Founded by Jeremiah Bradley from a childhood habit of experimenting in the kitchen, JBs Organic Foods makes prepared organic foods designed to bring wholesome, flavorful meals to the family table. The brand’s signature Travelers Red Beans and Rice reflects its emphasis on thoughtfully sourced ingredients, traditional comfort-food flavors, and vegan options, while its packaged cookies extend the kitchen-made approach into sweets. JBs Organic Foods has offered specialty foods since 2018.
Bake-DreamsFounded by Cindy Villalba after health issues led her to bake nourishing treats at home, Bake-Dreams makes vegan granola with all-natural and organic ingredients. Its two signature blends pair that wellness focus with playful flavors, including cinnamon and coconut or dark chocolate and quinoa puffs, and the company also shares recipes for turning granola into desserts.
BROWN SUGAR 1ST, INCFounded in Tokyo in 2011 by Midori Ogino after she began selling food at farmers’ markets with her baby on her back, BROWN SUGAR 1ST makes vegan, health-focused snacks and plant-based food products. The company’s parent-minded standard—“Would I feed this to my own child?”—guides its handmade production, ingredient sourcing, and emphasis on organic and fair-trade practices. Its products are sold through roughly 3,000 stores in Japan, with the brand now expanding in the United States.New York, NY
Noomi LLCFounded by Krystina Murawski in 2018 from her eight-foot Hartsdale kitchen, Noomi makes organic peanut butter shaped by more than 100 recipe tests and 25 peanut varieties. The woman-owned brand debuted at a Westchester farm market and went on to win the 2019 sofi™ New Product Award for its signature blend, while pairing its food business with a broader “new me” message about pursuing personal passions.HARTSDALE, NY
Peanut Butter & CoPeanut Butter & Co. makes peanut butter and other nut-butter spreads, growing from Lee Zalben’s 1998 Greenwich Village sandwich shop into a U.S.-made food company. Still 100% family owned, it uses only USA-grown peanuts and simple ingredients, with products certified by the Non-GMO Project and Vegan Action.NEW YORK, NY