Re:Harvest Named 'Ultra-gap 1000+' Eco-friendly Startup for Food Upcycling Technology

Re:Harvest, a leader in Korea's food upcycling industry, has proudly earned a spot in the eco-friendly sector of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' ambitious '2025 Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project (DIPS 1000+),' laying the groundwork for its leap to become a global unicorn company. In this project, which intensively fosters deep tech companies in 10 new industry sectors poised to lead the future of the national economy, Re:Harvest's innovative technology and sustainable vision shone brightly. A rigorous selection process saw 182 companies chosen across a total of 10 sectors. Re:Harvest is a food upcycling specialist company that transforms by-products from food manufacturing processes, such as spent grain from beer and wheat bran, from mere waste into 'valuable resources.' Through its proprietary technology, the company converts these by-products into eco-friendly raw materials usable in both food and non-food sectors, thereby contributing to reducing resource waste and creating new value. In this selection, Re:Harvest's technological value, environmental impact, and potential for global market entry received particularly high evaluations. Min Alexander Myung-jun, CEO of Re:Harvest, described this selection as "official recognition of our potential to grow into a global unicorn company," stating his ambition to "play an active role on the world stage, leveraging Re:Harvest's unique and differentiated food upcycling technology as a leader in the eco-friendly sector." In this project, which uses technological prowess, innovativeness, and growth potential as key evaluation metrics, Re:Harvest's unique technological capabilities and its potential to lead the global market have been clearly validated. At the '2025 Super Gap Startup Renovation Day' event held in Seoul on the 13th, approximately 300 stakeholders, including Oh Young-ju, Minister of SMEs and Startups, attended to share the visions of the selected companies and celebrate their future. Re:Harvest develops proprietary process technology to utilize nutrient-rich food by-products, manufacturing eco-friendly raw materials, and is already actively pursuing entry into Asian and North American markets beyond Korea. Currently, the company is expanding its upcycling targets to include various food by-products such as sikye-bak (spent grain from sikhye production) and wheat bran, in addition to spent grain from beer, and is accelerating continuous business agreements and research and development to this end. Re:Harvest's trajectory is drawing even more attention as 'Upcycling technology utilizing agri-food by-products' was included in the top 10 core food tech technologies selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in January 2023. Amidst the government's policy support and interest, Re:Harvest is expected to open new horizons in the food upcycling market and lead innovation for a sustainable future.