What Can I Put In My FoodCycler?

FoodCycler Do’s & Don’ts

Use your FoodCycler the right way to get the best results and protect your unit. Follow these simple guidelines for what to add — and what to avoid.

Suitable

Veggie & fruit scraps
Meat, fish, poultry
Poultry & fish bones
Coffee grounds & tea leaves (including coffee filters & tea bags)
Beans, seeds & legumes
Eggs & seashells
Shellfish (including shells)

In small amounts

Sauces, dressings & gravies
Dairy products
Jellies, jams & puddings
Starches (including bread, rice, cake, etc.)
Pork & lamb bones
Hard pits (including peach, apricot, lychee & mango)

Cut up prior

Paper towel & tissue
Corn cobs & husks
Whole vegetables
Fibrous plants (including celery, asparagus, parsley, etc.)

Not recommended

Cardboard
Oils & fats
Candy & gum
Most “compostable” plastics
Beef bones

A Balanced Bucket

A balanced bucket contains a mix of food types rather than one single category. Combining moist scraps (like fruits and vegetables) with drier items (such as bread or grains) helps the FoodCycler process more efficiently and evenly.

Pre-cut small mix of whole vegetables, corn cobs and husks, paper towel and tissue, fibrous plants. Smaller mix of jellies, jams and puddings, bread, rice, cake, etc. Sauces, dressings and gravies, dairy products, pork and lamb bones, hard pits. Larger mix of beans, seeds and legumes, meat, fish, poultry, eggs and seashells, poultry and fish bones, fruit scraps, vegetables, shellfish, including shells, coffee grinds, and tea leaves.

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