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This article showcases Toast Fried’s top picks for the best Illinois headquartered nutrition startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating in the nutrition industry, but are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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1. Label Insight
The idea behind this startup: Label Insight is a SaaS company that provides insights on food label data to government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Nutrition, SaaS
Founders: Anton Xavier, Dagan Xavier, Dheeraj Patri, Ronak Sheth
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2. Pepper
The idea behind this startup: Pepper is a personalized nutritionist that empowers people to take control of how they eat at home.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Nutrition, Wellness
Founders: Andrei Hogea, Mihai Hogea
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3. Health As We Age, Inc.
The idea behind this startup: HAWA is Your Friend In Healthcare. Let us connect you to health & fitness providers, device and lab data, incentiv and well-being solutions.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industries: Education, Fitness, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Device, Nutrition, Social Media, Wearables, Wellness
Founders: Marilyn Crawford
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4. Proper Cookie Dough
The idea behind this startup: Plant-based, superfood packed, edible/bakeable cookie dough.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industries: Bakery, Food and Beverage, Grocery, Nutrition, Organic Food, Retail, Snack Food
Founders: Brittania Warren
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5. ElementBars.com
The idea behind this startup: Element Bars are a baked nutrition bar for athletes and cancer patients.
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Industries: Bakery, Health Care, Nutrition
Founders: Jonathan Miller
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