Crumbz

About Crumbz

CRUMBZ is a Dutch circular-economy company focused on helping businesses become more circular by reducing food and production waste. It works with caterers, governments, growers, bakeries, breweries, hospitality businesses, and food producers that want to source or produce more circularly.

The company positions itself as a practical partner for turning residual streams into value. Rather than treating by-products as waste, CRUMBZ helps identify circular opportunities, organize logistics, and build the chain partnerships needed to create new products, new customers, and better environmental and economic outcomes.

Core Values

• Waste reduction: A central goal is to reduce residual streams and keep materials in use at the highest possible value.
• Circular collaboration: CRUMBZ emphasizes working with chain partners, because practical circularity depends on cooperation across the value chain.
• Environmental and economic benefit: The company explicitly links circular solutions to both lower environmental impact and better business results.
• Pragmatic implementation: It favors starting with simple pilots that deliver tangible results and can be scaled further.
• Transparency and measurement: Its projects include CO2 and sustainability reporting, showing an interest in quantifying impact and making it visible.

Unique Aspects

• Born from the Bakkersgrondstof network: CRUMBZ originated from the circular enterprise Bakkersgrondstof, giving it a strong foundation in bread and food-stream circularity.
• Bread and bakery-stream expertise: Its projects show particular strength in valorizing bread-related residual streams, from stale bread and bread crumbs to beer spent grain and bakery leftovers.
• Chain-building approach: CRUMBZ does not only advise; it helps assemble the partner network, contracts, production setup, logistics, and traceability needed to make circular chains work.
• Quantified sustainability focus: The company is developing a handbook for CO2 and sustainability reporting, using standards such as GHGP and ISO 14064.
• Visible project ecosystem: Its work spans multiple named pilots and collaborations, including circular cookies, fermented breadcrumbs, NoLostBread, Kvas, and pelletized feed applications.