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brewbee makes
good even better

We rescue valuable, unused by-products from the brewery and transform them into delicious food for you. Even better – you can enjoy every moreish mouthful with a clear conscience and a happy heart. Because with brewbee, you’re helping to save resources – and the environment!

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brewbee is to everyone’s taste

In the mood for a hearty dish? Keeping it crispy? Craving something sweet? Want to warm up with a hot meal? The only requirement is it has to make responsible use of resources! Treat yourself to sustainable food from brewbee – everything we make is rich in plant-based proteins, minerals and fibre. Time for you to try it! Feeling hungry?

Verpackung einer "Brewbee Verdura"-Pizza mit frischem Gemüse. Perfekt für Gemüseliebhaber und schnelle Mahlzeiten.

Pizza

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside – our sustainable brewbee Pizzas are delicious all round. Don’t delay – try today!

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Drei Packungen brewbee Tschipps in den Sorten Paprika, Sea Salt und Tandoori auf dunklem Hintergrund, präsentiert als Produktsortiment

Tschipps

At last – a snack that tastes fresh and crispy and is good for you too. They’re a bit moreish, though. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

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Zwei brewbee Verpackungen für pflanzenbasiertes Gschnetzlets und Ghackets aus Gerstenmalz plus grünes Plant-Based Label

Plant-based

Made from spent grain, lentils and wheat protein, our plant-based line is packed with proteins and full of flavour.

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Lasagne

Ein Teller mit Vegetarische Lasagne, umgeben von Salat, Getränken mit Limettenscheiben und einem Schneidebrett mit Servierlöffel.
To the Brewbee Lasagne

Müesli

Schüssel mit Cornflakes, Trauben und Johannisbeeren auf Teller, daneben ein Glas Milch – frühstuckhafte, helle Food-Szene
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Bolognese

Brewbee Bolognese mit Pasta, frischen Tomaten, Basilikum und Parmesan auf einem weissen Teller, ideal für italienische Gerichte.
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Ravioli

Brewbee Ravioli gefüllt mit Ricotta und Plant-based Ghackts, serviert mit frischem Rucola, Parmesan, Kräuterdip und Parmesanstück.
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Salad dressing

Rustikale Food-Szene mit Tomaten-Mozzarella-Salat, frischen Kräutern, Getränk und Besteck auf Holzbrett angerichtet
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Pizza

Köstliche Brewbee Pizza mit Speck und Zwiebeln auf einem Holztisch, mit Oregano und Mehl dekoriert. Perfekt für Food-Blogs.
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Tschipps

Chips auf Teller mit verschiedenen Dips auf Holzbrett im Gartenambiente, ideal als Snackpräsentation für Outdoor oder Apéro
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Plant-based

Aromatische Bowl mit Reis, plant-based Asia Geschnetzeltem, Edamame, Cashews, Chili und Limette, von Hand mit Stäbchen gegessen
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Save those by-products!

brewbee sources its main ingredients from Brauerei Locher in Appenzell. When the popular Quöllfrisch beer leaves the brewery, lots of valuable and nutritious by-products are left behind, including aromatic spent grain, vibrant brewer’s yeast, low-alcohol beer and intense beer wort. We carefully collect them and follow trusted processes to use them up, ultimately transforming them into our sensational brewbee products. Sustainable, distinctive and completely free from alcohol!

Climate Mission

All production processes everywhere involve a certain amount of waste as standard. At a brewery, we’re talking about tonnes of unused spent grain that’s packed with protein and full of fibre. So do we just dispose of that valuable spent grain? Not at brewbee!

Mann auf Bergwanderweg bei sonnigem Wetter, umgeben von grünen Hügeln und felsigen Gipfeln in eindrücklicher Alpenlandschaft

“I just can’t accept all of the valuable and nourishing by-products and fibre not being used the way they deserve to be.”

Karl Locher
Brauerei Locher AG

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FAQ

Where did the name brewbee come from?

brewbee combines the words “brew” and “bee”. brewbee is a new food-upcycling start-up at Brauerei Locher in Appenzell, which was founded to cleverly reduce the amount of food waste from the brewing process. We buzz around like busy worker bees, working hard to keep on creating new sustainable products. And that’s why we ended up with the name brewbee.

What exactly is upcycling?

Upcycling isn’t quite the same as recycling. The idea is to upgrade something to add new value. Exploiting unused by-products reduces the demand for newly produced raw materials, which allows us to save on our precious resources.

What makes brewbee products sustainable?

brewbee rescues valuable by-products from the brewery and transforms them into delicious food for you. We are passionate about ensuring that all the tonnes of unused by-products – and all the important nutrients and fibre inside them – are not simply wasted. Instead, we make sure that they are fed back into the natural cycle as delicious food we can all enjoy. This is why we created brewbee in the first place.

Are brewbee products good for you too?

All our brewbee products contain valuable brewery by-products, including aromatic spent grain, vibrant brewer’s yeast, low-alcohol beer and intense beer wort. Packed with plant-based proteins, minerals and fibre, they are a smart and nutritious choice.

Do brewbee products make you drunk?

brewbee products leave you feeling full and happy but definitely not drunk. There’s not a trace of alcohol in any of our products because it doesn’t develop until much later on in the beer brewing process.

What’s the difference between a traditional pizza and a brewbee Pizza?

The secret to our brewbee Pizza is in the base. It’s packed with valuable brewery by-products like brewer’s yeast and spent grain alongside the flour you’d expect. Natural and sustainable all the way. You certainly won’t find any artificial additives in any of our brewbee Pizzas.

Are all brewbee ingredients sourced from Switzerland?

brewbee products are developed and made at our start-up in Appenzell. All our ingredients come from local Swiss suppliers, which allows us to keep transportation to the absolute minimum.

Why is the proportion of valuable by-products not higher?

We are careful about the proportion of by-products we use in all our brewbee products. In other words, we don’t favour sustainability over taste to the extent that our products are so full of by-products that they taste awful. Creating products that people don’t enjoy eating isn’t going to do the environment any good at all. That’s why we’re careful to get the balance between flavour and sustainability spot on for all our products. The more brewbee products we invent, the more unused by-products we can rescue and put to good use. And we promise you that we have plenty more plans and ideas up our sleeves.

Is brewbee packaging recyclable?

We never stop striving to be better. As part of this ongoing mission, we’re gradually making the packaging for our products more environmentally friendly and strengthening our sustainability strategy wherever we can. Having said that, food safety is our top priority, with all our customers in mind. The packaging we’re using at the moment is aligned with this priority, providing us with the best-possible way of protecting brewbee products, preserving their flavours and getting them to you in perfect condition.

What action is brewbee taking to combat climate change?

It goes without saying that we’re constantly striving to reduce our carbon footprint.

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