Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Maryland based Food and Beverage companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food and Beverage industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies 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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Top Maryland Food and Beverage Startups
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Forever Oceans
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Forever Oceans is a food company that provides nutritious and delicious recipes straight from the ocean to their kitchen.
Novolyze
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Empowering food and beverage companies to enhance food safety and quality performance
Mason Dixie Foods
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Mason Dixie Foods is a frozen baked goods company that specializes in biscuits, scones, and rolls.
Eat the Change
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Eat the Change is a platform to inform and empower consumers to make dietary choices aligned with their concerns around climate and health.
Mooji Meats
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Mooji Meats is developing Meat 2.0, the next generation of ethical and sustainable meat.
OrderUp
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OrderUp, a Groupon company, is the most complete food delivery marketplace for restaurants outside of the top metros.
Zest Tea
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Zest Tea produces high caffeine teas designed for mental clarity and energy.
Tessemae’s
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Tessemae’s is a flavor-forward food company that makes clean-label, organic products with uncompromising ingredients of the highest quality.
Everything Legendary
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Everything Legendary specializes in plant-based, gluten-free, and soy-free food.
Sippd
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Sippd is an A.I.-powered sommelier that provides users with personalized wine recommendations from any restaurant wine list.
Rethink Water
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Rethink Brands is a solution-based beverage company that is focused on optimizing the products of everyday life.
Holly Poultry
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Holly Poultry manufactures meat, poultry, and a wide range of commodity proteins, meeting the demands of both customers and suppliers.
Ovalz
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Ovalz is online shortage and spoilage monitoring software for SMBs.
HoneyFlower Foods
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HoneyFlower Foods is a grab-and-go food company that supplies retail, grocery, and offices with wholesome prepackaged products.
Royal Farms
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Royal Farms is a satisfying the mid-Atlantic area’s hunger for real fresh food served real fast.
Total Wine and More
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Total Wine and More is a company that specializes in selling various wines and accessories.
Perdue Farms
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Perdue Farms is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for everyone we touch through innovative food and agricultural products
Filly Foods
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Filly Foods is a food and beverage producer, importer, and wholesaler.
Food Opportunity
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DC Sweet Potato Cake is a cake shop that sells sweet potato cakes and pies to customers.
Verus Foods
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Verus Foods is a consumer company that engages in the supply of packaged goods, foodstuff distribution, and wholesale trade.
Javazen
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Javazen makes coffee healthier–for mind, body and planet.
Honest Tea
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Honest Tea seeks to create and promote great-tasting, organic beverages.
Blackwater Distilling
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Blackwater Distilling is a wine and spirits company that offers various kinds of alcoholic beverages.
Giant Food
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Giant Food operate supermarkets in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and D.C.
AUI Fine Foods (Albert Uster Imports)
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AUI Fine Foods is a food & beverages company offering dessert, savory, and beverage products.
Bond Distributing
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Bond Distributing is a beer and beverage distributor.
MISSION BBQ
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MISSION BBQ is a restaurant chain that offers an authentic American style barbeque.
Hoop Tea
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Hoop Tea is a handmade alcoholic iced tea infused malt beverage crafted on the beach of Ocean City Maryland at Backshore Brewing Co.
Encore Sausage Company
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Encore Sausage Company is a food production company.
FireFly Farms
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FireFly Farms is a food company that provides goat cheese.
True Citrus
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True Citrus is a market with a line of unique, patented crystallized citrus products that contain only simple and clean ingredients.
MOM’s Organic Market
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MOM’s Organic Market is a retail company providing groceries.
Max’s Taphouse
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Max’s Taphouse is a Local pub with a huge rotating selection of draft & bottled beers, plus BBQ & patio seating.
Wildpack Beverage
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Wildpack is a packaging and production industry partner.
Log Cabin Candies
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Log Cabin Candies is a Popular chocolate and candy store.
MoJoe Brewing Company
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MoJoe Brewing Co. is a coffee technology company, providing mobile solutions for coffee lovers on-the-go.
Vulcan-Hart Corporation
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Vulcan-Hart Corporation manufactures and supplies commercial cooking equipment to the foodservice industry.
Aarsand Management
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Aarsand Management is a firm that serves as a multi-unit Taco Bell franchisee.
Coastal Sunbelt Produce
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Coastal Sunbelt Produce is a wholesale company that offers fresh produces and dairy products.
TIC Gums
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TIC Gums is a global leader in food texturizer and stabilizer solutions.
PERFORMANCE Foodservice
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See the Performance Foodservice difference
Ledo Pizza
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Ledo Pizza is restaurant franchise on the East Coast.
Murry’s
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Murry’s is a food production company that produces frozen foods.
Maryland Food Bank
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Maryland Food Bank is the movement to end hunger.
Fuchs North America
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Fuchs North America is a food and beverages company.
VAYA Pharma, Inc
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VAYA Pharma is a consumer goods company that manufactures nutritional ingredients.
Celcy
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Celcy goal is to develop the most intelligent kitchen device currently available, one that will alter the way you eat today.
Restaurant Manager
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Restaurant Manager is point of sale (POS) system for the foodservice and restaurant industry.
Trilogy Essential Ingredients
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Trilogy Essential Ingredients specializes in creating natural flavors and seasonings for food like paprika, oregano, cheese, and ketchup.
District Taco
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District Taco serves quality Mexican food that is fresh, simple, and healthy.
The Chesapeake Spice Company
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The Chesapeake Spice Company is a manufacturer of food products.
Bakery De France
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Bakery De France is a bread supplier to retailers and restaurants.
Farmers Restaurant Group
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Farmers Restaurant Group is a restaurant that sources natural farm products for American cuisine.
Cardinal Distributing
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Cardinal Distributing offers bulk vending, gumball machines, gumballs, and bulk candy.
Allied International
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Allied International supplies food and beverages, confectionery, wafers, cookies, preserves, spices, syrup, garbage bags, and dried fruits.
Rams Head Group
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Rams Head Group is a family owned & operated, Annapolis-based restaurant and entertainment company.
Tulkoff Food Products
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Tulkoff Food Products manufactures condiments, specialty sauces for retail and industrial customers nationwide.
H&S Bakery
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H&S Bakery is a bakery in Baltimore, Maryland.
Cloverland / Greenspring Dairy
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Cloverland / Greenspring Dairy is a dairy firm offering milk and dairy products.
Northeast Foods
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Northeast Foods is a food production and distribution chain company.
Schmidt old Tyme
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Schmidt old Tyme offers bakery items such as cookies, rolls, doughnuts, croutons, cakes, pies, and other baked goods.
Michele’s Granola
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Michele’s Granola provides handmade granola.
Vivanda
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Empowers its customers to deliver frictionless, contextual and personalized experiences to consumers
A&L Foods
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A&L Foods is a food & beverage based food delivery service firm that delivers bakery, dairy products, meat & groceries.
Capital Seaboard
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Capital Seaboard is a wholesale distributer of seafood and produce.
Brutus Broth
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Brutus Broth is a manufacturing company that provides food for pets.
SAGE Dining Services
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SAGE Dining Services is a provider of sustainable dining services and catering to discerning independent schools and private colleges
J.J. McDonnell
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J.J. McDonnell is a seafood wholesale company that provides high quality seafood products and services.
Capital Meat Company
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Capital Meat Company is a meat distribution company that supplies beef, lamb, veal & pork for restaurants, hotels and clubs.
Pompeian
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Pompeian is a consumer goods company providing selling wine vinegar.
Elite Spice
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Elite Spice is a spice importer and custom manufacturer.
Barmetrix
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Barmetrix is a hospitality company specializing in bars and restaurant services.
Marra Forni
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We supply quality Italian Residential wood burning pizza Brick Rotating ovens.
Flying Dog Brewery
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Flying Dog Brewery is a food & beverages company specializing in crafted beer.
The George J. Falter Company
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The George J. Falter Company is a wholesale food distribution firm that offers candy, cigarettes, groceries, snacks, and tobacco products.
Heartland Home Foods
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Heartland Home Foods offers a wide range of seafood and meat products to choose from.
LIME Fresh Mexican Grill
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LIME Fresh Mexican Grill is a food chain all over in South Florida specializing in Mexican cuisine.
Naked Pizza
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NKD Pizza Our pizza is simply an honest diversity of whole food ingredients that taste better and are better for you.
Triangle Quality Foods
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Triangle Quality Foods provides development, storage, distribution, and marketing of food services.
Star-K
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Star-K kosher certification is a company that certifies food products and food establishments as kosher.
FBIX
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Food and Beverage Information Exchange a new dimension in food and beverage ordering.
Culinary Services Group
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Culinary Services Group is a food & beverages company offering food and beverage management services.
Eastland Food
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Eastland Food provides delivery of food and beverages through import, export, wholesale, and supply chain management.
La Pasta
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La Pasta is an artisanal pasta company that specializes in pastas and sauces.
J.O. Spice Company
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J.O. Spice Company is a manufacturer and distributor of seafood seasonings, spices, and batters.
East Coast Fresh
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East Coast Fresh provides fresh fruits and vegetables to Eastern seaboard residents with innovative recipes and friendly customer service.
InReach
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InReach is a vending machine company that offers snacks, drinks, and food services.
Saval Foodservice
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Saval Foodservice is a food & beverages company offering food distribution services.
Sea Watch International, Ltd.
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Sea Watch International is a food production company offering canned, frozen, and seafood.
Goetze’s Candy Company
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Goetze’s Candy Company is an American confectionery company that manufactures & sells candies & sweets.
Origen Holistic Spirits
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Origen Holistic Spirits develops a functional spirits brand, Origen Vodka, a patent-pending, plant-powered, holistic vodka.
Dairy Maid Dairy
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Dairy Maid Dairy offers a wide range of milk products from local farms.
Cameron’s Seafood Market
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Cameron’s Seafood Market offers quality fresh seafood at an affordable price everyday.
Heart & Soul
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Heart & Soul is a publishing company providing fitness, food, beauty, and health articles.
Lift Off Distribution
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Lift Off Distribution is an exhibit supplier, offering an extensive range of Red Bull energy drinks to its clientele.
Motive Pure
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Motive Pure produces flavored electrolyte hydration.
ARMED FORCES BREWING COMPANY
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ARMED FORCES BREWING COMPANY is a military tribute craft brewing company that is a tribute to the Army and Air Force.
Rio Grande Foods
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Rio Grande Foods is a food manufacturing company that provides frozen food, dairy, and snack products.
Charm City Cakes
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Founded by Chef Duff Goldman in 2002. Our mission is to create the world’s most exquisite cakes.
