SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Food tech and dried fruit are teaming up in the hopes to Deploy Nutrition for Humanity, as Treasure8 and Mariani Packing Company partner together to inspire healthier living. Both will be working together to create a better food system and reimagine the way the world buys, sees, and tastes dried fruit and vegetables.
“With the 4th generation running our family business today and the health of future generations in mind, we’re excited to accelerate our innovation journey and embark on a new chapter with Treasure8 that will help extend our global platform into healthy living solutions for people worldwide,” remarked Mariani’s Chairman, Mark Mariani.
“Working with Mariani is a key step for us in further accelerating our partnership platform, which is critical to scale our nutrition solutions as quickly as we can,” added Timothy Childs, Founder, and Co-CEO Treasure8. “Our ultimate purpose is to Deploy Nutrition for Humanity, and with Mariani’s 4th generation vision to Inspire Healthy Living, our interests are perfectly aligned to accelerate each other’s growth and impact.”
Both companies, according to a press release, have committed to improving and expanding the category, but also working to create options from upcycled sources, bringing them to corners of the world desperately in need of nutrient dense sustenance.
Treasure8 Co-CEO Derk Hendriksen commented that, “Any time we have an opportunity to expand our capabilities, we want to take advantage of it. And this is an enormous one. Mariani is a long-established company with extensive scale and knowledge, and it’s an honor to team up with them to make a difference in the global food system.”
Treasure8 is known for its SAUNA™-based dehydration technology and partnerships platform, which is capable of sustainably capturing more flavor and nutrients from fruits, vegetables, fungi, and other organic material. The company’s mission is to lead a Resource Revolution®, creating a strategy designed to make healthier, more affordable, and more sustainable nutrition for the greater public.
Through its partnership with Mariani, Treasure8 adds instant operational readiness (IOR) to its partnership platform so that scale and impact can be brought to a global audience.
Mariani specializes in dried fruit nutrition categories, with a history of high operational standsards and its embracing of outside innovation solutions. It brings its manufacturing and commercialization platform to the partnership.
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