A Crunchy Collaboration: Michele's Granola Partners with SIMPLi on a New Limited Edition Granola

Timonium, MD – Two female-founded, natural brands known for their commitment to quality and flavor have joined forces on a crunchy summer collaboration: Michele’s Granola is launching Limited Edition Strawberry & Red Quinoa Granola, baked with SIMPLi Regenerative Organic Certified® Red Quinoa.

Michele’s Granola has been producing scratch-made natural and organic granola cereal since home baker turned entrepreneur Michele Tsucalas founded the brand in 2006. SIMPLi, the leading maker of regenerative organic pantry staples has been bringing consumers flavorful, nutrient-dense ingredients that make a social and environmental impact since Sarela Herrada and Matt Cohen co-founded the company in 2020. This collaboration grew out of a friendship and mutual admiration between the two brands, and through several rounds of testing, tinkering and tasting, one final recipe rose to the top.

Every handmade batch of Strawberry & Red Quinoa Granola features the crispy, golden clusters of organic gluten-free oats that are a hallmark of Michele’s Granola, studded with gently toasted SIMPLi red quinoa. The recipe is rounded out with organic freeze-dried strawberries, sunflower seeds and coconut. As with all Michele’s and SIMPLi products, this granola is made with simple quality ingredients and is free from wheat, gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, peanuts, sesame and GMOs.

Sarela Herrada, co-founder of SIMPLi, says “Sourced directly from the Andes Mountains in Peru, our red quinoa boasts a richer, slightly sweeter, and nuttier flavor than other quinoa varieties that pairs perfectly with the oats and strawberries in this tasty granola. We’re so proud to collaborate with Michele's Granola, a brand we admire, to bring our quinoa to the breakfast table.”

To build on their partnership, Michele’s Granola will donate 1% of sales of this Limited Edition to an organization selected by SIMPLi: Funds will be donated to SOME, (So Others May Eat), a nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable housing, healthcare, nutritious meals and more to residents of DC since 1970. Michele’s Limited Edition Strawberry & Red Quinoa Granola is available in 12oz bags exclusively online at michelesgranola.com beginning June 26^th through sell out.

About Michele’s Granola

Since 2006, Michele’s Granola has been dedicated to making granola from scratch, prepared fresh daily by hand with natural and organic GMO-free ingredients. With a team of 90 employees, the company produces more than 40,000 pounds of granola and muesli weekly, plus a line of granola butter, all of which is distributed to more than 5,400 natural food retailers, grocers and food service facilities across the country. Michele’s is committed to improving nutrition and supporting local food entrepreneurship by donating 1% of all sales to non-profits with a food-based mission.

About SIMPLi

SIMPLi is the leading maker of regenerative organic pantry staples that are flavorful, nutrient-dense, and make a social and environmental impact. On a mission to connect people around the world through the joy of food, SIMPLi offers a suite of Regenerative Organic Certified® products that have been perfected over generations and harvested with care to ensure the highest quality and integrity. SIMPLi is a woman- and minority-owned company, co-founded by native-Peruvian Sarela Herrada and her husband, Matt Cohen in 2020. The company offers a variety of grains, beans, oils, superfoods and spices that follow local farmer’s market standards, no matter where they’re from.