Chobani Food Incubator

Chobani Incubator is a program for companies taking on broken food systems to bring better food to more people. they are here to help small companies with big hearts and ideas challenge the food industry, improve broken systems, and make a difference.

Peter McGuinness

President

Past deals in Beverages

Holmes Mouthwatering

Grant in 2020
Holmes Mouthwatering is a Cleveland, Ohio-based manufacturer and seller of premium applesauce and real-fruit products. The company focuses on producing natural applesauce made from locally sourced ingredients, including regionally sourced apples, pears, and apple cider. Their products are designed to be nutritious, packed with vitamins and calcium, and provide consumers with freshly produced fruit snacks. Holmes Mouthwatering aims to support healthier food choices, helping individuals reach their potential through better nutrition.

American Vinegar Works

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
American Vinegar Works produces small-batch vinegars made from naturally fermented American wines, ciders, and brews.

Supernatural

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Supernatural Inc provides Plant-based food colors, no-soy sprinkles and more creative ingredients for chefs who have fun.

MatchaBar

Pre Seed Round in 2018
MatchaBar LLC, founded in 2014 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in offering a variety of matcha-based beverages. The family-owned business, operated by two brothers, focuses on delivering high-quality matcha products to consumers. MatchaBar operates cafes where customers can enjoy drinks made from matcha, a green tea known for its antioxidant properties. In addition to café offerings, the company provides ready-to-drink matcha beverages available for purchase online and in local markets and grocery stores. Through its various channels, MatchaBar aims to make matcha accessible to a broader audience.

Haven's Kitchen

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Haven's Kitchen Home LLC operates a café in New York that serves a variety of food options, including tartines, tarts, sandwiches, baked goods, soups, salads, and sweets. The café also offers a selection of vegan and gluten-free sauces, such as marinades and dressings, as well as bases for soups and stews. Originally founded as a cooking school, Haven's Kitchen has evolved to provide an event space suitable for meetings, product launches, social celebrations, and private dinners, including weddings. In 2017, the company expanded its offerings by launching a line of fresh cooking sauces.

Nona Lim

Seed Round in 2018
Based in Oakland, California, Nona Lim makes non-GMO, dairy-free, and gluten-free soups, broths, and convenient meals using the freshest local and organic ingredients. Also, Nona Lim offers a variety of prepared meals and noodles that you can customize to make-it-your-own. The company was founded in 2006.

Wildway

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Wildway is a consumer packaged goods company that specializes in better-for-you breakfast and snack foods. The company produces grain-free granola and cereal made entirely from fruits, nuts, and seeds. These products are designed to support healthy eating habits and cater to various dietary preferences, being gluten-free, paleo, vegan, oil-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and non-GMO. Wildway aims to provide nutritious options that help individuals maintain a balanced diet while enjoying convenient and delicious meals.

NOKA, LLC.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
NOKA to restore your confidence in real food and its ability to power you through life’s adventures. They believe portable, sustaining energy should be delicious, refreshing, and wholesome. With organic, whole fruits, vegetables and superfoods made drinkable, NOKA nourishes and quenches the body, so the mind can focus on what’s important—living everyday with purpose, passion, and curiosity.

Remedy Organics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Remedy Organics is disrupting the beverage category with their delicious plant based protein beverages that provide meaningful functional benefits. Remedy’s initial line of plant based protein beverages provides purposeful function and natural healing properties resulting from the use of superfoods, ayurvedic herbs, botanicals as well protein and probiotics. The brand’s mission is to bring convenient, affordable functional nutrition to the world in the form of delicious plant based food and beverages.

TeaRIOT

Pre Seed Round in 2018
TeaRIOT is a tea brand.

88 Acres

Pre Seed Round in 2018
88 Acres is an artisan food startup crafting healthy snack foods free of the top eight food allergens.

Fresh Bellies

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Fresh Bellies is a producer of organic baby food that trains infant palates to enjoy vegetables. It is a baby/toddler food to never mask vegetables with sweet fruit and season with bold herbs and spices like basil, cardamom, garlic, and thyme. Fresh Bellies trains baby palates to help shape nutritional preferences early on and encourage healthier choices later in life. It was established in 2015 and is headquartered in New York.
Farmer Willie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer based on the secret, homemade recipe of Farmer Willie Fenichel.

Snow Monkey

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Snow Monkey dairy free anytime desserts are made from only seven natural, plant-based ingredients, making them vegan, paleo and free from all eight major allergens like gluten, soy, nuts and lactose. An entire pint of Snow Monkey has over 20g of protein, is under 400 calories and is packed with fiber and antioxidants. Snow Monkey is nutritious and delicious, making it the perfect anytime treat for breakfast, fuel or indulgence.

Pique

Seed Round in 2017
Pique Tea, Inc. specializes in producing premium instant teas and tea mixes made from organic teas and plants. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers sugar-free tea mixes that can be easily prepared by mixing with hot or cold water. Pique's products are available for purchase through retail stores and online, emphasizing the absence of additives and preservatives. The brand aims to deliver the rich flavor and health benefits associated with loose leaf tea in a convenient format.

Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co.

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit is a company that serves ice-cream and frozen yogurt. It specializes in the fields of consumer goods, food, and beverage. Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit was founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Grainful

Venture Round in 2017
Grainful, operating under BeetNPath, LLC, is a food company focused on creating chef-inspired entrées that feature the wholesome goodness of steel-cut oats. The company produces whole grain-based frozen meals that prioritize health and accessibility, utilizing clean, natural ingredients that are gluten-free and rich in fiber, complete proteins, and other essential nutrients. Grainful aims to provide nourishing, high-quality food options for consumers at an affordable price, ensuring that wholesome meals are available for both lunch and dinner.

Cocomama

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Cocomama is a women-owned business that manufactures delicious baking and hot cocoa mixes. It crafts organic cocoa products, cocoa powders, baking mixes, and brownie thins are used to produce cakes, pastries, and cookies with ingredients sourced from countries like the Dominican Republic, Madagascar, and Indonesia, providing customers with tasty chocolate products.

Kettle & Fire

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Kettle and Fire Inc. manufactures and markets bone broth in the United States. It offers beef bone broth; arrow bones from organically raised, organic carrots, organic celery, and organic onions and chicken bone broth; chicken broth, organic roasted poblano pepper, organic green pepper, organic onion, organic carrots, organic garlic, and organic scallions. The company also offers sustainable packaging solutions. It distributes its product through stores and wholesalers, as well as online. Kettle and Fire Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Partake Foods

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Partake Foods, Inc. is a food company that specializes in producing allergy-friendly cookies. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company offers a range of products that are nut-free, gluten-free, vegan, and free from the top 12 allergens, catering to families seeking safe and tasty snack options. The product lineup includes various flavors such as sprouted grain chocolate chip, double chocolate chip, sweet potato millet, carrot oat, and birthday cake mini cookies. Partake Foods sells its products online, allowing customers to enjoy healthy snacks conveniently.