Local firm launches its first products

The first product of an ambitious start-up business operated by two Ballykeeran siblings is now available in a range of leading independent food stores across the country.

BiaSol was set up by sustainably-focused sibling entrepreneurs, Niamh Dooley (28) and Ruairi Dooley (31) in July 2020, as a way of combating food wastage, improving nutrition and bringing their family closer together.

Encouraged by the rapid growth of craft brewing across Ireland, they launched BiaSol based around the concept of repurposing brewers’ spent grain - a by-product of the industry that accounts for 85% of all brewing waste - and using it to create a range of nutritious zero waste products.

The first of those, Super Milled Grains, which has been in development for the last eighteen months with the support of Enterprise Ireland, has now been officially launched and is available to purchase online from www.biasol.ie

in 200g packs (100% compostable packaging) priced at €5.99 each (plus €1.99 delivery) and in a number of leading independent food stores across the country:

Commenting on the launch of their Super Milled Grains, co-founder, Niamh Dooley said: “It is very exciting to see our vision coming to life. We want to make sustainable choices easy and accessible to consumers whilst ensuring our products have a high nutritional value.”

Niamh, who manages the daily business operations, has extensive hospitality experience having worked front of house in everything from small coffee shops to food trucks, international hotels, and fine dining restaurants in Ireland and abroad. She also has a degree in Food Science & Health from the University of Limerick and most recently worked as a Project Manager for Bord Bia’s ‘Food Dudes’ initiative - a primary school programme aimed at increasing children’s consumption of fruit and vegetables through a behavioural change model and positive reinforcement.

Meanwhile, Ruairi uses his strong background working as an IT Business Analyst in the City of London and for the likes of Melbourne Airport, to manage the finance and admin aspects of the business.

Each week the pair collect as much as four tonnes of wet spent grains from four different local craft breweries - St. Mels (Longford), Dead Centre Brewing (Athlone), Bru Brewery (Trim), and Ballykilcavan (Stradbally) - which they then carefully dry, mill and pack in their new 2,000 sq. ft premises in Tullamore.