Based in New York’s Catskills, Purée Arête makes clean-label fruit purées for food and beverage manufacturers, with a focus on ingredients that hold their flavor, texture, and consistency in real production. Guided by Austrian chef Wolfgang Brandl, the company produces in an SQF Level 3 facility and offers 100% fruit purées with no added sugar or preservatives. Its aseptic, scalable formats and custom blending support products ranging from beverages to baby food and pet nutrition.
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Beech-Nut Nutrition CompanySince 1931, Beech-Nut Nutrition Company has made baby and toddler foods, with its puree jars produced at its headquarters in Amsterdam, New York. The company’s distinctive Gentle Cooking™ process blends ingredients cold, removes air and uses indirect heat to preserve the color, texture and flavor of real fruits and vegetables. Beech-Nut also operates an ISO 17025-accredited in-house lab and has offered organic baby food since 1991.AMSTERDAM, NY
Juice From the RAW®What began as Ouri Galili’s small Brooklyn fruit stand in 1976 is now a three-generation family business making cold-pressed juices and juice cleanses for everyday prices. Juice From the RAW® remains operated by the Galili family across three locations, with a national online presence and juices that are frozen after pressing for delivery. Its products are made in the USA and produced under HACCP accreditation, with the range largely vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free and free of artificial flavors.BROOKLYN, NY
kencko foods, incBorn from founder Tomás Froes’s effort to fit more produce into a busy life, kencko foods makes instant smoothies from freeze-dried fruits and vegetables that are ready in about 30 seconds. Its shelf-stable sachets preserve the produce while reducing spoilage, and the company also makes plant-protein smoothies built around real food rather than artificial flavors. Based between Brooklyn and Lisbon, kencko is a certified B Corporation and has shipped nearly 20 million smoothies.BROOKLYN, NY
Lyons Magnus, LLCSince 1852, Lyons Magnus has grown from an E.G. Lyons general merchandising operation into a food manufacturer supplying fruit ingredients, beverages, syrups, sauces and dessert products to foodservice and ingredient customers. The Fresno-based company pioneered aseptic processing with fruit particulates and now combines four U.S. plants with in-house research, pilot-plant and sensory-testing capabilities to develop and co-manufacture custom products for restaurant and beverage brands. Its portfolio also includes healthcare nutrition products through Lyons Health Labs, established after the 2024 acquisition of Hormel Health Labs.WESTLAKE, OH