St Albans based husband & wife (and mum & dad!) duo, Spare Snacks produce delicious, crunchy anytime snacks for all the family. Made from 100% whole fruit, the healthy and affordable range contains no added sugar, salt, fat or oil and a pack counts as one of your five a day. Spare believes snacks should taste good and do good, that's why they transform wonky apples into healthy crisps, so the more you snack, the less goes to waste.

Having quickly become firm favourites on Ocado and Amazon, as well as an increasing number of schools and independent outlets, in 2021, Spare's kid-friendly range, Scrapples, is now launching into hundreds of supermarkets and schools, as well as on board British Airways flights. Having seen an increase in demand for healthy, sustainable snacks, Spare launched kid-friendly Scrapples Apple, Apple & Mango, and Apple & Strawberry Crisps. With eye-catching design, Scrapples come in at under 50 calories; they're high in fibre and mess-free, perfect for on-the-go healthy snacking or as a nourishing lunch box treat. Stocked by the UK's leading school caterer, Chartwell's, Scrapples is the healthiest kids fruit snack on the market.

July 2022 sees Scrapples launch to British Airways' Speedbird Café, just in time for the school holidays. The Scrapples range will also launch multipacks and single bags into major retail for the first time, rolling out across Morrisons and Co-Op stores around the country, as well as to Ocado, from the end of August 2022, in readiness for the new school year.

Over 930m tonnes of edible food is wasted globally each year; Spare makes use of both wonky raw and dried apples that are often rejected because they are misshapen, blemished, or deemed the wrong shape or size. The wonky apples are always fresh and delicious, they just happen to look a bit irregular; Spare transforms them into beautifully healthy, Great Taste Award-winning apple crisps that are good for people, producers, and the planet. Hence Spare's mantra: Waste Not, Want Lots!

Founder Ben Whitehead says, “We're so excited that our healthy and sustainable snacks are resonating with parents and buyers alike. Being able to bring Scrapples to the mass market across retail, schools and travel is an important milestone for us and comes at the perfect back-to-school moment. I can't stomach the fact that millions of tonnes of edible fruit and veg are wasted each year, whilst only 23% of us eat our five a day. That's why I started transforming surplus fruit into healthy snacks. Being able to bring Scrapples to Morrisons, Ocado and Co-Op shoppers and British Airways passengers is a step that will be welcomed by fellow parents as a handy, healthy, and mess-free option for keeping the kids fed and entertained, whilst our new Top Bumps character cards also give them a chance to chat about food sustainability in a fun way.”

Dimitry Onaka, a Co-op Buyer as part of its Community Buying Team and Incubator Programme, adds, “We are delighted to work with Spare Snacks, as one of the inaugural group of businesses participating in our incubator scheme they are an exciting and innovative producer with a real point of difference and something unique to excite shoppers. Our 'apiary' programme is designed to help anticipate and, respond to changing consumer tastes and needs, while mentoring and supporting local suppliers as part of our commitment to creating value and making a difference in our local communities – we are really looking forward to seeing their products on our shelves.”

For more information, please visit www.scrapples.co.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS

THE FULL RANGE

• Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps, RRP from £0.70 per 12g bag, RRP from £2.65 per box of 5 x 12g bags
• Scrapples Apple Crisps, RRP from £0.70 per 12g bag, RRP from £2.65 per box of 5 x 12g bags
• Scrapples Apple & Strawberry Crisps, RRP from £0.70 per 12g bag, RRP from £2.65 per box of 5 x 12g bags
• Spare Apple Crisps, RRP from £1.00 per 22g bag
• Spare Apple & Mango Crisps, RRP from £1.00 per 22g bag

STOCKISTS

• Ocado (Scrapples Apple Crisps, Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps and Scrapples Apple & Strawberry Crisps (12g); Spare Apple Crisps and Spare Apple & Mango Crisps (22g); NEW Scrapples Apple Multipacks; Scrapples Apple & Mango Multipacks)
• Amazon (Scrapples Bulk Boxes and Spare Bulk Boxes)
• British Airways Speedbird Café (Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps)
  • From 21st July 2022
• NEW Morrisons (Scrapples Apple Multipacks; Scrapples Apple & Mango Multipacks)
  • From 23rd August 2022
• NEW Morrisons (Scrapples Apple Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps)
  • From 19th September 2022
• NEW Co-Op (Scrapples Apple Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Strawberry Crisps; Scrapples Apple Multipacks; Scrapples Apple & Mango Multipacks)
  • From 21st September 2022
• NEW Chartwells – The UK'S Leading School Catering Company (Scrapples Apple Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Strawberry Crisps)
  • From 1st September 2022
• NEW Brakes – Wholesaler (Scrapples Apple Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Mango Crisps; Scrapples Apple & Strawberry Crisps and Spare Apple Crisps and Spare Apple & Mango Crisps)

SCRAPPLES BENEFITS

• High in fibre
• No added sugar, fat or salt
• One of your kid's five a day
• Nothing artificial
• 100% fruit
• Low calorie (42-44kcal per pack)
• Air dried, never fried
• Great Taste Award winning
• No mess
• Allergen Free
• No palm oil
• Perfect for lunchboxes, on the go and for a healthy post-school snack
• Recyclable packaging
• Schools-approved
• Tackles, and raises awareness of, food waste
• Vegan
• Whole wonky fruit

OUR FOOD WASTE PROBLEM, IN NUMBERS ●        930M tonnes of edible food is wasted globally each year; that's 17% of the food we produce *United Nations March 4, 2021 ●        88m tonnes of food is wasted across Europe each year, at a cost of €143billion *United Nations March 4, 2021 ●        6.7% of all greenhouse gases result from food waste *Our World Data 2020

SPARE'S IMPACT SO FAR

• Preventing food waste at farm level
  • Spare has saved over 171 tonnes of fresh, wonky produce that would otherwise be wasted or used as animal feed to date and hope to save over 6,718 tonnes over the next five years
• Reducing carbon emissions
  • Spare has saved over 342 tonnes of CO2 emissions and envisage saving a further 17,461 tonnes by 2027 *The Food & Agriculture Organisation calculations estimate that 1kg of food waste equals 2.5 kg of CO2 equivalent
• Engaging communities around food waste
  • Spare has spread the food waste message to over 350 million people through our products and media coverage

SPARE SNACK'S BIOGRAPHY

Spare Snacks was founded in 2016 by father of two and major foodie, Ben Whitehead. Growing up, Ben's mum refused to waste any fruit or veg. Fruit picking in Suffolk in his teens, Ben was shocked to discover just how much fruit and veg goes to waste (930m tonnes globally), so he decided the best way to tackle this issue was to make delicious snacks out of it. He visited his local market and started transforming wonky produce into healthy snacks, selling them through local cafes. Spare Snacks was born. Spare has come a long way since then, having rescued tonnes of imperfect produce, sold tonnes of snacks, and won multiple awards; Ben is proud to make the most delicious, thoughtfully produced fruit crisps around.

Scrapples launched in September 2020, with the help of Ben's wife Kat, aiming to make life easy for fellow parents looking for genuinely healthier snacks that don't compromise on taste, nutritional balance, or the environment. This is important when you consider that only one in six children get their five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. It's not always easy to achieve a balanced diet, especially when children often snack up to five times a day*, and most mass-market kids' snacks lack any real nutritional value. *Mintel Kids Snacking Report 2019

Scrapples worked with hundreds of parents and kids to develop the range, ensuring their apple crisps are perfect for both lunchboxes and on-the-go, so kids can enjoy a healthy snack any time of day. With the rollout across supermarkets and online retailers UK-wide, and a new lower multipack price, the team at Spare Snacks are excited for their products to be made available to more families than ever before, with the aim of impacting snacking behaviours and attitudes to food waste from an early age.

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