BranchOut Food is a growth-stage consumer packaged goods company that makes dehydrated fruit and vegetable snacks and ingredients. The company uses a proprietary dehydration process called GentleDry, exclusively licensed from EnWave, which it argues preserves the taste, texture, color, and nutrients of fresh produce better than conventional processing. Products include pineapple chips, strawberry halves, banana slices, bell pepper crisps, and carrot sticks, sold under the BranchOut brand, as well as private-label and industrial ingredient formats. BranchOut sells branded snacks through major U.S. retailers — primarily Costco and Walmart — and direct-to-consumer via e-commerce. Private-label products are manufactured for North American retailers under their own brands, and industrial ingredients (pieces, powders, and inclusions) are sold to food manufacturers for use in cereals, bars, and baked goods, with distribution supported through a collaboration with MicroDried. BranchOut manufactures at a 50,000 sq. ft. facility in Pisco, Peru, near agricultural growing regions, which reduces raw material and logistics costs. Products are exported to the U.S. after a roughly 10-day production cycle. Profitability is closely tied to facility utilization, as higher volumes spread fixed manufacturing costs. The business carries meaningful concentration risk, as Costco and Walmart drive a substantial share of revenue, and neither customer has made long-term volume commitments.
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