Process of converting food waste to re-hydratable edible food

A process of converting food waste to a dry, rehydratable, edible food material, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a moveable vehicle capable of supporting large bins for collecting food and food scraps therein, mechanical equipment means for chopping the food and scraps, and means for grinding the chopped food and scraps;
• b) collecting large quantities of edible food and food scraps at various locations and temporarily storing them in said bins located on said vehicle;
• c) feeding said food and food scraps to said means for chopping to comminute the food and food scraps to a mixture of food pieces:
• d) feeding said mixture of food pieces to said means for grinding said mixture to a flowable mixture of homogeneous food particles;
• e) feeding said flowable mixture of homogeneous food particles to a filter located on said vehicle to extract a portion of liquid therefrom to produce a more flowable mixture of homogeneous food particles;
• f) subjecting said food particles to intimate contact with an ultra-violet radiation device located on said vehicle to kill unwanted bacteria and viruses in the mixture;
• and,
• g) feeding said irradiated mixture of homogeneous food particles to drying means located on said vehicle for drying said mixture of food particles to a dry mixture of homogeneous food particles that are packageable and later rehydratable with addition of liquid.