Honey Mama's

With a well-balanced chocolate and coffee profile, compelling whole-food ingredients, and packaging that effectively communicates the collaboration, this is one of Honey Mama’s strongest flavors to date.

Honey Mama’s has secured about $4 million of new funding led by Northwest-based private equity firm Bochi Investments as it scales its manufacturing.

At Natural Products Expo West, exhibitors are slated to unveil a spate of new snacks spanning protein bars, cookies, potato chips, chocolate and more. Here’s a taste of the latest launches on display throughout the trade show floor.

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In this week’s notable new products roundup, Lesser Evil goes to infinity and beyond through a new partnership with Toy Story, Sauz seeks to usher in a new generation of pasta sauce options and Second Nature launches a set of globally-inspired trail mix.

The aisles at Natural Products Expo West 2023 included a wide array of better-for-you sweets and treats from both new and existing brands in the category. From decadent dessert-inspired teas to chocolate bars to fruit-flavored gummies, these new products hope to offer options designed to fulfill every consumer’s sweet tooth. Check out this gallery for a deeper dive into the newly launched products featured at Expo West.

Refrigerated chocolate bar brand Honey Mama’s announced this week it has closed a $5.8 million round of funding that will go towards supporting the brand’s expansion beyond the natural channel via sales, marketing and innovation efforts.