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The Ingredients Defining Functional Snacks In 2025
Snacking is going functional—and fast. The new Spate report shows how ingredients once reserved for supplements or beauty are now finding their way into everyday snack formats.
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New Mind-Body Teas from The Republic of Tea Target Health Enthusiasts
The Republic of Tea, a leader in premium teas and herbs, has launched a new line of SuperGreen Teas to add to the already large collection of premium green tea products offered. The new collection consists of four premium all-natural teas that help promote wellness by supporting weight loss, boosting the immune system, improving cognitive function, and aiding in stress and relaxation.
Naturally More Ships First Complete Line of Nut Butters Boosted with Probiotics
Naturally More® of Madera, Calif., is leveraging its growth in the nut butter segment by launching the industry’s first complete line of nut butters boosted with the natural wholesomeness of probiotics and flax.
VMG, TerraVia Partner to Build Investing Platform — With Algae
This week private equity firm VMG Partners and algae-based food maker TerraVia (formerly Solazyme, Inc) announced the formation of a new venture, TerraBrands. The new group, which will function as a part of TerraVia, will acquire or invest in leading food and beverage companies that would like to incorporate TerraVia’s algae-based ingredients into their products.
Bob’s Red Mill Introduces Vegan, Gluten & Soy-free Probiotic Protein Powders
In an effort to make it easy for consumers to add a wholesome nutritional boost to snacks and meal replacements, Bob’s Red Mill, the leading provider of whole grain and gluten free foods for more than 40 years, has launched a new line of plant-based Nutritional Booster Protein Powders.
Nomva Raises $3 Million for Noms on the Go
Phenomenal Foods, the maker of Nomva, a new food brand that merges current trends in cold-pressed juice and on-the-go snacks, today announced the closing of a $3 million round of funding. Nomva markets a line of high pressure processed (HPP), organic fruit and vegetable blends that are infused with probiotics and packaged in 6 oz. pouches.
GLUKOS Releases New Protein Bars And Powders
The GLUKOS Company Inc., an all-natural sports nutrition brand, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking protein bars and powders, which deliver protein into the bloodstream faster and more effectively than any product in the crowded protein market.
Ganeden Drives Food Innovation With Industry-First Probiotic Jumpstart Program
In an effort to cultivate probiotic innovation in the functional food and beverage market, Ganeden has announced Probiotic Innovation Jumpstart — an industry-first entrepreneurial program designed to help companies launch new probiotic products.
Blueprint Founders Give Birth to Second Company
In 2014, when co-founders Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss moved on from Blueprint, the healthy juice company they had sold to Hain Celestial, they, like many other young professional women, found conversations kept turning to one topic: pregnancy, and the way nutrition affects both the mother and unborn child. Hence, in November, 2015, the pair gave birth to a new company, Ezro Foods.
NightFood Secures Initial Purchase Order From KeHE
NightFood, “The Nighttime Snack Company”, has entered into a distribution relationship with KeHE Distributors LLC. KeHE is a national leader in the distribution of natural, organic and specialty food and beverage products to supermarkets, natural food retailers, specialty food retailers, grocers, and other retail channels.
With Cash in the Tank, Perfect Fuel Revs Engines
Perfect Fuel, a functional chocolate brand, quietly announced this week that it had closed an initial seed round of funding. This most recent round will be used to launch their products more widely, as well as test out new line extensions.