Froghop's Food Founders Interviews

Since 2006, Angel Food has been on a mission to make plant-based mainstream. Starting as an importer of vegan products, the New Zealand-based business scaled up and began to create their own dairy-free vegan cheese alternatives. Hear how founder Alice Shopland started, scaled and created products with the taste and texture to satisfy vegans and flexitarians alike.

Find out more about Angel Food at www.angelfood.co.nz.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not book a Discovery Call.

Ros Heathcote founded Borough Broth to offer tasty products that deliver protein and natural collagens for gut health and general wellbeing. Tune in to hear how she’s grown the business while keeping the homemade taste, slow-cooked goodness and high-quality ingredients that have won the range a whopping 12 Great Taste Awards. Founded in 2015, Borough Broth has established a range of tasty, pre-made, organic bone broths, scaled up to listings with Waitrose, Ocado, Whole Foods, Fortnum & Mason, Planet Organic, Holland & Barrett and more. Find out how, why and what’s next.

Find out more about Borough Broth, find stockists or buy online at www.boroughbroth.co.uk.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.

Hunter & Gather is on a mission to help people improve their health by making it easy to eat real food. Shocked by the additives, added sugar and unrecognisable ingredients on the backs of most products, they provide products, information and inspiration to help people change their diets and lifestyles to cut out ultra-processed foods. Listen to podcast to hear the story of founders Amy and Jeff, what has been at the heart of their success, news of an exciting new listing, and lots more.

Find out more about Hunter & Gather and buy online at www.hunterandgatherfoods.com.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.

Disappointed by the vegan cheese on offer, Mike Moore founded Honestly Tasty in 2018. Find out how he set about creating products like Bree, Shamembert and Blue and getting them listed with M&S, Ocado, Vegan Kind and independent specialists too. Mike explains how Honestly Tasty has scaled up, dealt with seasonal Christmas spikes, and funded and expanded production with savings, angels and two rounds of crowdfunding with Seedrs.

Find out more about Honestly Tasty, find a stockist or buy online at www.honestlytasty.co.uk.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.

Black Mamba Foods is on a mission to make the world tastier and spicier with a range of ‘venomous’ sauces, chutneys and pestos that bring the heat. Based in Eswatini in Southern Africa but with stockists on four continents, founder Claudia Castellanos wanted to build a better world through good food, ethical practices and impact entrepreneurship. Find out how she’s creating products that are good for you, good for the planet and good for the people that make them.

Find out more about Black Mamba, find a stockist or buy online, at blackmambachilli.com.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.

Juspy is a protein blend developed to supercharge your health but taste like a treat. Packed with functional ingredients and boasting a clean label, it combines collagen with cacao and other superfoods to nourish the skin, support bone and joint health, provide an energy boost and keep you going. Listen now to hear how Juspy founder Leonie Lynch has achieved all this and more during her seven year journey, as well as winning a Great Taste Award.

Find out more about Juspy, find a stockist or buy online, at www.juspy.com.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.

Nix & Kix is a refreshingly different soft drink brand that wants to give people better choices when it comes to soft drinks. Better taste, better for you, with natural ingredients, refreshing combinations and the natural benefits of botanicals. Listed at Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Booths, Holland & Barrett, Nando’s and more, they’re a certified B Corp and are currently doing a raise with Seeder’s. Listen to hear how co-founder Julia Kessler is creating a global drinks brand.

Find out more about Nix & Kix, check out their stockists and buy online, go to www.nixandkix.com.

Their current Seedrs round is open till Friday December 15th, find out more at Seedrs.

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You’ll find videos, guides, checklists and podcasts to help you with your product development and food or drink business on the Froghop website at froghop.co.uk/resources. If you’d like to talk about your product and its development, why not get in touch.