Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Iowa based Food Processing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food Processing 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 Iowa Food Processing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Nona Lim
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Nona Lim makes non-GMO, dairy-free, and gluten-free soups, broths, and convenient meals using the freshest local and organic ingredients.
Partners
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Partners is a second-generation family owned bakery that crafts high quality crackers, cookies, and other baked goods.
Nebullam
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Nebullam helps home and commercial growers on better food production through Aeroponics paired with time-saving software.
Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce
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Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce is a family recipe sauce company that provides the finest hot sauce that’s full of flavor and truly unique.
Wells Enterprises
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Wells Enterprises produces and markets ice creams and frozen treats.
FoodChain ID
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FoodChain ID is a technical administrator for the Non-GMO Project.
West Liberty Foods
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West Liberty Foods was formed under the guiding principles of the Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative.
PurFoods
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PurFoods is a provider of home meal delivery solutions.
Harvest Innovations
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An industry leader in minimally processed, expeller-pressed soy proteins, oils and gluten-free ingredients
Global ID Group
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Global ID Group provide integrated food safety and food quality solutions that address the challenges and opportunities.
Burke Corporation
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Burke Corporation a manufacturer and marketer of pizza-toppings and other fully-cooked meat products.
Kwik Stop
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Kwik Stop is a convenience store chain that serves broasted chicken, franchised food operations, and Piccadilly pizza.
Natural Food Holdings
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NFH is a food production company providing custom processing services to meat companies.
Jolly Time
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Jolly Time is a manufacturing company that supplies popcorn and other food products.
Agfeed Industries
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AgFeed Industries is an international agri-business with operations in the United State and China.
Crystal Distribution Services
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Crystal Distribution Services provides refrigerated warehousing and packaging solutions for small businesses and international firms.
HorseTech
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HorseTech offers all equine supplements, nutrition products and reitsport equestrian gear.
Validus Ventures
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Validus is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified company dedicated to socially responsible practices in on-farm production.
Ichthus Unlimited
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Ichthus Unlimited provides solutions for the global tuna farming industry.
Passport Food Safety Solutions
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Passport provides analytic systems to meat packers and processors to maintain the food-safety standards.
Kustom Pak Foods
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Kustom Pak has grown from a Home Delivery retailer & a Poultry Boning operation into a fully functional Multi-Species, Processing business.
Specialty Blending Co.
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Specialty Blending Co. is a bread and sweet goods mix manufacturer.
Sioux-Preme Packing Co.
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Sioux-Preme Packing Co. is a food manufacturing company in the meat packing sector that specializes in loins, hams, bellies, and offal.
