Top apps for reducing food waste

Food shopping doesn't have to be a series of mental checklists and post it notes. Get techy with a little bit of help from our favourite food waste apps. With nearly £14 billion worth of food going to waste in the UK every year, get #FoodSavvy with the touch of a button.

Olio

Get involved in your community with this popular food sharing app. Have too much food on the go? Just pop it on Olio and someone from your local area will be happy to pick it up.

The app lists surplus items that you want to give away rather than throw – for example spare homegrown veg, or the unused items in your fridge. Offer it on OLIO and someone local will come and collect – this can still be done safely during lockdown, with helpful guidelines for socially distant food sharing.

Kitche

Kitche It, Don’t Ditch It by uploading your shopping receipts and receiving automated reminders to help you bin food waste for good. Flummoxed by the random bits and bobs in your fridge? Kitche is also packed with smart recipes to help you use up every last bite.

Cozzo

Manage your pantry like a pro. CozZo creates a digital inventory of your kitchen cupboards, makes sure you know when food will go off, and creates shopping lists to streamline your supermarket trips. Never find a mouldy potato at the back of the fridge again.

Too Good To Go

Sometimes we just don’t have time to make that midweek meal, which is where Too Good To Go comes in. Connecting you to local businesses, these apps sell food at discounted prices, so it doesn't just get thrown away. You can order and collect a reduced price ‘Magic Bag’ of food that would otherwise be thrown away. Cheap, delicious and beneficial for everyone!

Giki

Make your food choices count. Simply scan the barcode on a product and Giki will tell you everything from additives to the company’s sustainability policy. It will give you info on animal welfare, carbon footprint and palm oil content, arming you with everything you need to make an informed choice.

No Waste

No Waste is a great tool to organise and manage the food in your home. With handy inventory lists for your freezer, fridge, and pantry it lets you quickly see and search for what’s in stock. A menu planner helps you use food up in time and avoid buying duplicates when you shop. Share lists and meal plans with your household, and easily track food waste to help you make future savings. You can download it for free here.

Eatby App

This EatBy barcode scanner keeps track of the food you have in your kitchen and reminds you to eat it before it goes past its use by date. The sharing function makes it easy to share your shopping list or let your family know what’s for dinner.