When it comes to avoiding food waste, I do my best to use up everything that’s purchased for the week.
But inevitably, there are always scraps and cut offs left over that I’m not integrating into a meal but I don’t want to just throw them in the bin.
That’s where the Breville FoodCycler comes into its own as a fast and incredibly easy alternative to composting.
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The $299 product, which is currently discounted by 40 per cent to $179, automatically dries, grinds and cools down food scraps and turns them into odourless “EcoChips” for easy disposal at the touch of a button.
The two litre grinding bucket reduces your food waste into just 0.34 litres of sterile EcoChips to be easily disposed of or used in the garden.
The filter lasts for approximately 500 cycles and the machine will indicate when it needs to be changed so you don’t have to worry about monitoring it.
Unlike with traditional composting, the carbon filter bucket lid with activated carbon foam lid-liner reduces odours, so you can happily store food waste at room temperature until you’re ready to start your next cycle.
It’s the device I never knew I needed in my kitchen and shoppers are calling it a “fantastic machine”.
“Super easy to use. The bucket sits on the kitchen bench to collect scraps during the day, then at night I put it into the machine and turn it on,” one woman wrote.
“In the morning I have dried compost matter to put on the garden. No smells, quiet and efficient. It has had no problems with smaller bones like lamb chops and chicken, and can process avocado pits just fine.”
“I’ve had this for about two months now. It is brilliant. Having this has stopped me from needing to hassle with wet waste. It dries and crushes wet waste, vegetable skins, fruit and more into a powder that can be used as compost,” said another.
A third added: “This is an amazing incredible machine. Takes food scraps chicken bones, veggies, fruit, citrus skins and starts cutting and then making everything into small chips of waste down to at least 80 per cent less volume.
“Simply tip them onto the garden — no mess.”
To purchase a FoodCycler for yourself, visit Amazon Australia’s website here.