Real Food Blends

Shelf-stable, 100% real food meals for people on feeding tubes. Disrupting the $10 billion global enteral nutrition marketplace.

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location Chesterton, IN, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2012
  • Employees 3
  • Website realfoodblends.com

Company Summary

Real Food Blends makes shelf-stable 100% real food meals that to be fed through a feeding tube. Unlike canned formulas, these meals do not contain corn syrup, additives or preservatives, and are the first line of real food meals intended to give people on feeding tubes easy access to real food & nutritional variety.

Team

  • Julie Bombacino
    Founder

    Armed with an extensive background in marketing, an MBA, a Vitamix & her mommy instinct, she is the backbone of Just Food. She has over 15 years of marketing experience and attributes much of her success in results-driven marketing to being raised by two accountants.

  • Marsha Dunn Klein
    Advisory Board Member

    Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L, founder of Mealtime Notions LLC, is a pediatric occupational therapist, author and educator who specializes in eating and mealtime issues with infants and children. She is the author of "Homemade Blended Formula Handbook" and travels the world educating therapists and people on the benefits of blenderized diets.

  • John Kimber
    Advisory Board Member

    Founder, Owner, Consultant at Kimber & Company
    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaFood Production

  • Lara Field
    Advisory Board Member

    Dietitian
    FEED - Forming Early Eating Decisions

  • Lance Avery
    Director of Food Research & Development

    Specializing in assisting small to mid-size manufacturers brainstorm, prototype, and launch innovative food products for the retail and food-service industry.

  • Dr. Mary Beth Madonna
    Advisory Board Member

    Pediatric Surgeon at Children's Memorial Hospital - details on grant from Ryan Dempster Foundation for blended diets: http://dempsterfamilyfoundation.org/press_room/spotlight-on-grant-recipient-childrens-memorial-hospital-2/

  • Randy Lewis
    Advisor

    Fmr SVP of Walgreens & 'accidental advocate', Randy led Walgreens’ logistics division for 16 years as the chain grew from 1,500 to 8,000 stores. He introduced an inclusive model into the distribution centers that resulted in 10% of its workforce consisting of people with disabilities. Its success has changed the lives of 1000s with and without disabilities and is serving as a model for other employers.

  • Consultant

    Nutrition professional with over 15 years of experience in medical marketing. Diverse background includes business planning, P&L management, product life cycle management, collateral and promotion development, and educational programming. Interfaced with organizations and key opinion leaders, nationally and internationally.

Advisors

  • Randy Lewis
    Advisor
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Matt Spiegal
    Unconfirmed
    Dr. Mary Beth Madonna
    Unconfirmed
    Harry Gottlieb
    Unconfirmed
  • Rick Poulton
    Investor
    Unconfirmed

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