Founded by food scientists and creators from Cornell University, Antithesis Foods develops better-for-you, shelf-stable snacks for private-label brands. The Philadelphia-rooted team combines nutritional science, food engineering, and culinary research to turn brands’ nutrition targets and ingredient requirements into finished products, from ideation through market delivery. Its work includes products sold through CVS Health’s Well Market and Isagenix International.
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Tandem FoodsFormed in 2025 from the merger of TruFood Manufacturing and Bar Bakers, Tandem Foods is a contract manufacturer of better-for-you nutritional snacks. The company combines decades of experience with nine facilities across Pennsylvania, New York and California, and is now the largest wafer-bar manufacturer in the United States. Its customer-partnership model carries products from concept through commercialization for established CPG companies and entrepreneurs.PITTSBURGH, PA
Scott's Protein BallsAfter Lori Levine’s breast cancer treatment prompted a search for better everyday snacks, she and her husband Scott began making plant-based protein balls in their kitchen and launched Scott’s Protein Balls in 2020. The company produces refrigerated, clean-ingredient snacks with recognizable ingredients, including nut-free options and kosher-certified flavors, for convenient energy without preservatives or artificial colors. One percent of every sale supports the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.FARMINGDALE, NY
BarfectionsBarfections manufactures nutritious food bars in Youngstown, Ohio, with an ownership group that brings more than 75 years of combined food-industry experience focused on bar manufacturing. Its facility produces custom bars and supports product development for emerging brands and Fortune 500 companies.GIRARD, OH
Baxters North America, IncBaxters North America develops and contract-manufactures convenient, nutritious foods for store brands, specialized nutrition programs, and military and humanitarian use. The company combines culinary and nutritional expertise with end-to-end production and commercialization, including shelf-stable, ready-to-eat, and frozen formats. Family-owned for more than 150 years, Baxters traces its heritage to 1868 and now operates East and West Coast facilities.BLUE ASH, OH