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A Most Imperfect 2022

Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly produce, upcycling ingredients, and shopping sustainable groceries.
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Rescuing food
A Most Imperfect 2022
Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly pro…
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Composting
Imperfect’s Food Waste R…
Zero Waste Tips  Our Grocery Storage Guide tells you how to store all …
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Storage tips
The Imperfect Foods Grocery St…
Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and st…
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Woman helping at food shelf
Food for all
Imperfect Donations: Saving Fo…
This September, for Hunger Action Month, we’re working to raise awareness of hun…
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Baking
Easy Pumpkin Snack Cake with M…
Feeling festive for fall and craving something sweet? This easy recipe for pumpk…
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Our grocery storage guide

Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and stop food waste before it starts.
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Tips & Guides

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Composting
Imperfect’s Food Waste R…
Zero Waste Tips  Our Grocery Storage Guide tells you how to store all …
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Storage tips
The Imperfect Foods Grocery St…
Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and st…
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how to read date labels
Waste-less tips
But did you smell it first? Ho…
When we look at food waste in our homes, the two main causes of waste are buying…
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Ingredient guides
When are avocados in season?
Learn when avocados are in season so you can know where your current batch is li…
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Rosemary Orange All-Purpose Cleaning Spray
DIY
DIY Rosemary Orange Cleaning S…
When you make your own all-purpose cleaner, you never again have to wonder, “Wha…
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Recipes

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Baking
Easy Pumpkin Snack Cake with M…
Feeling festive for fall and craving something sweet? This easy recipe for pumpk…
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Leftover hacks
Kitchen Sink Compost Cookies
These cookies can be made with any leftover snacks and chocolate you have on han…
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superfood salad
Side
Plant-Based Superfood Salad
As healthy as it is hearty, this dish features Daring plant-based chicken tossed…
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"B" shaped chocolate carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Dessert
Chocolate Carrot Cake with Cre…
What better way to celebrate B Corp month than with cake? We made our delicious …
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5 ingredients or fewer
Savory Zucchini Pancakes
We’ve all been there: you order all the veggies but can’t figure out…
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Featured Food

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Product spotlight
Our Summer Produce Guide
If you ask the team at Imperfect, now is the time to really get excited about su…
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Ingredient guides
Cooking With Beets: Everything…
Learn how to make this misunderstood root vegetable delicious with a few tips an…
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Great gifts under $10 - holiday gift guide items
Holidays
Great gifts under $10
Not all the best presents arrive via the chimney. This holiday, you can get swee…
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Imperfect's zero waste gift guide
Imperfect’s Zero-Waste G…
The pursuit of perfection can make the holidays stressful, so we’re here to help…
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Lunar New Year Feast
Holiday
Lunar New Year Eats, Sweets, a…
The Lunar New Year is one of the most vibrant holidays celebrated around the wor…
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recipes

Kitchen Sink Compost Cookies

These cookies can be made with any leftover snacks and chocolate you have on hand—making this one of the tastiest ways to reduce food waste.
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Food Waste Movement

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Combatting climate change
How We Calculate Our Environme…
See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you…
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DEI
4 Ways to Celebrate AAPI Herit…
It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we’re excited to cel…
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Company history
We’re Going the Ripe Dir…
We started Imperfect Foods to save ugly produce from going to waste. It felt wro…
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Producer spotlights
Creatively preventing waste wi…
Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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Producer spotlights
Small blueberries, big Impact:…
Learn about how we’ve partnered with Homegrown Organic Farms to find a sustainab…
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About Imperfect

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Rescuing food
A Most Imperfect 2022
Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly pro…
Read more
Woman helping at food shelf
Food for all
Imperfect Donations: Saving Fo…
This September, for Hunger Action Month, we’re working to raise awareness of hun…
Read more
Combatting climate change
How We Calculate Our Environme…
See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you…
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How it works
How Supply Chain Issues Affect…
Over the last year, the term “supply chain” has probably flickered across your s…
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Company history
Imperfect is Now a B Corp!
With our mission to grow the movement to eliminate food waste and build a busine…
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