Having a background in Supply Chain Management and having studied issues in supply chain sustainability and food waste, I love seeing anything that raises awareness of the massive food waste within the supply chain, grocery stores, and homes

James: "Two to tango one to mango" Ben: "Sounds like my life" We feel you mate :virtual_hug:

I just wanna say guys.... I don't think the world really appreciates just how simply nice, good and wholesome you guys are.

Haven't seen this posted yet so just fyi: KEEP XYLITOL AWAY FROM DOGS. It kills them really horrendously through a kind of diabetic shock. I love sharing safe snacks as treats with my puppies and know other dog lovers like to do the same, so if you're experimenting with xylitol in your diet or cooking keep it as well as foods and drinks made with it far out of reach of doggo! PS it's in a lot of gums and toothpaste so never use your tube for dog brushing and keep chewing gums safe and away ❤ Like to spread awareness

Hey Sorted team, I just wanna say that on top of giving us quality content for a decade, thank you for always putting subtitles in your videos. I'm an ESL follower and it's always very helpful.

Acknowledging the problems in how we source, distribute and price food was something I didn't expect, but very much appreciated. I like the mission statements of these food initiatives, and I'm eager to try some of them out. I'd love more videos about ways to enjoy food and cooking while being mindful of things like sustainability and humane business practices (I think the way you did it here was perfect -- not too heavy, just the right amount of emphasis without it becoming a lecture or affecting the tone of your work). Excellent job!

Definitely never put xylitol in anything you're going to feed other people without warning them - if somebody has IBS or related conditions, or just doesn't react well to it without having a specific diagnosed condition, you're signing them up for days of serious pain and inconvenience.

There are many confounding factors. among them: - How would solving waste affect profitability of growing the crops? - What is the environmental impact of processing the otherwise wasted food (thinking of mechanically drying the rice in particular)? - How are the wasted products used now? They may be providing nutrients to the farm land that would need to be replaced. Feeding people usually has more to do with logistics than with actual food (i.e. getting food from places where there is a surplus to places where it is needed). Making food production more efficient may not mean more food is available rather, the same amount of food grown by less people, which may be good or bad based on the hidden costs caused by the change in production methods.

Locally we have a company called Delta Blues that sells “Rice Middlins” that are essentially broken rice. Can use it as grits, risotto or even rice, based on your cooking technique, and saves LOADS of rice waste. (And it’s tasty 😋)

“I-I dont do that, Jamie does that” “Do we need to get Jamie round for the blink?” Such mom vibes I love this, the poor kid

"we all eat three times a day" Ben you have too much faith in me

THANK. YOU. for bringing up "Is it expensive, or are we used to food that shouldn't be this cheap?". That's a HUGE part of it and, I imagine, a massive hurdle for a lot of these innovators! Food and its required labor are constantly undervalued.

Ben goes to Food Expos? Cue the Music. *SUPER GEEK SUPER GEEK HE’S SO GEEKY*

Michael Brian Huttlestone: “Why don’t I get to talk at events?” I mean, he does have the gift of the gab, as we are reminded During ‘Pass It On’.

Ben: "Current Exchange Rate" Me, a Brazilian: weeps

Two important things to note about Xylitol is that 1: it can be highly toxic to pets. 2: It can cause stomach upset and a laxative effect, so just keep that in mind when you're trying it!! It definitely isn't for everyone!

Video Idea. When you were talking about rice I realised i don't know much between the different types of rice. I can name different types but couldn't tell you when they are best used, where they are from etc. Teach me Ben!!

James: I said 2 million! Yes. As well as every other number.

12:15 I really appreciated seeing two professional chefs discuss that substitute and how it did or didn’t work. I think it would be cool to see James and Ben have like a sit down just discussing “fails” and how it didn’t work and what could have fixed it.

“Food should not be that cheap.” 100%

Okay, that's the concept I love. Thank you guys for bringing up some important environmental issues...through food! I absolutely loved all the ideas in this video- we really need to speak more about such initiatives! Sending you lots of love! Have a great rest of the week!

Googled "Inappropriate banana" out of curiosity. Regretted it instantly.

As a Mexican, I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I got at the Mexican treats that Ben made. 🤤 But your pronunciations made me giggle 😂

“Two to tango, one to mango “ Ben: sounds like my life Well now we know how Tyrone came to be. (Sorry Ben)

I wonder how you guys would react to Survival Food, ie MRE's, Military Rations and stuff you'd normally only keep around for an emergency

“If you sniff it, lick it, nibble it, you may get close to knowing what it is”

I think the last ingredient, the “xylitol” sugar substitute would worry me having dogs. Xylitol can be deadly to pets, so I’ll stick with sugar.

“i’m not even lying, that happens” this is my new favorite james curry quote

Considering how laxative xylitol can be, I wouldn’t want to eat any larger amounts of it 😅

In Indonesia at early 2000s, Indofood who created Indomie, used to have instant fried rice which consisted of one which that dried cook rice, came with dried veggies and the seasoning and we just pour hot water in it for like 3 to 5 minutes. Unfortunately, most people didn't like it, but I do. So that's why I missed it. I remember because my dad would grocery shopping with me to the big shop downtown and I would get one of those, as if it's a treat :') good ol' days

the most amazing thing you guys did for this video is letting both the testers test the food and react to them next to each other AT THE SAME TIME omg i've been wanting you guys do have them react together ever since i watched the first one of these. THANK YOU

It's interesting seeing these bougie-ass jars for banana ketchup heralding it as some new and wonderful banana-saving thing, when it's been a staple condiment in the Philippines for a VERY long time (first mass produced in 1942, but María Orosa created the recipe in the 20/30s- an exact date isn't known), and you can get a bottle at basically every grocery store in the US for about half the price of those (1.54 gbp at current exchange rate). Don't get me wrong, it really is good for lowering food waste, but it's not by any means "changing the game". They're just rebranding it to market it to white people.

After so many years on Sorted, James has managed to keep a teeny bit of pride and there are still things he won't do. hehe.

I was distracted by all of that Barry's double dipping...

"I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I really didn't". James giving child who accidentally swore energy.

wow jalico are doing incredible work! going from $2 a day to $15 a day is LIFE CHANGING!

We miss the Ultimate Battle guys!.... Kinda miss the normals cooking innovative dishes !

I am currently studying sustainable food production on my food science course and this has been really helpful. It’s great to see you using your voices to help grow awareness with these issues!

Yes guys! Would love you to do more videos about food sustainability! There are so many issues on food waste, lack of food security, food poverty... it’s great to see you tackling this!

just for clarification: xylitol takes away heat when it dissolves in water, causing the liquid to literally cool down, menthol just provides the sensation of something being cool. When the xylitol is already in solution, like a batter, this effect disappears. Another thing to watch out for is that xylitol, just like other polyols (with the exception of erythritol) are laxatives.

I love Ben. He's really good and cares about the world in a very proactive and pragmatic way. So awesome

I'd love to see a ultimate battle. Can we have some more dad jokes of the week please. They're so bad that they're amazing and I love them

The crows feet James is getting when he smiles is giving me a major case of the warm and fuzzies.

I absolutely love that you guys are showing us these things that otherwise might be buried under events that "normals" usually don't even hear of. Thanks for that!

I love your educational - yet thoroughly entertaining - videos so much. Together against food waste! 💪🏻

I'm amazed there's no mention of the fact that xylitol is a laxative.

I did criticise you when you teamed up with lobbyists of the agricultural industry who are responsible for many problems. Now I applaud you for raising awareness to huge, but fairly unknown problems and companies searching for solutions.

Love this kind of video, the world needs to see all the food waste and poverty problems and I love that you encourage people to think twice when buying their groceries

Yes please keep on with the food trends. I love dried fruit so I lean more for Jali Fruit's products. Really great stuff all around from all the companies!

I've been on a SORTED video binge for like a week now and I think I'm in love with Ben...maybe its the lockdown talking but he's my perfect man hahaha

Wonderful! I love it when you guys do episodes focused around sustainable food stuffs and being more awareness to food waste. More please. 😊

It's great to see the innovation being done with these products in regards to food waste. This issue with food waste is still not going to end because of people's ideas on how to use ingredients that are "spoiled" or not "good" for the market. Because the whole issue is that people growing the crops in a lot of countries can't benefit from what they themselves grow, because it's more economically viable for a lot of countries to export the products instead of feeding their own people. I currently live in the Dominican Republic and DR is one of the biggest exporters of bananas (in all kinds of varieties). But sadly because of the majority of the land being owned by big companies that then "have" to export them, because exporting they will make soooo much more money then selling it locally, a lot of locals can't afford to buy the rest that is still here because of the high demand locally. And instead of actually giving away food that is about to spoil, because of a lot of different reasons, it gets thrown away. And making another type of product based upon what would be thrown away, will still not solve the issue as the people actually needing food at a low cost won't be able to purchase those products as they might not be available in their country or will be too expensive. So great job in innovating solutions, but still doesn't solve or even try to attack the real issue with the disequilibrium in food demand and in return food waste.

Guess who’s back...back again? Mike is back. Tell a friend.

At 9:27 James mentions food should not be this cheap, yes that may be a fact but another fact sadly enough is that if they were to raise the price of foods to be more accurate/relative to the actual production price and not underpay the workers I would not be able to afford a proper meal and as far as I would guess I would not be the only one with that problem. (I'm a student)

Decreasing food waste doesn't feed more people directly. It just increases the supply per investment which causes the price to go down slightly and the amount of rice planted to go down slightly. A bit more people do get access to the food because the price goes down but it doesn't increase the availability of the food. This is still totally worth it, cheaper food does mean less hunger, but its not accurate to say it will feed 30% more people.

I'm really enjoying these reviews on sustainable/innovative new products and trends, hope to see more!

“Banana ketchup” Me: Hey, Jufran ketchup. I love that stuff.

it's ok, Ben, Quarantine has made everyone's life like that.

Incredible episode with a great idea. Love that you guys are doing episodes like this, it would be nice if you could do more of these!

Thank you! A global hunger crisis while we have massive food waste is such an appalling tragedy. Thank you for bringing the issue forward and for highlighting people who are trying to make a difference. I really hope these pruducts are available in the U.S.

Them being like "I never keep sugar in my house" is bananas. A quarter of the recipes in the Packs app call for caster sugar.

Pronunciation tip: the "j" in "cajeta" is pronounced like an "h". So, more like "kah - HEH - tah".

In all honesty ive been watching this channel for years and ive gotta say at this point through all of their progression Jamie Barry and Mike are considered chefs in my eyes

Love this video! Really enjoy hearing/learning about unused food and food waste being used!

one of the few things that keeps us sane :D

Yes i am curious too. Why isn't mike invited to talk at events too😁

Food really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people eat together

I find james and barry so funny when they interact, they seem like complete opposites 🤣

Thank you guys for posting this video! This has given me tons of ideas for businesses that I might be able to start locally. If it has given me ideas some stupid guy on the west coast I'm sure that it's given thousands of other people ideas as well, keep up the awesome videos! You guys might help influence a change in the world

Love love love when you guys talk about sustainability, you should look up the Institute for sustainable food (IFSF) in Sheffield! We do great research on these things! :)

LOVED the jackfruit wages thing! LOVED!

I really enjoyed this one guys, I love learning about the new innovations in food, especially when it comes to food waste. The competition is something I hadn’t heard about before so I may check it out! I love to see you guys talking about food waste and responsibly sourcing your food and ingredients, especially in this format as it’s unbiased and comes from the point of view of a normal who wouldn’t necessarily be thinking to much into food past their grocery shopping, and a chef who has to think about recipes and substitutions and such. Don’t wanna bang on to much though, just wanted to say it was a great video. Cheers guys, hope everyone in the studio is healthy and keeping well! 🤍

I mean, God Damn, James is jacked!

Fun fact: mangoes are FAR from the only species that self pollinates. Peppers, tomatoes, squash, even some species of peaches!

As someone who ironically likes Xylitol (and recieved an new bag today) i can say it works better in a lot of things. You can dissolve xylitol more easily in alcoholic things due ot it being alcohol based. It also can't feed the bad bacteria in your mouth unlike sugar meaning it doesn't cause cavities and tooth decay. It also isn't technically a sugar and rather a sweetener. I'd recommend using half as much. It's very sweet and doesn't dissolve as well. If you need it to dissolve i recommend grinding it into a powder first. It helps with it dissolving. Also a note - Different brands use different xylitol [%] so if you're going to get some, Check what it is to aid in it's effectiveness!

hat off to sorted guys for talking about sustainable foods! this needs much more attention!

Mike: trying to adress the serious issue. James: but I guessed 2 million!!!!

I love the videos you make discussing eco-friendly, sustainable foods that help people in poverty. It's so great to see the promotion of changes that everyone is going to need to consider and make at some point in the next 30 years. And it's way more interesting than trends like charcoal colouring or whatever lol

When a channel is so consistently excellent that you hit like while the intro is still playing 😁💖

I love these type of videos because chef skills and challenges help me improve my kitchen skills and knowledge of different recipes and ideas, but food trend videos teach me about what happens outside the kitchen that I had no idea about so it’s always an interesting learning opportunity

Wouldn't it be cool if I could get, "Inappropriate Banana"- Ebbers 2020 on a tee shirt?

This is all well and good, but the question in the back of my mind is whether or not the actually solves the problem. Does adding products to the market shelf actually cut down on waste overall? What if processing wasted rice or wasted bananas into products leaves other areas where waste increases making the net change negligible? I feel like the reality of the issue is that nobody is interested in making sustainable products that are intended simply to feed people regardless of returns. Assuming we currently have the capacity to produce enough food to feed pretty much everyone, it seems like the problem is logistical. We have excess supply in the first world, and not enough demand for people to deliver that excess to areas where it's needed. Don't take this the wrong way, I like the attempt. I think the Rice is great, and likely the most effective at achieving their goals.

I love when the boys do sustainability videos. Can't get enough. Do a video on the other contenders!

Love these videos!! Interesting to see which companies are doing good things to help the planet and be able to support them, thank you

James: I'd expect to pay about £4 for 2 kilos. Mike: So, £3 a kilo then? Err....

A person cannot actually digest xylitol, that’s why it doesn’t count for calories. On that note of not digesting - you definitely get the poops if you have too much at a time. How did the guys do after that sampling 😂 lol

THIS EPISODE was phenomenal! Stand out! More sustainability initiatives! 🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

absolutely love the focus on food sustainability! Another amazing video

I’m so happy to see The Jackfruit having its moment.

I had to pause and come write this out, so it's probably been mentioned before... But just in case. If you have dogs, avoid Xylitol. It is horrendously toxic to dogs. Dangerous and possibly deadly in even very small doses. I like the idea of it, but I won't keep Xylitol in my house at all just in case.

Thanks for the reminder to like the video near the end of the video!! I always watch on full screen, and I'm not going to stop in the middle to make the screen smaller to give the video a like, so good logical sense!

I LOVED this video, please do more about sustainable options!!

James: l don't have sugar in my house So when a recipe calls for sugar what would you replace the sugar with? #genuinelycuriousnow

I’m Indian: My Vote is *RICE RICE RICE*

Your videos make my whole week better. . Thank you guys ❤❤

Thanks for another episode that gets you thinking.

"Barry, our normal" Also the measuring stick y'all use for the concept of "pretentious", but that's none of my business.

Every time I see that intro I can't help but think Ben is using that coconut scraper wrong. Should be facing away from him so he can pull the coconut half onto the spinning blades with his hands on the side of it. Would let him see what he's doing and keep his hands and rest of his body away from the dangerous part as much as possible.

Thank you for trying new things and taking risks. I love that you’re introducing us to new products.

"Sound like my life"... Ben keeps up the old Ben tradition. Great going, mate! And great Sorted video.