Salt & Straw Waste Less Series arrives at Disney Springs, featuring creative, sustainable flavors that turn food waste into must-try ice cream. The Salt & Straw Waste Less Series will start being sold in stores on Friday, April 3, 2026.
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Fan-favorite ice cream maker Salt & Straw is once again pushing culinary boundaries with the return of its inventive Waste Less Series for 2026. Known for transforming overlooked and excess ingredients into crave-worthy creations, the lineup highlights sustainability without sacrificing flavor, making it one of the most anticipated seasonal menus for theme park and foodie fans alike.
The Salt & Straw Waste Less Series is built around a simple but impactful concept: reduce food waste by reimagining ingredients that would otherwise be discarded. By partnering with farmers, producers, and food makers, Salt & Straw crafts small-batch ice creams using items like spent grains, bruised fruit, and surplus baked goods. The result? Unexpected flavor combinations that tell a story while supporting a more sustainable food system.
Salt & Straw Waste Less Series Flavors
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- Chocolate Date Tiramisu Stracciatella: Salt & Straw collaborated with Atomo Coffee to create a coffee-forward tiramisu ice cream sweetened with dates and layered with espresso-soaked chocolate cake and chocolate stracciatella flecks.
- Cherry Red Velvet Cheesecake: Red velvet cream cheese frozen yogurt features jammy cherry marmalade, vanilla bean cheesecake and red velvet cake crumble, created in collaboration with Hello! I’m Ugly.
- Chocolate Malted Potato Chip Cupcake: Malty chocolate barley milk ice cream with chocolate-glazed cupcakes, chocolate-dipped potato chips and a thick ribbon of dark caramel; a collaboration with Uglies Kettle Chips and Ever Grain.
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Pound Cake: Salt & Straw collaborated with Urban Gleaners to create a salted sweet cream ice cream featuring blueberry jam, baked peanut butter crumbles, and rich pound cake.
- Rum Raisin Bundt Cake (vegan): The toasted coconut rum ice cream features chunks of rum-soaked bundt cake and macerated Cabernet raisins. Developed in collaboration with Renewal Mill, the flavor highlights upcycled ingredients.
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Salt & Straw Waste Less Series: A Menu That Turns Scraps Into Scoops
While the full 2026 lineup features a mix of flavors, guests can expect the same creativity that has defined past Salt & Straw menus. While the Upcycle Series has been replaced this year with the Salt & Straw Waste Less Series, over the past three years, Salt & Straw has eliminated more than 50,000 pounds of food waste from landfills, part of a broader mission to use its platform to raise awareness and find creative solutions for food conservation. Some previous Salt & Straw Upcycle Series ice cream flavors include:
- Chocolate Caramel Potato Chip Banana Bread
- Passionfruit Yuzu Mochi Donuts & Whey Curd
- Malted Chocolate Barley Milk
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Brownie
- Cacao Pulp & Chocolate Stracciatella Gelato
- Lemon Curd & Whey
- Salted Caramel &
- Day-Old Bread Pudding & Chocolate Ganache
Where to Try the Salt & Straw Waste Less Series at Walt Disney World
For Central Florida visitors, the Upcycle Series is available at Salt & Straw – Disney Springs. This makes it a convenient stop for guests visiting Walt Disney World who want to try something beyond standard theme park snacks. The location has become a hotspot for limited-time menus, often drawing long lines for monthly flavor drops like the Upcycle Series. Guests visiting in the evenings or on weekends should expect peak crowds.
Sustainability Meets Theme Park Dining
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As theme parks continue to expand sustainability initiatives, offerings like the Salt & Straw Waste Less Series align perfectly with broader industry trends. From plant-based menus to waste reduction programs, eco-conscious dining is becoming more visible across major destinations. Salt & Straw’s approach stands out by making sustainability both approachable and delicious, turning what could be food waste into premium, small-batch ice cream.
Whether you’re a foodie or just looking for something unique on your next visit, the Salt & Straw Waste Less Series is a must-try. With bold flavors, a meaningful mission, and a prime location at Disney Springs, this limited-time menu proves that sustainability can be seriously sweet. We expect these flavors to be around through April 30.
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