Top Illinois Food Startups (85)

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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....

Generous Brands is dedicated to inspiring people to thrive through the power of vibrant nutrition through its leading brands, Bolthouse Farms, Health-Ade, and Evolution Fresh. Generous Brands partners with SAMBAZON to manufacture, distribute and sell SAMBAZON branded beverages. Bolthouse Farms is a pre-eminent provider of chilled juice, smoothies, shakes, and protein drinks. Health-Ade is the fastest growing kombucha brand, dedicated to...

Our mission at Yay Lunch is simple: we make it easy to give our kids and yours healthy lunches they'll love, everyday. We deliver real food made fresh daily directly to where your kids learn and play. We work with food partners who understand and uphold our mission to make healthier versions of food kids already love. We take care of...

Leahy-IFP is a world-class beverage manufacturer, offering unmatched expertise in skill and scale, guiding global brands through turn-key product formulation and commercialization.

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...

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...

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!

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 are Relish Works, an innovation hub focused on challenging the status quo and pioneering the next evolution of the food industry. While backed with the support of an established and profitable food service organization, Relish Works operates as an independent innovation hub focused on user-centered solutions. Our efforts explore improvements to the established company’s core business, as well as...

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...

Since 2010, we’ve been helping companies build community and culture within their teams. We’re dedicated to getting the best local food delivered directly to your team, whether they’re in the office or working from home. Meals not really your thing? We provide many other perks that are perfect for helping you engage your team and boost morale. What sets us apart?...

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...

At Bartend Chicago, we specialize in providing bar staff and beverage catering to events of all sizes.  Our team of bartenders are the best in the industry.  We hand pick each bartender and seek only those that are currently in the industry with experience beyond a few bartending classes.  Our staff has experience in high volume bar settings, with craft...

The Uncorkd platform provides a better way for restaurants to manage their beverage programs by with interactive iPad menus, inventory management, purchasing, menu analytics and real-time sales data. Uncorkd is used by hundreds of the leading restaurants, hotels, casinos and private clubs throughout North America.

Atomic Brands defines itself by putting people first, creating products that consumers want and developing unparallel brands that shake up the industry. From understanding consumer trends to fine-tuning flavor profiles, the details matter and Atomic is meticulous about getting them right

Since its foundation in 1989, Woodland Foods has been a trusted source of culinary inspiration, deeply rooted in global flavor knowledge and exploration. With an unparalleled passion for innovation, leading expertise in crafting unique custom solutions, responsible ingredient sourcing, flexible manufacturing capabilities, and delivery efficiency, Woodland Foods cultivates lasting partnerships through collaborative efforts that cater to the diverse needs of...

Color Brands distributes leading food, beverage, nutrition, and health & beauty brands to over 70 countries worldwide. We work as an extension of our brand partners to develop, execute, and manage the international marketplace. Our customers are the leading retail companies around the globe, and the leading distributor operators in each market.

Guild Row is a new type of social club located along the Rockwell Corridor in Avondale, Chicago. Our 12,000 SF indoor/outdoor facility was designed as a place to meet new people and try new things. Guild Row opened its doors into the global pandemic this past August believing that togetherness is an essential good. Our growing community is currently comprised...

In 2008, Element Bars was founded with the goal of providing custom nutrition bars directly to online customers. After developing expertise in small run energy and protein bar manufacturing, we opened our private label and contract manufacturing capacity to brands and entrepreneurs. We have grown as a food bar manufacturer alongside our wholesale co-packing partners and we are committed to...