year? Our latest Impact Report highlights the milestones, innovations and partnerships that are helping us transform spent coffee grounds into valuable ingredients for food, cosmetics, textiles and biomaterials. We invite you to explore the report and see how we’re creating impact through circular innovation.
Impact Meets Impact: A Fully Upcycled Garment Made from Pineapple Leaves and Used Coffee Grounds
At Caffe Inc., we have always believed that what others discard is simply a resource in the wrong place. For years, our focus has been on demonstrating that coffee is more than a beverage. So we transform used coffee grounds into valuable ingredients for food, cosmetics, natural textile dyes and biomaterials. But coffee is not […]
Can Coffee Oil Reduce Wrinkles? Clinical Results from EspressOil®
Natural oils are widely used in skincare, but few have been evaluated in placebo-controlled clinical studies. At Caffe Inc., we wanted to answer a simple question: Can coffee oil deliver measurable anti-ageing benefits on human skin? To find out, we commissioned an independent in-vivo study with EspressOil®, our upcycled coffee oil. The results showed significant […]
Why Locally Produced Raw Materials Matter More Than Ever in Europe
Europe has long relied on imported raw materials such as palm oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil. While global trade has made these ingredients widely available, recent events have shown how vulnerable this dependence can be. The war in Ukraine disrupted sunflower oil supplies, climate change is affecting harvests worldwide, and new sustainability regulations are […]
Caffe Inc. Recognized Among the World’s Top FoodTech Innovators in the 2025 FoodTech 500
What is the FoodTech 500? The FoodTech 500 is a global ranking curated by Forward Fooding that recognizes the most impactful companies shaping the future of food through technology and sustainability. Often referred to as the “Fortune 500 of FoodTech,” it highlights startups and scale-ups driving meaningful transformation across the food system. Each year, more […]
From Waste to Worth: How Caffe Inc. is Turning Coffee Grounds into a Circular Economy
At Caffe Inc., we believe that coffee should be more than just a beverage, it should be the starting point of a circular economy. Every year, millions of tons of used coffee grounds are discarded globally. We don’t see that as waste. We see it as opportunity. The Problem: A World Drowning in Coffee Waste […]