BEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS

STARTUP CPG SHELFIES AWARDS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS

FINALISTS

RIO

GOOD

Rio Good’s Ch-Easy Bread is a gluten-free, non-GMO and vegan take on traditional Brazilian cheese bread. This dry mix is ridiculously easy to prepare at home, making for a crispy, golden outside and fluffy, cheesy inside that comes hot out of the oven. Made by a Brazilian founder with a passion for animals and the planet, this authentic mix brings Brazil into anyone’s home, regardless of dietary restrictions.

SUNG’S KOREAN

HOT SAUCE

Sung's Korean Hot Sauce is a gochujang-based condiment that brings a sweet and spicy Korean kick to all your favorite foods. Made by an immigrant child of Korean parents, this hot sauce is made with premium gochujang, soy sauce, sesame oil and Western ingredients like apple cider vinegar and tomato paste for the perfect blend, rendering a deep, rich, lightly sweet heat. Frutero makes tropical fruit ice cream, inspired by the co-founders’ Indian roots. In India, tropical fruit ice cream is a massive phenomenon, but this creamy yet fresh fruit flavor was challenging to find in the US. Frutero sources the best fruits across the globe to make a super creamy, all natural ice cream packed with 100% real fruit – a flavor difference you can truly taste.

FRUTERO

BEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS NIRAMAYA FOODS

Mehek Khera, founder of Niramaya Foods, immigrated from her home country of India to the United States at the age of 24. A decade of stress from the US corporate hustle and visa woes left her with multiple health issues that led her down a path of nutritional discovery.

After becoming a nutritional coach, Khera realized that the rich flavors of dishes from her childhood were inherently nutritionally dense and plant-forward. Unfortunately, most Indian foods she found in U.S. grocery stores were merely European adaptations of

Indian foods. From these experiences, Khera created Niramaya Foods to make accessible, nutritious, culturally rooted and grandma approved products.

Niramaya Foods aims to make nutrient rich, plant-based cooking as easy, accessible and as delicious as possible. Through the gift of Indian culture, Niramaya Foods aims to keep innovating homegrown recipes, tailoring them to modern day needs. The company’s first line of products, “Dips for Dinners”, is a collection of nutrient dense, plant based, homestyle

dips inspired from the flavors popular throughout India. Since launching in September 2022, Niramaya has already had it’s share of challenges, including finding a co-packer that would work their specific line of products. “Simmer sauces and curries are usually spice and oil pastes.” says Khera, “Whereas dips are usually hummus, guacamole, tahini or a few more. This intersectional category extender took a while to get the co-packers on board, formulate, iterate and scale up to a point where we now have a shelf life of 3 years without any preservatives.” This speedbump eventually led the company to create a whole new product segment — Dips for Dinners. The company’s challenges have also been bolstered by major wins. Within a few weeks of soft launch, Niramaya was selected as a NEXTY finalist for expo east 2022, Startup CPG Selfie’s 2022 finalist, and was also a finalist for NOSH live 2022. You can find out more about Niramaya and shop their products on their website. The brand will also be launching an Amazon store soon as well as a wholesale channel at Expo East 2022 (booth #4488).