CPGs with Cohort 8: Introducing our Newest Cohort!

Hemp Way Foods is a plant-powered company handcrafted with ancient superfoods and wholesome ingredients for an indulgent taste but yet guilt-free. From freezer to ready in under 10 minutes, the company’s products are loaded with essential minerals, fiber, plant protein and zero fillers. Think outside the norm and easily incorporate more plant-based protein and flavor into your chilis, burritos, pasta, and sandwiches. Whatever your dietary lifestyle, our versatile products aim to nourish and impress. Hemp Way Foods is a Colorado-based company and was the vision of founder Carla Boyd. Carla’s mission to reimagine nutritional intake led her to develop and formulate recipes for Hemp Burger and Hemp Burger Crumble products. Hemp Way Foods have made their way to local grocery stores, nutritional outlets, and health food stores and Carla and Hemp Way have been featured in publications such as the Denver Post & The Hemp Connoisseur Magazine.

At Hummii, they are making the healthy & yummy plant-powered snack universe of the future! Their first core product line is Tiny Tuffins: vegan & gluten free mini-muffins launching this fall via a Kickstarter campaign - featuring fit & delicious flavors like Banana Birthday Bash, Blueberry Tuffin & Double Chocolate Champion. Inspired by his journey with plant based foods and upbringing, Tyler Phillips created Hummii with health and taste in mind. Partnering with Bethany Costello, Michelin-starred pastry chef, Hummii is helping bring plant based snacks to the table for everyone.

Lobster Made Easy has revolutionized the way we prepare and enjoy lobster. The company offers frozen whole cooked lobster that is sustainably packaged in a convenient microwaveable pouch that is ready to eat in 7 minutes. The Canada-based brand was created by Mark Lowe after his personal relaization that preparing lobster lacked convience and at home boiling and cooking methods for seafood could be made in fact easier. The company produces through partnerships with fishermen's cooperatives and sources lobster from the pristine waters of Nova Scotia where it supports the hard work of local fishermen who contribute over $2 million to the local economy every year.

Jar Goods makes ultra-premium tomato sauces that truly stand out in a massive but stagnant category of foods. Compared to all other sauces, Jar Goods contain more tomatoes, more olive oil, and are thicker, richer, and more flavorful. Not to mention, they are the ultimate in versatility! Inspired by her father in law’s sauce recipe and a yearning for a sauce that served her, Melissa Vitelli started Jar Goods with her sister in law, Laura, creating a family based, women owned brand that makes sure dinner feels just a little easier for the consumer. Jar Goods’ products are completely natural and made with fresh ingredients. Wherever possible the sauces are non-GMO Verified, Kosher, gluten free, and contain little to no added sugar.

Nutrimentos Maybo SRL makes nutrition easy, delicious and accessible. The Bolivia-based company offers processed, primarily ready-to-eat superfoods based on quinoa, amaranth and chia. Its mission is to generate positive impacts at each stage of the supply chain and improve the lives of suppliers and consumers alike. Inpsired by creating new job oppurtunities and adequate nutrition for people who require it, Brigitte Maldonado helped create Nutrimentos Maybo SRL to bring nutirion and impact into a line of delicious and unique products.