Workshop: Utilisation of coffee side streams - From residues and production waste to a circular business

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Workshop on January 13, 2026, 10.00–12.30:

Utilise side streams from coffee production for creating value through new products

Experience the untapped potential of coffee and help create new circular business opportunities based on side streams from the coffee industry.

Target Audience

The workshop is aimed at businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs who generate side streams from the coffee industry, or who wish to explore new product opportunities with coffee side streams:

  • Importers, roasteries, cafés, restaurants, meeting and conference companies
  • Food producers, resource management companies, and businesses that may be interested in using coffee side streams in entirely new products
  • Industry organizations and networks
  • Entrepreneurs, decision-makers, production managers and development managers with strategic or operational responsibility for sustainability, product development, or business development 

Purpose of the workshop

To inspire food and coffee producers as well as other companies to convert coffee side streams into new products through sustainable solutions and circular business models, reducing waste and creating value from coffee side streams.

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Outcomes

  • You will gain a clear overview of how coffee side streams can create value in your company—including opportunities, constraints, and examples.
  • You will leave with concrete ideas and solution proposals prioritized by impact and resource needs.
  • You will gain insight into relevant cases, technologies, and business models from the industry.
  • You will meet potential collaboration partners and get help matching across the value chain.
  • You will receive clear next steps via an action card, enabling you to move forward after the workshop.

Workshop agenda

  • Welcome and introduction
  • Presentation: Side streams in the coffee sector – status and identified potentials
  • Case: Successful value creation from a side stream
  • Choice of focus area
  • Break
  • Summary and alignment on focus areas
  • Breakout session: Idea development in groups on the selected focus areas
  • Joint wrap-up, Q&A and exercise
  • Short tour of Food Technology at the Danish Technological Institute
  • Conclusion, evaluation and thank you for today