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NATURAL SNACK FOOD + providers & suppliers
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New Brand - ALO Snacks ALO Snacks by SPI West Port #1 RTD aloe vera beverage brand, ALO Drink, launches a new product line-ALO Snacks, world’s first to pair dried aloe vera with tropical fruits. Available in 3 flavors (Mandarin, Ginger, & Mango), 2 sizes (28g & 60g bags). Try at upcoming trade shows.
Soft and Chewy Gluten Free/Paleo Snack BeeFree Warrior Mix Warrior Mix is a nut/ seed chewy snack that is paleo, gluten free, and honey sweetened. You can eat it by the handful, as a breakfast cereal, top it with fruit and yogurt, use as a base for a gluten free baked recipe. BeeFree of junk food!
Organic, Fair Trade and Sustainable Indulgences Alter Eco Foods
Alter Eco Foods is a chocolate-centric, sustainability-directed food company that takes healthy indulgence to a whole new level. Created for conscious foodies who seek out special food experiences, Alter Eco is pioneering a new category of enlightened indulgences with next-level ingredients through a portfolio of Swiss made chocolate products - Dark Chocolate Coconut Clusters, melty chocolate bars and blissfully delicious truffles. Recognized as a top certified Benefit Corporation, Alter Eco is obsessed about spreading social justice and environmental regeneration while setting a high bar for delivering mindblowingly tasty foods. Full-circle sustainability is engrained throughout its operations and supply chain through four pillars: sourcing using Fair Trade principles, producing only organic and non-GMO foods, creating minimal waste by working towards 100 percent compostable packaging, and in-setting carbon emissions by means of large-scale reforestation programs in the cooperatives that produce its crops. Alter Eco’s mission is to pioneer a full circle approach to eating, farming, and doing business – and to inspire others to do the same. USDA Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certified, Carbon Neutral Certified, Non-GMO Project Verified and Gluten-Free (excl. Salt & Malt).
Premium Protein Bars - with Grass Fed Collagen and Grass Fed Whey Bonk Breaker Nutrition Premium Protein Bars made with grass fed collagen and whey combine to provide all 9 amino acids for a vital source of complete protein. Under 200 calories, made with allnatural, GF, non-GMO ingredients and free of artificial sugar and sugar alcohol.
The world's first Protein Bar Mixes! Creation Nation Creation Nation is leading a DIY Protein Bar Revolution! We empower you to make fresh delicious bars & bites at home in minutes. No-bake, easy as a protein shake, and YOU control the sugars. Gluten Free, Paleo, Keto-Friendly, Vegan, organic proteins.
BOU Soup Cups
Crickstart Organic Cricket Protein Bars
BOU Brands
Crickstart Food Co.
BOU has launched its brand new range of instant Soup Cups. Made with their better for you bouillon cubes and Non GMO ingredients, BOU Soup Cups will give you a savory and comforting meal in just five minutes.
The most delicious, most nutritious, and only organic cricket bars ever made! SIAL Innovation 2018 grand prize winning product, made with cricket powder, hemp, pumpkin seed butter and other whole food ingredients.
Dandies Marshmallows
CLEAN COOKIES
Chicago Vegan Foods Dandies Marshmallows are all natural, gelatin free, vegan marshmallows. We believe sweet marshmallows should be cruelty-free and made with natural ingredients! Dandies are perfect for favorites like s’mores, crispy treats, hot cocoa, and snacks.
Emmy's Organics, Inc. Our Certified Organic, Gluten-Free and Vegan Coconut Cookies are so amazing, it is hard to have just one. Made with simple, clean ingredients like organic coconut and almond flour, Emmy's is redefining what cookies really are. Available nationwide.
BEAR Yoyos Real Fruit Rolls
Belgian Boys Choc 'O Chip Cookie Stash
Clearly Kombucha
Soft-Baked Breakfast Ovals
BEAR
Belgian Boys
Clearly Kombucha LLC
Enjoy Life Foods
BEAR Yoyos Real Fruit Rolls are a healthier alternative to other fruit snacks. With no added sugars, concentrates or preservatives, these Yoyos use only fruit & veg in their small ingredient list. They're also Non-GMO, Gluten free & Vegan.
Introducing the newest Complimentary JetBlue snack. At 130 calories per serving, nut free, made with real Belgian chocolate and nothing artificial, it's a treat for your taste buds! Our mustache shaped cookies are big on selfies! #RockthatStash
We pride ourselves in creating real booch. We believe in crafting tastier products that make it easy for people to lead healthier lives. Our kombucha is handcrafted, raw, brewed from whole leaf tea and fermented with our own scoby in the Bay area.
All-new Breakfast Fruit & Oat Ovals from the leader in allergy-friendly nutrition. Baked with real fruit and purity protocol gluten free oats, they have 20+ grams of whole grains and 12% of your daily fiber. A well “rounded" breakfast in 4 flavors.
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Protein Bites Grab & Go Packs Enjoy Life Foods
ASCEND. All-Natural, Non GMO Beef & Turkey Jerky Golden Valley Natural
The Best Thing You'll Put in Your Mouth All Day Honey Mama's
Chocolatey, truffle-like Protein Bites are packed with 8 grams of allergy-friendly, plant-based vegan protein per pack for the perfect on-the-go snack. Each of the 4 decadent flavors are certified gluten-free, Non-GMO verified and palm oil free.
We make treats that put pleasure first and never skimp on nourishment! Our refrigerated honey cocoa bars are full of bold, deep flavors, decadent textures and easy to digest superfoods, allowing your body to thrive and your taste buds to celebrate.
Field Trip Meat Snacks
Hummus a Whole New Way!
Field Trip Snacks
Hummus PodsÂŽ
Field Trip supplies healthier protein-rich snacks that don't sacrifice quality and taste. Field Trip provides delicious and versatile snacks that complement a large variety of on-the-go consumers. Grass Fed Jerky & Sticks, All Natural Pork Rinds.
Hummus Pods are 100% plantbased, non-gmo, better-for-you snacketizers. Boldly flavored hummus is encapsulated in a multigrain, bitesize pita pocket. Frozen and ready-to-eat, Hummus Pods are easy to prepare and can be enjoyed in many ways, any time.
Fody Foods Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt bars Fody Foods
MELIORA. Organic Beef Jerky Golden Valley Natural
KPOP Sea Snacks - A Premium, Organic Roasted Seaweed Snack KPOP Foods
Fody is creating a world of gut-friendly, low FODMAP foods for those suffering with IBS and other digestive discomforts, including its Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt bars, which are Low FODMAP, glutenfree and non-GMO certified.
Our US-made KPOP Sea Snacks are gluten-free, vegan, and verified non-GMO. One of the unique characteristics of KPOP Sea Snacks is that it's 30 calories and 0 carbohydrates per pack. These healthy and tasty snacks are easy to enjoy anywhere.
NEW! ORGANIC FRUIT BLISS FRUIT & NUT BITES Fruit Bliss
Chocolate Covered Chickpeas Roasted Mediterranean Style! Lebby Snacks
Our Fruit & Nut Bites combine a blend of fiber-rich fruit and crunchy nut pieces. It's the perfect bite-sized solution for on-the-go, an afternoon pick-me-up, or a satisfying lunch box treat. A delicious snack option you won't feel guilty about!
Dark chocolate blends surprisingly well with savory chickpeas and leaves an endearing aftertaste. What if your (guilt-free) snack obsession was not only delicious but healthier? Lebby dryroasted chickpeas are packed with protein, fiber, and flavor!
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Mikey’s Paleo and Gluten Free Products Mikey’s
Mikey’s is a clean ingredient brand of frozen baked goods that are paleo-friendly and gluten-free certified. Mikey set out to create great tasting and convenient options for every meal, and in between. Paleo and gluten free lifestyles can be restricting, and Mikey wanted to provide healthy and delicious products that people can enjoy without compromising their diets. Mikey’s products include grain free, soy free, and gluten free sliced bread, English muffins, muffin tops, tortillas, pizza crusts, and, most recently, pockets. Mikey’s Pockets are quick, easy-to-make snacks, featured in five different flavors. They are the perfect combination of convenience, simple ingredients, and taste.
The Original Multi-Nut and Seed Butter Just Got Cooler NuttZo
Little Bird Kitchen…Where Everything is Hot & Sweet! Little Bird Kitchen
Rich & Creamy plant-based cashew cheese Nuttin Ordinary
Little Bird Kitchen’s Fire Walker Trail Mix features our signature candied jalapeño dark chocolate Fire Bites along with dried fruit and almonds. Indulge in a protein, fiber and antioxidant-rich "treat" that satisfies all of your cravings!
Nuttin Ordinary is founded on the idea of creating clean, simple ingredient, based foods. Our rich & creamy cashew cheese has a base of 5 clean ingredients. We take pride in creating foods that are both earth-friendly and sustainable!
Mozaics - Organic Popped Veggie & Potato Chips in 5 delicious flavors Mozaics, LLC
Pan's Mushroom Jerky
Our #1 ingredient is peas!. Savory, delicious, crunchy, and better-for-you, our popped Mozaics chips are USDA Organic, nonGMO project verified and Certified Gluten Free. Sea Salt, BBQ, Cheddar, Sour Cream & Onion and Salsa flavors in 3.5oz and 1.25oz
With a delicious umami taste and satisfying texture, Pan’s Mushroom Jerky originates from a decades-old family recipe that’s been updated with new flavors and is vegan, gluten-free, paleo, Kosher, a rich source of fiber and vitamin D, and delicious.
Panco Foods
Organic Valley Leads the Organic Snack Revolution with NEW Snack Kits! Organic Valley
Snacking now accounts for half of all eating occasions, and meal/snack kits are a $397MM category with double-digit growth in both sales and units*. Consumers want high-protein, satisfying snacks available at home and on the go. Organic Valley, the nation’s largest organic farmers’ cooperative, has added a grab ’n go snack line to satisfy that hunger. Organic Valley Snack Kits —better-for-you snacks with organic cheese, meat, and crackers — are an option that provides the only organic trifecta on the market. “There was a need for delicious, convenient, high-protein snacking,” said Brand Manager Ellie France. “Organic Valley’s cooperative of small family farms produces dairy and meat, so we were in a unique position to deliver real protein, real flavor, and a clean ingredient statement with ingredients you can actually pronounce.” Organic Valley Snack Kits feature organic cheese, crackers and meat in one pack. The line includes 3 varieties: sharp cheddar and summer sausage; pepper jack and summer sausage; and mozzarella and roasted garlic summer sausage. The packs retail for a suggested $4.99, have 230 or fewer calories, pack 13 or 14 grams of protein and nearly 40 percent less sodium than other, similar packs. * SPINS: Total US Food + Natural Channels, 52 weeks ending 1/28/2018.
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A Healthier Fruit Snack for Kids! perfectlyfree®
Protes Protein Chips & Popcorn Protes
Introducing a whole new kind of fruit snack! perfectlyfree® Fruit Bites are real fruit puree wrapped in a grape-like skin. They’re made with the belief that snacking should be healthier, taste better and be more fun for everyone. Each bag of Fruit Bites features 5 lunch-box-ready snack pouches that offer a 1/2 serving of fruit and only 5 grams of sugar - much healthier than those gummy fruit snacks! Plus, perfectlyfree® Fruit Bites are 100% plant-based and are school-safe! Check out these new nutritious fruit snacks in the produce section next to the pre-cut fruit to discover your favorite flavor!
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Primal Kitchen Protein Bars
Butcher's Bone Broth
Primal Kitchen
Rotisystems Inc
Searching for a satiating snack that’s low in sugar and packed with healthy fats, clean protein, and incredible flavor? Look no further! The ultimate keto-friendly protein bars are here made with 100% real food ingredients and Paleo-Approved.
Butcher's Bone Broth is the leading fresh organic bone broth. Made with only three ingredients: organic bones, organic carrots, and water. No salt, preservatives, or alliums added, making it specialtydiet compliant. Never frozen-just heat and serve.
Skin-on Dried Superfruit. Keep it Real. Eat the Peel! RIND Snacks
SmashPack- High Protein Pouch snacks
The Power is in the Peel! RIND makes tangy and addictive snacks that maximize nutrition & minimize waste. Preserving the peels on our USA-grown dried fruit results in a snack packed w/ fiber, vitamins & antioxidants. The result is fruitful snacking!
2 high protein lines: Protein Fruit Smoothies (new look, now with MCT oil) and Protein Pudding (low carb/ low sugar). Both lines appeal to consumer's increasing desire for better-for-you, ultraportable, convenient snacks. NON-GMO, Gluten-Free.
SmashPack
Journey To Better Saffron Road
Plant Powered Purees and Snacks for Babies & Toddlers Sprout Foods, Inc.
Sprout offers the largest assortment of organic, plant powered purees and snacks for babies and toddlers! Sprout’s Stage 2 and Stage 3 plant-based protein purees are made with 100% vegetable based protein from organic chickpeas, lentils, and beans, offering a delicious protein alternative to meat and dairy-based products. Power Pak™ toddler purees are made with a unique Superblend that provides essential nutrients to toddlers, including 3 grams of plant protein, 4 grams of fiber, omega 3 from chia, and a full serving of fruit per pouch. All of Sprout’s plant powered purees are dairyfree and vegan friendly! Sprout Organic Curlz was the first plant powered snack for toddlers, made from organic chickpeas and lentils. Curlz was named the winner of Delicious Living’s 2017 “Best Bite Award” in the Best Baby/Toddler Food category! These tasty snacks are baked, never fried, and are available in Broccoli, White Cheddar and Sweet Potato & Cinnamon flavors. Sprout Organic Crinklez are a new popped veggie snack, made with plant powered chickpeas and popped with colorful carrots, spinach, and beets that you can see in every bite! Crinklez have a fun crinkle cut shape, crunchy texture, and tasty flavors that kids love! Available in Cheesy Spinach and Pumpkin Carrot. That's it. Whole Food Snacks
GFB Power Breakfast
That's it.
The GFB: Gluten Free Bar
That's it. fruit bars are only 2 ingredients, 1 apple + 1 other fruit. They are paleo certified, kosher, gluten free, vegan, nut free and simply delicious. With 2 ingredients, this is a 1 of a kind snack. No purees or added sugar, just fruit.
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High-protein oatmeal made with real, simple ingredients. Just add hot water and the package doubles as its own recyclable serving bowl. Each variety is non-GMO Project® Certified, Certified Vegan, soy-free, dairyfree and Certified Gluten-Free.
Organic Veggie Straws
Tres Latin Foods Skillet Sauces
The Daily Crave
Tres Latin Foods
Our crave-able Organic Veggie Straws will become your family's favorite snack with their classic shape and delightful crunch. Seasoned with Himalayan Pink Salt, discerning parents can enjoy these Straws with their families! Chase Your Cravings!
Our unique sauces are the perfect better-for-you addition to any meal! They are easy to prepare, made with simple ingredients, and are full of delicious Latin inspired flavors. 100% Plant based, Gluten free and Non-GMO.
Good Crisps! The Good Crisp Company
Incredi-Puffs The Snack Brigade
The Snack Brigade is on a mission to make better-for-you better for all with honest, craveable micro-meals- wholesome satisfying snacks that are as delicious as they are nourishing. Incredipuffs are made with wholesome ingredients you can actually pronounces. Better for you, better-tasting Incredipuffs by The Snack Brigade are always baked instead of fried, and have 30 percent less fat than traditional potato chips. Our commitment is to always ave zero artificial flavors and zero grams of trans fat. #UNITEDWESNACK
Finally a great tasting stacked chip with none of the nasties! Good Crisp is an exciting better for you alternative to mainstream stacked chips. Good Crisp chips are certified Gluten Free, made with natural flavors and are GMO free. But really what this all means is - We are happy that we can provide a stacked chip that people can feel GOOD eating.
Crunch Your Numbers with Healthy Crunch Snacks! The Healthy Crunch Company
Wedderspoon Manuka Honey Plus – Immunity, Clarity, Vitality Wedderspoon Manuka Honey
Our mission at The Healthy Crunch Company is to create the best tasting foods that make you feel good inside and out. We’ve re-invent snacks to make them healthier without comprising taste. Our product line includes coconut chips, trail mixes, and the best tasting kale chips on the planet! Our products are BIG in flavour, BIG on crunch, and BIG on love. We use only the finest ingreidents to ensure our products are bursting with tastiness. We sepcialize in creating products that are convenient for on-the-go snacking while still ensuring maxaminum nutrition. All of our products are Non-GMO Project Verified, peanut-free, vegan, gluten-free, paleo, Kosher, and School Approved®. Our Founder, Julie Bednarski, a Registered Dietitian and Professionally trained Chef, saw the need in the market for healthy snacks that taste amazing. Julie believes that “Eating whole, real food makes you fell good inside and out”, which is why all our products are made with whole, real ingredients from starch. No preservatives, no additives, just wholesome goodness. It’s everything you want to put into your body and nothing you don’t want. For more information, please visit us at www.healthycrunch.com 69
Uniquely Flavored Dried Fruit Jerky Watermelon Road
Wilde Chicken Chips - thin & crispy chips made from chicken breast Wilde Brands
Watermelon Road, winner of the NOSH Pitch Slam Volume 4, creates uniquely flavored dried fruit jerky with no added sugar or preservatives. Available in four 100% plant-based flavors that are naturally Paleo, Vegan and gluten-free.
Chips made from premium cuts of chicken, Wilde Chicken Chips are packed with 15g of protein per bag, Certi?ed Gluten-Free, Non-GMO Project Veri?ed, Paleo certified, and allergen free. Available in 4 flavors: Salt & Vinegar, BBQ, Buffalo & Jalapeno.
Biodynamic® Baby Food
Wildmade Fruit Rolls
White Leaf Provisions
Wildmade
Healthy soil = Healthy food. White Leaf Provisions is a family run business bringing the first 100% regeneratively farmed, biodynamic, organic & GMO-free baby food line to retail in the US. Helping to heal the Earth that our kids will inherit.
Go wild for something better! Each roll contains a half a serving of real, organic fruits, with no added sugar, all rolled into fun flavors for kids and adults. It’s time for what’s next in fruit snacks.
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Yasso Pistachio Brittle Bars Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Yasso products deliver the best of both worlds - indulgent taste with sensible nutrition. With a line full of delicious stick novelties and inclusion-packed pints, all items contain real Greek yogurt and no artificial or high intensity sweeteners. Japanese food beyond sushi? Try yuso, the Japansese-inspired snack yuso onigiri "yusogood makes mesohappy" Lunch done right..."yum on the run" with no chopsticks required smoked salmon filling surrounded by sushi rice and wrapped to keep Nori crunchy, for refrigerated graband-go.
Broker exclusive to Kroger 360 Merchandising Solutions, LLC
Financial Advisors for M&A Arlington Capital Advisors
America's #1 independent maple supplier Bascom Maple Farms, Inc.
360 Merchandising Solutions Our focus is the strategic growth of our clients’ consumer products portfolio and we are exclusive to the nation’s largest grocery retailer. Working directly with Kroger Category Mgrs. & Procurement Mgrs. to bring the highest quality brands to the consumer.
ACA is a boutique investment bank focused on all consumer sectors. Our practice provides middle market sell-side, buy-side and capital raising advisory services to founder-led and sponsorowned consumer companies coast to coast with significant experience in CPG, franchising and restaurants. Securities offered through an unaffiliated broker-dealer, M&A Securities Group, Inc
A clean label, sustainably produced ingredient available in an assortment of package sizes to suit any production facility. SQF, K of-K, and QAI certified to ensure superior quality in all our maple syrup and maple sugar.
Highest Throughput HPP Machine Avure HPP Technologies - JBT
Plant-based Ingredients Bay State Milling
With more than 60 years of experience and expertise in HPP science and manufacturing, AVURE specializes in HPP systems for food and beverage processing with the fastest and most reliable systems in the industry. AVURE helps producers implement HPP from recipe development and process validations to installation, regulatory affairs, and postinstallation support.
Bay State Milling is a 5th generation family company, specializing in plant based ingredients for snacks and bakery foods. Through our supply chain management & unique processing capabilities we provide superior quality nutritional ingredients, including whole grains & flours, ancient grains, edible seeds & blends available as sprouted, organic, gluten free, nonGMO verified and heat treated.
Our Knowledge 360 Merchandising Solutions provide a wealth of merchandising experience & vast brokerage capabilities in essentially every aspect of grocery retailing. We support our clients with data, pricing & space analysis, supply chain & procurement management, and in-store product merchandising & sales execution. Our Focus 360 Merchandising Solutions focus is on providing expertise & resources to build share growth for our supplier partners grocery, perishable, health & beauty care, & general merchandise brands. Operating lean and accountable for results, our employees are maximizing results, providing merchandising expertise & retail support every day. Our Growth From inception 360 has been focused on providing unmatched service & insight to our clients. Leveraging 3 decades of Kroger experience, our 360 team is building a noteworthy client portfolio with the opportunity to grow our brands through direct communication with Kroger Category teams. We have expertise in understanding promotional, shelf placement, and assortment goals of the nation’s largest grocery retailer. contact@360merch.com On-Trend Ingredients
Plant protein manufacturing
ADM
Axiom Foods
Innovating plant protein manufacturing since 2005 & recently receiving The New Economy’s Clean Tech Food & Beverage Award, Axiom is the world’s first & largest manufacturer/distributor, starting with its signature Oryzatein® brown rice protein. Perfecting its patent-pending hexane-free processes, Axiom expanded into pea protein, including the largest authentically organic supply, sacha inchi & now hemp. With more plant proteins, milks and factories in the pipeline, this California-based company has been known for the largest commercial supplies — doubling almost year over year, the only GRAS certification, an extensive Quality & Heavy Metals Management Program, & the only third-party research showing Oryzatein rice protein is as good as whey at building muscles & aiding exercise recovery.
As your trusted advisor, ADM helps you take your next great snack idea from concept to commercialization with an unrivaled portfolio of on-trend ingredients, systems and technologies and deep technical know-how. Call to discuss how ADM can help you get to market faster with snacks consumer love while meeting your stringent taste, cost, nutrition, labeling and quality standards.
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Analytical Lab Testing
Organic & Non-GMO Ingredients
AZ Laboratories
Ciranda, Inc.
Food · Beverage · Nutritional Supplement · Pharmaceutical Manufacturing · Marijuana Products AZ Laboratories operates top caliber equipment and employs knowledgeable quality and technical professionals to develop and validate the analytical methods you need to meet your requirements for quality and safety. AZ Laboratories boasts technical capabilities to utilize USP, AOAC, and other industry standard methodologies. AZ Laboratories services include: - Nutrient and composition services to verify your product meets your requirements - Chemical residue analyses on raw materials and finished products to ensure you are confident in the safety of your product. - Cannabis potency and contaminant analyses enhance patient experience and increases your competitive advantage.-Shelf life analysis service can assure the stability of your products. - Sensitive detection of food allergens and raw material characterization ensures your supply chain remains reliable - Microbiological detection service can enhance the safety of your products. - Early phase pre-clinical pharmacokinetic support streamlines your development process to accelerate launches of new pharmaceuticals. - Method development/validation/transfer services to support launches of unique and innovative products and formulations. - Our analytical consultation service brings our experience to your organization. Turnkey Beverage Services Big Brands, LLC
Natural and Organic Flavors Brookside Flavors & Ingredients
Ideal Functional Ingredient Chemi Nutra
We can turnkey develop and manufacture all types of beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, in aluminum cans, PET bottles, glass bottles, and flexible packaging. If you are looking for a one stop shop to take your beverage concept and create a finished product, delivered to your warehouse, look no further! We can supply all ingredients, materials, manufacturing, and delivery.
Chemi Nutra makes the functional ingredient AlphaSize® Alpha-GPC. AlphaSize® A-GPC boosts both mental and physical energy while remaining tasteless and completely water soluble in any beverage. The FDA has acknowledged AlphaSize® A-GPC as GRAS.
Equipment Leasing Bridge Leasing Group
Recruiting Reinvented Creative Aligments
Bridge Leasing Group is an equipment leasing company that focuses on the CPG category, specializing in early-stage, high growth, food and beverage businesses. We aim to be the most efficient, supportive and effective source of equipment lease capital for your company. Looking forward to learning more about your business and how we can help!
Creative Alignments is disrupting recruiting services with our scalable Time-Based Recruiting® model. We partner with emerging brands to find the very best talent, while saving you money. As opposed to traditional percentageof-salary recruiting firms that may push candidates for commissions, Creative Alignments simply charges for the time it takes to find the best. We work as your internal team.
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Clean-label Ingredients Farbest Brands
Healthy Snacking Solutions Glanbia Nutritionals
Farbest Brands brings the highest quality food, beverage and nutrition ingredients to you. We offer USDA-certified organic and conventional clean label ingredients for dairy and plant proteins, vitamins, natural colors, specialty nutrients, gum acacia, and specialty sweeteners. Our line of natural colors can be custom formulated to meet your specific color target, shelf life or process.
As your expert partner in healthy snack development, we provide extensive market understanding, a broad ingredient portfolio of dairy- and plant-based nutrition ingredients, formulation expertise and technical support. We help you succeed faster.
Coconut Ingredients Franklin Baker Inc.
Certified Organic Ingredients Global Organics, Ltd.
Franklin Baker, Inc. is the largest processor of coconut ingredients in the Philippines to the global food & beverage market. For 125 years , our products are produced from the freshest nuts available, at one of our 3 manufacturing facilities, where proprietary process is utilized to ensure freshness and long shelf stability. We control the process from tree through shipment.
Global Organics has been providing high quality organic ingredients to food manufacturers and wholesalers since our founding in 1992. We have expertise in many ingredients that are perfect for snack foods - granulated and liquid cane sugar; chocolate chips, chunks, cocoa powder; toasted/ desiccated coconut and flavor infused chips; caramel liquids and powder; dried tropical fruit and fruit purees.
The Probiotic That Delivers GanedenBC30
Mission-Driven Agency Haberman
GanedenBC30® (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) is a highly-stable, patented probiotic ingredient that can be formulated into many food and beverage products. Backed by 25+ published papers, GanedenBC30 has an exceptional safety record with FDA GRAS status. Part of Kerry’s nutrition and wellness portfolio, GanedenBC30 is natural, vegan, Non-GMO Project verified, organic compliant and allergen-free.
Haberman is a full-service marketing agency with a clearly defined mission—to tell the stories of pioneers making a difference in the world. Our work spans across all channels including branding, design, advertising, PR, digital, social media and beyond. We are passionate about the good food movement and have one of the largest client portfolios in the organic + natural food space.
Nature Supplies, We Deliver Global Essence Inc.
Icon Foods: Natural Sweeteners Icon Foods
Natural Color Solutions GNT USA Inc.
GNT is the creator of EXBERRY®, the leading brand of natural colors for the food and beverage industry. EXBERRY® colors are derived solely from fruits, vegetables, and edible plants through a process of chopping, pressing, filtering and blending. We reject the use of any organic solvents or additives, opting for an entirely mechanical manufacturing process that employs only water. EXBERRY® colors are organic compliant and may be listed on ingredient labels as “fruit and vegetable juice (for color).” With over 40 years of experience coloring food with food, GNT’s team of technical specialists can guide customers through each stage of the formulation process — from color matching and stability testing to concept innovation and regulatory and compliance support. EXBERRY® natural colors can be applied to all categories of food and beverage products. Contact us for additional information and sample requests.
Healthy Ingredients Healthy Food Ingredients
Healthy Food Ingredients is a growing family of global specialty ingredient brands, which includes SK Food International, Hesco/Dakota Organic Products, Suntava, and Heartland Flax. Ensure your products’ success with the innovative touch of Global Essence! A leading supplier of premium-quality ingredients to the flavor, fragrance, consumer products, food, beverage and allied industries. Decades of hands-on experience help us satisfy our customer’s unique flavor and fragrance needs.
Established in 1999, Icon Foods is one of the world’s leading suppliers of natural food ingredients. We are committed to helping manufacturers bring clean, healthy food and beverages to the global market. Based in Portland, Oregon, and Salinas, Spain, Icon Foods focuses on pure, all-natural, high-intensity sweetening solutions.
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Combined, we offer non-GMO, organic, certified transitional, gluten-free, and identity preserved pulses, soybeans, grains, seeds, flax, expeller oils, and signature product Suntava Purple Corn®. Our latest innovation, IntegriPure®, is our microbial reduction solution that means industry-leading validation for a 5-log reduction providing food safety, naturally. We are dedicated to delivering safe, healthy, premium-quality ingredients and supply assurance in partnership with our diverse grower network.
Sales and Marketing Solutions Impact Group
Teas, Botanicals and Extracts Martin Bauer Inc.
Turn-Key Product Development MetaBrand
The Martin Bauer Group is one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of tea & botanical extracts, authentic brews and raw materials for the food & beverage and nutritional supplements industries. Supplying off-the-shelf ingredients and tailor-made products for your requirements. Safe, high quality products you can trust.
MetaBrand is a world class team of experts which helps you create, launch, or grow your food, beverage, supplement, or personal care brand. We provide strategic planning, market analysis, branding/design, product formulation and development, internal and outsourced operations and manufacturing, and sales and marketing execution. In house MICRO-PACKING for short runs and vendor samples.
Branding & Packaging Design McLean Design
Trust the monk. MONK FRUIT CORP.
McLean Design has been creating winning food and beverage packaging and brand strategies for over twenty-five years. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, we specialize in brand strategy, naming, packaging design, and structure design.
As the world's leading monk fruit company, we produce the majority of the global monk fruit extract supply, and have the best quality and widest range of monk fruit products on the market - juices, flavors & sweetening ingredients. We'll help you innovate or re-create great-tasting products, with less sugar and fewer calories, all from the goodness of fruit. Looking for monk fruit? Trust the monk.
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Flavor Manufacturer Mother Murphy's Laboratories
Creative Packaging Solutions ProAmpac
Mother Murphy's is a full service manufacturer dedicated to supporting customer needs through quality and flavor innovation. At Mother Murphy's we specialize in flavor and prototype development for the snack and beverage industries. We make the world taste better!
ProAmpac has a strategic geographic footprint and enhanced product offerings unparalleled in the industry. ProAmpac is a global flexible packaging company whose capabilities include adhesive and extrusion lamination, pouching, bag converting and a broad range of flexographic, rotogravure and offset writing solutions for the food, pet food, medical, security, industrial and retail markets.
Innovative Packaging Solution NEO Plastics
Beverage & Food Development PTM Food Consulting
Packaging Supplier, Aripack, is excited to announce their partnership with NEO Plastics, an innovative company offering a new tool toward a zero-waste sustainability strategy. Plastics have accumulated in landfills for decades at alarming rates. NEO can offer a solution where the problem exists. NEO Plastics are designed to convert waste to useful biogas & ultimately sustainable clean energy.
PTM Food Consulting is your premier product development & manufacturing support firm. Our wide range of expertise, development and creativity achieves an exciting point of difference between your product and competitors. We work hard to uncover key industry insights, developing products that have a competitive edge. Whether your project is simple or a complex one, we’re your team!
Digital Labels for Craft Food New England Label
Measuring ROI & Benchmarks for Experiential Marketing
Breakthrough in Taste
okapi
PLT Health Solutions
NOT YOUR TYPICAL LABEL COMPANY
Strategic Planning
Overnight Labels, Inc.
Premium Growth Solutions
PGS is a strategy consultancy for entrepreneurs and investment firms focused on the premium end of retail food, beverage and alcohol. I help brands plan accelerated growth. My expertise is drawn from years of behavioral research on why consumers trade up to premium food/beverage and extensive case study research into why specific early stage brands succeed while others fail. Key Services: • Strategic Plans (all 4Ps, consumer-audience based) • Turn-around Strategy • Innovation Strategy • Marketing Strategy • Investment due diligence Schedule your free, 30-minute consulting session any of the following ways: https://www. calendly.com/pgs/30min, james@premiumgrowthsolutions.com or 425-949-8063. 77
Agility for Packaging Printpack
Innovative Growth Capital Stonegate Capital Holdings
Non-GMO, Vegan Ingredients Top Health Ingredients, Inc.
Stonegate Capital Holdings, LLC, is a diversified private credit investment firm with a unique approach to providing financing solutions to emerging brands, their sponsors and supporters. At a time when traditional sources of debt capital limit their exposure due to risks, increasing costs, and regulations, Stonegate Capital has emerged as a stable source of liquidity for high growth brands.
Top Health Ingredients has been your trusted provider of the highest quality Non-GMO, plant-based fibers, proteins, and sweeteners for the health and wellness industry since 2009. The exclusive supplier of AdvantaFiber™ IMO and AdvantAmino™ organic brown rice protein, Top Health proudly offers many unique, sourcecertified ingredients for healthy solutions in both food & beverage applications!
Non-GMO Reb M and Reb D Sweegen
Fruit Ingredients Tree Top, Inc.
Sweegen brings you Non-GMO Project Verified stevia leaf sweeteners BESTEVIA® Reb M and Reb D for optimal sugar reduction in your food applications. Our products offer clean, sugarlike taste and can be used as flavors and as sweeteners. Our application experts support you to find the ideal use level for your products! Visit our website for more information.
Tree Top Fruit Ingredients processes virtually every fruit under the sun into a variety of highquality, wholesome fruit products, including dried apples, fruit powders, fruit juice concentrates, fruit purées, formulated fruit preps, frozen strawberries, and bulk apple sauce. Some of our fruit types include apple, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, peach, pear, and plum.
Antioxidants Made Snackable Purely Pomegranate, Inc.
Chemical-Free FAST Desiccant Soggy Food Sucks LLC
Synergy - Inspiring Taste Synergy Flavors
Our organic and conventional dried pomegranate arils maintain the natural sweet and tart flavor of the fresh fruit without the hassle and mess. They are shelf stable, gluten free, non-GMO and contain no sulfites, artificial sweeteners or preservatives. Appearing very similar to the fresh version, the dried arils have terrific piece identity.
Patented tech removes moisture fast, keeping your customers' foods crisp, reducing food waste. This peal and stick adhesive pad is a universal solution working with all of your existing packaging. Uses dew point temperature, NOT nasty chemicals, to force condensation, and wick it away from your customers' foods FAST. No affect on food temp. Let your customers enjoy your food the way you intended
Synergy Flavors is a global manufacturer and supplier of flavorings, extracts, and essences for the food, beverage and nutrition industries. With more than 130 years of expertise, Synergy combines a heritage of flavor development with proprietary extraction technology to deliver high quality taste solutions that captivate the senses and inspire innovation.
Bold & Creative Package Design Sabik Design
Leap-inducing Brand Packaging Stebbings Partners
Branding and Packaging Design The GRO Agency
Sabik Design specializes in branding & packaging for the food and beverage space. We pride ourselves on design that is bold, fresh, and unique, using a lot of handwritten and hand-drawn elements and creative illustrations. Our goal is to create packaging that demands to be grabbed off the shelf through impactful and meaningful design. We are here to turn heads and steal hearts <3!
Stebbings Partners is a multi-disciplinary creative studio that balances strategy and design to craft unique and thoughtful food & beverage brands. Our team of designers, strategists and writers work with courageous clients to shape, launch and grow brands that stand apart, start conversations, and build trust with consumers. Let’s talk. We’d love to hear your story.
GRO is a branding and packaging design agency specializing in food and beverage. We’ve been creating brand stories that resonate, brand communication that engages and packaging that motivates for over 30 years! We live innovation, brand strategy and packaging design. Our team of creative strategists, designers, and digital gurus in NYC and LA are true CPG brand development experts.
78 BEVNET MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY
CONTACT NAME
CITY
360 Merchandising Solutions, LLC
Dave Gossman
Newport
KY
(859) 392-5200
360merch.com
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(844) 441-3663
adm.com/food
ALO Snacks by SPI West Port
Drew Pawlan
South San Francisco
CA
(650) 616-7777
alosnacks.com
Alter Eco Foods
Amber Isaacs
San Francisco
CA
(415) 701-1212
alterecofoods.com
ADM
Arlington Capital Advisors Avure HPP Technologies - JBT Axiom Foods AZ Laboratories Bascom Maple Farms, Inc.
STATE
PHONE NUMBER
WEB SITE
John Goldasich
Birmingham
AL
(205) 488-4384
arlingtoncapitaladvisors.com
Lisa Wessels (Pitzer)
Erlanger
KY
(859) 534-1545
avure-hpp-foods.com
David Janow
Los Angeles
CA
(800) 711-3587
axiomfoods.com
Dr. Zhaoxing Shi
Tempe
AZ
(480) 717-7813
azlaboratories.com
Cindy Finck
Brattleboro
VT
(802) 257-8100
maplesource.com
Bay State Milling
Colleen Zammer
Quincy
MA
(617) 328-4400
baystatemilling.com
BEAR
Lindsay Bennett
Charlotte
NC
(415) 539-8358
bearnibbles.com
BeeFree Warrior Mix
Jennifer Wiese
Noblesville
IN
(800) 677-4840
beefreegf.com
Belgian Boys
Anouck Gotlib
Brooklyn
NY
(212) 634-4769
belgianboys.com
Big Brands, LLC
Zach Mosesian
Las Vegas
NV
(702) 476-1021
usbeveragemanufacturing.com
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Los Angeles
CA
(310) 315-4129
bonkbreaker.com
Cassie Wolff
New York
NY
(845) 558-9122
bouforyou.com
Grant Christopher
Austin
TX
(214) 577-9332
Jeff Rakity
Branchburg
NJ
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Chase Hagerman
Austin
TX
(866) 907-0400
cheminutra.com
Dan Reed
Addison
IL
(630) 629-9667
dandiesmarshmallows.com
Ciranda, Inc.
Tonya Lofgren
Hudson
WI
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Clearly Kombucha LLC
Alison Zarrow
Fairfield
CA
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Creation Nation
Karen Nation
Malibu
CA
(424) 234-5800
Bonk Breaker Nutrition BOU Brands Bridge Leasing Group Brookside Flavors & Ingr. Chemi Nutra Chicago Vegan Foods
bridgeleasinggroup.com/ brooksideflavors.com
ciranda.com clearlykombucha.com ProteinBarMix.com
Creative Aligments
Peggy Shell
Boulder
CO
(303) 835-9066
creativealignments.com
Crickstart Food Co.
Gabby Faraggi
Montreal
QC
(888) 997-3629
crickstart.com
Gian Khalsa
Ithaca
NY
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Enjoy Life Foods
Emmy's Organics, Inc.
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Chicago
IL
(888) 503-6569
enjoylifefoods.com
Farbest Brands
Lorna Samgour
Park Ridge
NJ
(201) 573-4900
farbest.com
Field Trip Snacks
emmysorganics.com
Tom Donigan
Brooklyn
NY
(646) 681-8601
fieldtripsnacks.com
Delaney Brown
Montreal
QC
(844) 363-6277
fodyfoods.com
Franklin Baker Inc.
Peter Kamen
Memphis
TN
(901) 881-6681
franklinbaker.com
Fruit Bliss
Susan Leone
Brooklyn
NY
(646) 225-6565
fruitbliss.com
GanedenBC30
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Cleveland
OH
(440) 229-5200
GanedenBC30.com
Glanbia Nutritionals
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Chicago
IL
(844) 303-7304
glanbianutritionals.com
Fody Foods
Global Essence Inc.
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Hamilton
NJ
(732) 677-1100
globalessence.com
Global Organics, Ltd.
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Cambridge
MA
(781) 648-8844
global-organics.com
Jeannette O'Brien
Tarrytown
NY
(914) 524-0600
gnt-group.com
GNT USA Inc. Golden Valley Natural
Nate Klingler
Shelley
ID
(208) 227-9000
GoldenValleyNatural.com
Haberman
Sunny Fenton
Minneapolis
MN
(612) 338-3900
modernstorytellers.com
Healthy Food Ingredients Honey Mama's Hummus Pods® Icon Foods Impact Group KPOP Foods
Joni Huffman
Fargo
ND
(844) 275-3443
HFIfamily.com
Allie Cunningham
Portland
OR
(503) 799-1780
honeymamas.com
Levon Kurkjian
Providence
RI
(401) 270-4728
modpodco.com
Thom King
Portland
OR
(310) 455-9876
iconfoods.com
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impactgrp.com
Theo Lee
Los Angeles
CA
(833) 573-4357
kpopfoods.com
Lebby Snacks
Kayla Mason
Brooklyn
NY
(917) 238-0848
lebbysnacks.com
Little Bird Kitchen
Corey Meyer
Plainview
NY
(646) 620-6395
LittleBirdKitchen.com
Martin Bauer Inc.
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Secaucus
NJ
(201) 659-3100
martin-bauer-group.us
Rifle Hughes
Walnut Creek
CA
(925) 944-9500
mclean-design.com
Nick Andlinger
Edison
NJ
(732) 983-5915
metabrandcorp.com
McLean Design MetaBrand
80 BEVNET MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
COMPANY Mikey's MONK FRUIT CORP. Mother Murphy's Laboratories
CONTACT NAME
CITY
STATE
PHONE NUMBER
WEB SITE
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Bethlehem
PA
—
mikeysmuffins.com
Jack Heffern
Libertyville
IL
(847) 367-6665
monkfruitcorp.com
Morgan Murphy
Greensboro
NC
(800) 849-1277
mothermurphys.com
Mozaics, LLC
James Curley
Chicago
IL
(773) 459-1450
mozaicschips.com
NEO Plastics
Isak Bengiyat
Brooklyn
NY
(646) 542-1499
neoplastics.com
New England Label
Ryan Dunlevy
Andover
MA
(617) 990-7372
newenglandlabel.com
Peter Morgante
Peterborough
NH
(603) 831-2800
NuttinOrdinary.com
NuttZo
Shel Dougherty
San Diego
CA
(484) 201-4962
NuttZo.com
okapi
Shane Freeman
St. Louis
MO
(308) 440-5011
okapihq.com
Nuttin Ordinary
Organic Valley Overnight Labels, Inc. Panco Foods
Sales Administration
La Farge
WI
(888) 444-6455
organicvalley.coop
Don Earl
Deer Park
NY
(800) 472-5753
overnightlabels.com
Michael Pan
Vancouver
WA
(224) 627-3355
mushroomjerky.com
perfectlyfree(R)
Patrick Maguire
Boston
MA
(617) 491-6600
perfectlyfree.com/fruit-bites
PLT Health Solutions
Mark Stephens
Morristown
NJ
(973) 984-0900
plthealth.com
James Richardson
Seattle
WA
(425) 949-8063
Primal Kitchen
Premium Growth Solutions
Annie Martin
Oxnard
CA
—
premiumgrowthsolutions.com
Printpack
Karen English
Atlanta
GA
(404) 460-7403
printpack.com/digital-press
ProAmpac
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Cincinnati
OH
(513) 671-1777
proampac.com
primalkitchen.com
Protes
Ryan Wiltse
Brooklyn
NY
(703) 869-3413
eatprotes.com
PTM Food Consulting
Ryan Dolan
Point Pleasant
NJ
(888) 736-6339
ptmfood.com
Purely Pomegranate, Inc.
Brian Klein
Newport Beach
CA
(949) 489-3800
purelypomegranate.com
Matt Weiss
New York
NY
(802) 828-7463
rindsnacks.com
Patrick Wong
Oakland
CA
(510) 780-0300
butchersbonebroth.com
RIND Snacks Rotisystems Inc Sabik Design
Hannah Hart
Denver
CO
(513) 582-9625
sabikdesign.com
Saffron Road
Shawnna Hall-Enoch
Stamford
CT
(203) 961-1954
saffronroad.com
SmashPack
Kari Simpson
Irvine
CA
(949) 333-4675
smashpack.com
Bill Birgen
Tempe
AZ
(480) 242-7600
SoggyFoodSucks.com
Soggy Food Sucks LLC Sprout Foods, Inc.
Meghan Earnest
Montvale
NJ
(201) 746-9245
sproutorganicfoods.com
Stebbings Partners
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Attleboro Falls
MA
(508) 699-7899
stebbings.com
Heather La Freniere
Chicago
IL
(312) 288-3099
sghcap.com
Katharina Pueller
Foothill Ranch
CA
(949) 709-0583
sweegen.com
Joe Boehrer
Wauconda
IL
(847) 487-1011
synergytaste.com
That's it.
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Los Angeles
CA
—
thatsitfruit.com
The Daily Crave
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Folsom
CA
—
thedailycrave.com
Stonegate Capital Holdings Sweegen Synergy Flavors
The GFB: Gluten Free Bar
—
Grand Rapids
MI
(616) 755-8432
The Good Crisp Company
Steve Wangler
Boulder
CO
—
The GRO Agency
Kelly Criswell
New York / Los Angeles
CA
(212) 725-6710
The Healthy Crunch Company
thegfb.com thegoodcrispcompany.com thegroagency.com
Julie Bednarski
Toronto
ON
(416) 575-9531
healthycrunch.com
Andrew Ford
Columbus
MD
(443) 980-9409
thesnackbrigade.com
Top Health Ingredients, Inc.
Brittany DeMarco
Edmonton
ON
(780) 439-1425
tophealthingredients.com
Tree Top, Inc.
Jeannie Swedberg
Selah
WA
(509) 698-1435
treetopingredients.com
The Snack Brigade
Tres Latin Foods
Bridget Skoog
Denver
CO
—
treslatinfoods.com
Watermelon Road
Jamie Melzer
New York
NY
—
watermelonroad.com
Wedderspoon Manuka Honey
Briana Belden
Malvern
PA
—
wedderspoon.com
White Leaf Provisions
MEGHAN ROWE
Mount Pleasant
SC
(843) 352-7615
whiteleafprovisions.com
Bill Moran
Boulder
CO
(720) 328-0843
wildechips.com
John McHugh
Boulder
CO
(303) 875-5196
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Quincy
MA
—
Sarah Sturtevant
Amesbury
MA
(978) 834-6494
Wilde Brands Wildmade Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt yuso onigiri
wildmadesnacks.com yasso.com yusogood.com 81