Try crème de la watercress...skincare made from excess veg

AN INNOVATIVE scheme is helping battle food waste by transforming excess crops into skincare.

- Robert Dex

The Watercress Company, which already supplies huge amounts of the vegetable to food waste schemes including the London-based Felix Project, is developing products to help prevent and soothe nappy rash and other skin complaints.

It comes after medical research discovered watercress extract contains enzymes that can prevent or lessen certain skin conditions.

The firm's managing director, Tom Amery, has partnered with Professor Paul Winyard and Dr Kyle Stewart, of Watercress Research Ltd, who create their "Prof & Doc" products using his watercress.