# Amara Organic Foods

> Amara Organic Foods is a San Francisco food-technology company making certified-organic baby meals and kids' snacks from whole-food ingredients. Its central trick is a proprietary dehydration process that removes water while aiming to preserve taste, color, texture, and nutrients, yielding shelf-stable powders and melt-in-the-mouth snacks without added sugar. The company sells through its own site, Amazon, and national retailers including Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, Costco, and Sprouts.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jessica Sturzenegger (Founder and CEO), Cristian Boada (Co-founder), Vicki Johnson (Co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer)
- **Products:** Organic baby food meals, Organic Smoothie Melts, Breakfast Oat Melts, Organic Fruit Bites, Superfood Smoothie Melts
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 44 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 after ranking No. 2,754 in 2023., Grew from roughly 100 to 1,000 stores in the 18 months before its November 2021 Series A., Reported 320% year-over-year revenue growth in 2021, led by toddler melts.

## Products & services

- **Organic baby food meals** — Shelf-stable fruit, vegetable, grain, and plant-protein powders mixed with breast milk, formula, or water to a parent-chosen texture.
- **Organic Smoothie Melts** — Plant-based, melt-in-the-mouth fruit and vegetable snacks made without added sugar and sold in resealable pouches.
- **Breakfast Oat Melts** — Whole-food oat and fruit snacks in strawberry and blueberry flavors, launched nationally at Target with a Target-only offering.
- **Organic Fruit Bites** — Soft, self-feeding snacks including Sweet Strawberry and Apple Kale, made from simple organic fruit and vegetable ingredients.
- **Superfood Smoothie Melts** — A functional snack line built around Protein, Brain, Immunity, and Gut Health formulations using whole-food ingredients.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 44 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 after ranking No. 2,754 in 2023.
- Grew from roughly 100 to 1,000 stores in the 18 months before its November 2021 Series A.
- Reported 320% year-over-year revenue growth in 2021, led by toddler melts.
- Reached about 6,000 North American points of distribution by the end of 2021, according to then-investor Eat Well Group.
- Jessica Sturzenegger was named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders list.
- Sweet Strawberry Fruit Bites received a 2026 Good Housekeeping Snack Award.
- Amara's Smoothie Melts were named a 2026 Circana Rising Star in a Food Processing roundup.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Nosh reported a 72% jump in distribution following newer Target and Walmart placements as Amara pushed further into kids' snacks.
- **2026-07** — Amara added a Gut Health Superfood Smoothie Melt with strawberry, pineapple, ginger, and Jerusalem artichoke at Whole Foods Market.
- **2026-06** — Sweet Strawberry Fruit Bites won a 2026 Good Housekeeping Snack Award.
- **2026-03** — Amara debuted its Superfood Smoothie Melts line at Natural Products Expo West, with Protein, Brain, and Immunity variants ahead of retail rollout.
- **2025-03** — The company launched nationally at Target with Breakfast Oat Melts and its established Smoothie Melts line.
- **2025-03** — Eat Well Group sold its remaining stake in PataFoods for $1.25 million, ending its ownership position.

## Links

- Website: https://amaraorganicfoods.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amara-organic-foods
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/amarababyfood
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amarababyfood/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmaraOrganicFood/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@amaraorganicfoods

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Last updated: 2026-09-28