Top Illinois Food Startups (81)

Chomps is a better-for-you meat snack brand with products made from the highest-quality, sustainably sourced proteins and no hidden, harmful ingredients. Chomps beef and venison are 100% grass-fed and finished, our turkey is free range, and all of our proteins are hormone free, antibiotic free, and humanely raised. Chomps meat snacks never contain added sugar, artificial preservatives or colors, MSG...

Founded by Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringing the games, stunts and spectacle MrBeast is known for to your doorstep and grocery aisle!

Double Good is a company built on creating joy and helping others. By reimagining product-based virtual fundraising, we help expand organizations' missions by giving back 50% of every dollar sold. We make ultra-premium popcorn sold through our simple-to-use software. We've helped raise over $200 million to support organizations nationwide that tilt the playing field for all kids. Double Good is not...

Since 1963, Imbibe has been accelerating the growth of the food and beverage industry by designing and supplying custom ingredients as an unrivaled R&D partner. Imbibe’s end-to-end food and beverage product development services and ingredients enhance upstream and downstream operations. For companies who have limited internal resources to teams with sophisticated development capabilities, Imbibe is able to unlock the potential...

We manufacture and distribute ingredients to anyone using bulk ingredients in their baking and production.

Chowbus is an online and mobile food-ordering platform that curates daily featured dishes from select ethnic restaurants and delivers them hot and fresh directly to your home or office. What makes Chowbus different is the dish-centric ordering experience so consumers can easily explore authentic ethnic food. Chowbus empowers local restaurants with the technology, tools, and marketing to grow their businesses....

Zenblen offers freshly blended smoothies via a tech-enabled smoothie bar. Today’s consumers are busier and more health-conscious than ever, and smoothies are a great way to fulfill this trend. But there are many hurdles to making a fresh smoothie: buying ingredients, cleaning the blender, etc. And no one wants to walk 15 minutes to the nearest smoothie bar. Enter Zenblen, we...

We are a food cost management company to help restaurants save on their margins. We can save a restaurant up to 20% on their food costs.

it all began in a garden. Founder and CEO Michael Heinrich was in his grandmother’s garden in Germany when he learned about the power of food. An avid gardener and medical doctor, his grandmother taught him how to use food to fuel his mind and body. Michael initially pushed the lessons to the back of his thoughts as he began a...

Simply put, SmartLine is a a free app that makes line more efficient and less unbearable for consumers. Less simply put, SmartLine is a customer engagement and marketing iPad application that replaces traditional pen and paper and buzzer systems for restaurants. The application allows restaurants to manage their walk-in guests and to engage and bring back customers. Customers can join...

Deliveree is a B2B logistics as a service (LaaS) technology marketplace that empowers small businesses with one hour delivery service by providing on-demand delivery personnel. Our mission is to help small businesses to cut their overhead cost, improve the efficiency, and provide exceptional customer service.

We build and market indoor gardens for consumers. Our experiential products foster health and happiness by enabling people to grow food, plants and flowers year-round. We are mission-driven as we work to improve education and awareness of the benefits of real food through schools - see the video of a recent collaboration.

J.K. Williams Distilling is a distillery producing craft whiskey and spirits.

Meez Meals is a meal kit delivery service that provides a wonderful variety of creative, great tasting, and easy to make, chef created and curated recipes. You can customize the meals for taste or allergen preferences with no ongoing commitment. We provide instructions and all the ingredients prepped and ready to cook for a meal in 20-40 minutes.

Droga makes old school treats people love, with a modern focus on all-natural, premium ingredients, and cool, giftable packaging. Our first product was inspired by the founder Michelle

CurbAware is a simple and cost effective way to start offering free curbside service, delivery, and online ordering. Restaurants. Clothing Stores. Dry Cleaners. Salons. Shops. Services & More. ➤ No fee to setup or monthly subscription. ➤ Add free Curbside service and scheduling. ➤ SMS notifications to alert customers on status.

The company is building a two-sided managed marketplace for the $300b+ wholesale food industry in North America. They aggregate demand through their network and let any wholesale food buyer (restaurants, hospitals, universities, etc) order their supplies and makes the supplier workflow.

Nature’s Fynd is a groundbreaking food tech company born out of NASA-supported research on extremophiles in the geothermal pools of Yellowstone National park. Our novel fermentation technology produces a sustainable source of complete protein using only a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. As the challenge to feed the world’s expanding population grows, our mission is to create...

99 Apps takes restaurants, cafes, clubs, bars into the mobile era with simple to use, easy to implement mobile web apps, iphone apps, and android apps customized for their brand. With the 99 Apps - fully customizable App Control System, restaurants can quickly update their menus, offers, push messages and event schedules in one easy to use service. By end...

GoodSport Nutrition is a Chicago based start-up whose mission is to provide highly effective sports nutrition products powered by natural ingredients and backed by science, and build a brand guided by the belief that greatness starts with goodness: Good For You, Good For Sport, Good for the Planet. GoodSport™ has recently launched, a first-of-its-kind natural sports drink made from the goodness...