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BurgerFuel’s new burger is helping to turn food waste into treasure. (Image: Tina Tiller)

Wild Heart: Rethinking food waste in burger form

BurgerFuel's latest creation makes use of ingredients that were destined to go uneaten.
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By Charlotte Muru-Lanning | 13th July, 2022
Contributing writer
How to assemble a Kiwi classic: 25 years of culture and kūmara fries

How to assemble a Kiwi classic: 25 years of culture and kūmara fries

One of New Zealand's most revered culinary exports, BurgerFuel is also one of our most enduring.
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By Sherry Zhang | 16th October, 2020
Contributing writer
BurgerFuel’s Alternative Muscle burger (Photo: Supplied)

More than meats the eye: The unstoppable rise of alternative protein

Like it or not, plant-based meats are coming to a burger near you. Does this spell the end for animal agriculture, or just a shift in attitudes?
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By Alice Neville | 22nd November, 2019
Deputy editor
BurgerFuel’s alternative muscle is made with a plant based patty from The Alternative Meat Co. (Image: Simon Day).

The plant-based revolution is here (and it’s juicy, salty and messy)

Simon Day eats a burger and considers becoming a vegetarian (again). 
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By Simon Day | 12th November, 2019
Contributing Writer
BurgerFuel’s new Electric Pūhā burger (Photo: Supplied)

Hemp, pūhā and not a patty in sight: welcome to the future of burgers

A pair of innovative Kiwi startups have partnered with a Kiwi burger behemoth to bring two delicious, nutritious and under-appreciated local ingredients to the people.
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By Alice Neville | 3rd September, 2019
Deputy editor

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