Homemade Pizza Club utilises spelt grains for health & sustainability

A Yorkshire based pizza firm is upping the stakes in sustainability with a new pizza made from the nutrient rich, but usually discarded, ‘spent grains’ left over from the process of brewing beer. In the UK alone, Britain’s breweries create more than 250 million tons of spent grains every year*. The spent grain (which is non-alcoholic) is then usually discarded or used as a cattle feed supplement due to its high protein content.

The innovation team at The Homemade Pizza Club discovered that the rich and wholesome pizza made using spent grain also delivers 22% less calories than a standard pizza base as well as double the fibre, 20% less sodium and 14% more protein without any compromise on taste or flavour. The Salubre is a major innovation for the pizza industry as it is the UK’s first non-HFSS (non-high fat salt and sugar) tomato topped pizza base available direct to customers online.

James Sturdy, founder, Homemade Pizza Club said; “We were inspired to create the new Salubre pizza base to try and solve the problem of balancing consumer desire for delicious products with the need to improve nutritional content and to move to a more circular economy. Healthier products are often perceived as a compromise or less of a treat. With the Salubre we have created a product which we believe offers everything people love about eating a pizza whilst making it much healthier. The future of food is about not only improved nutrition but also reducing waste and the Salubre also ticks this box by reusing the spent grains from the brewing process. The means a highly nutritious food source going back into human consumption that is otherwise thrown away or sent to animal feed. We are delighted to have developed a product that we believe is the future of food in its ability to offer incredible flavour whilst being better for people and the planet.”

Salubre is also part of The Homemade Pizza Club’s mission to help make pizza part of a balanced diet. It is an alternative to sugary and fatty takeaway pizzas and unhealthy supermarket options that means people can enjoy pizza whilst also achieving an overall balanced diet. Rich and full of flavour, the spent grains that are used to make the Salubre pizza base come from a Yorkshire brewery.

The Salubre is made with a combination of UK milled, vitamin enriched wheat flour and spent Barley grains. Spent grains are the leftover grains from the brewing process and are a highly nutritious food source, being high in fibre and protein. Increased fibre and protein intake has been proven to be an effective way to reduce overall calorie intake and to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and of becoming obese.

The UK is facing an obesity crisis and foods deemed as high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) along with our reliance on processed foods for more and more of our calorie intake have led to around 1 in 4 UK adults and 1 in 5 UK children being classed as obese.

Homemade Pizza Club was created to enable people to create delicious pizza in minutes. Starting with freshly made sourdough pizza bases that come already topped with sauce, for convenience, giving people a way to create a quick and delicious pizza, with no stress and no mess. Homemade Pizza Club was created to give people complete control over their calorie intake and enables people to use a little less cheese or add from its list of healthier-for-you toppings, many of which are packed with healthy vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

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