Welcome to the Crowd Sauce project
The Crowd Sauce project is centered around the Queen Victoria Market at the Moving Feast Kitchen in the Purpose Precinct and is dedicated to diverting the markets overripe & unsold produce from becoming waste and turning it into long shelf-life products. It’s about understanding waste streams on site, refusing, reducing and diverting. The project also includes education tours, workshops and events to share our passion for all things circular. Part of the project is mapping waste and ideating the potential of waste diverted on site.
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The Crowd Sauce project has created over 38 different products from diverted produce at Queen Victoria Market in the past 6 months.
Moving Feast Products
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Babaganoush
A smokey eggplant dip, add it to a mezze platter or use with veges & pita.
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Black Lime & Grape Jam
A unique sweet preserve, perfect on toast or scones.
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Sweet Potato Miso
Like a classic miso, a great addition to sauces, soups or glazes.
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Banana Ketchup
A savoury Filipino sauce, use in place of tomato ketchup.
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Black Garlic Salt
Sprinkle on anything for an extra burst of flavour.
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Eggplant and Long Bean Caponata
Use as a spread, spoon over chicken, lamb or fish, use as a pasta sauce or sandwich topper.
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Furikake
A savoury Japanese seasoning, it is great topper for rice, fish, eggs, avo toast, anything!
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Green Harissa
Add to sauces, stews, soups, hummus and a plethora of other items to add rich and zesty flavour.
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Green Tapenade
Great in sandwiches or toasties, with cheese, charcuterie or even with rice.
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Kimchi Popcorn
Sprinkle on any dish for an extra burst of flavour.
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Lime Pickle
Hot, sour & salty this is delicious with South Asian food.
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Orange Bay and Rosemary Marmalade
A classic preserve. Spread on toast or scones.
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Persimmon Hot Sauce
For everything from sandwiches to rice, this hot sauce has a moderate heat level.
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Pickle Salt
Sprinkle on anything for an extra burst of flavour
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Pickled Long Beans
Toss through a salad or great as a snack alone.
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Pumpkin Curry Salt
Sprinkle on anything for an extra burst of flavour.
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Sweet Potato Shoyu
A light Japanese soy sauce, use with sushi, meat, tofu or vegetables.
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Spiced Carrot Relish
Fantastic in a sandwich.
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Persimmon Vinegar
Both sweet and tart, enjoy in salads and marinades whilst enjoying all the health benefits!
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Sweet Potato Miso
Like a classic miso, a great addition to sauces, soups or glazes.
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Sweet Potato XO Sauce
Great with everything - eggs, rice, stir fry, noodles.
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Zucchini Bread and Butter Pickles
A classic recipe, pop on a cheeseboard or in a sandwich.
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Chicken Salt
Take your potatoes to the next level!
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Market Apple & Organic Black Garlic
Perfect for dressing salads, dipping sauces & finishing East Asian dishes.
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Apple Paste
Fantastic on a cheeseboard, use as you would a quince paste.
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Mango & Caroline Reaper Hot Sauce
A sweet & tangy hot sauce to drizzle over anything!
Cafe Products
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Bread Waste Pasta
This recipe uses the waste stream of bread from Woodfrog Bakery. The fine breadcrumbs are mixed with some new flour and eggs and rolled in the same process as making pasta.
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Banana Cookies
This recipe uses the whole banana (skin and flesh) and instead of flour uses breadcrumbs from Woodfrog bakery.
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Energy Balls
This recipe utilises the whole banana (skin and flesh). This product uses dried nectarines from the kitchen as well as coconut and house-made peanut butter.
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ChocLess Hedgehog Slice
The slice consists of dehydrated and crumbled croissant and toasted coconut, mixed with the cacao-free chocolate developed in the Moving Feast kitchen.
E-Learns
We've created informative E-learns to assist you on your journey to circular products. These E-learns are free and easy to navigate through.
1. How to Conduct a Waste Audit
A step-by-step guide to conducting a waste audit.
Find E-learn here.
2. How to Develop a Retail Product
This e-learning module is designed to support start-ups and small social enterprises in Australia as they navigate the exciting journey of developing food products in small batches.
Find E-learn here.
*Open Sauce and Crowd Sauce are both projects supported by Sustainability Victoria and the Victorian Government’s Circular Economy Business Support Fund as part of the Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre (CEBIC).
**The Purpose Precinct is a collaborative project, led by STREAT, Good Cycles and supported by SENVIC. Its home is in the F sheds at the Queen Victoria Markets, where people can shop exclusively from Victorian social enterprises. You can also purchase with purpose online via the website.
