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We’ve ranked the top 73 Food Processing companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Food Processing Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Endless West
Endless West is a beverage startup using scientific production methods to create its own original blend of wines and spirits.
Founder(s): Alec Lee, Josh Decolongon, Mardonn Chua
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wine And Spirits
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Artemys Foods
Artemys Foods works on the next generation of meat alternatives by cultivating meat, instead of harvesting meat from animals.
Founder(s): Jess Krieger, Joshua March
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Spinn
Spinn makes wifi connected coffee machines that brew coffee using patented centrifugal technology.
Founder(s): Roderick de Rode, Serge de Warrimont
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food Processing, Hardware, Internet of Things, Sustainability
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Harmless Harvest
Harmless Harvest is a progressive food & beverage initiative set to demonstrate that ecosystem-based businesses.
Founder(s): Douglas Riboud, Justin Guilbert
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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Eclipse Foods
Eclipse Foods is a plant-based dairy products that are indistinguishable from animal dairy products.
Founder(s): Aylon Steinhart, Thomas Bowman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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Kuleana
Kuleana creates plant-based alternatives for people’s seafood favorites.
Founder(s): Jacek Prus, Ron Shigeta, Sonia Hurtado
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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4505 Meats
4505 Meats is a food and beverage company that produces of porcine products and meaty magic.
Founder(s): Ryan Farr
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Restaurants
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Hooray Foods
Hooray Foods produces plant-based meats offering consumers a vegan alternative to meat products.
Founder(s): Sri Artham
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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Pop & Bottle
Pop & Bottle is a producer of flavored almond beverages intended to offer variety of delicious flavored milk beverages.
Founder(s): Blair Fletcher Hardy, Jash Mehta
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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ReGrained
ReGrained is a producer of snacks intended to upcycle crunchy puffs from nutritious food.
Founder(s): Daniel Kurzrock
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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Renewal Mill
Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that upcycles byproducts from food manufacturing into high-quality ingredients.
Founder(s): Claire Schlemme
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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Ample Foods
Ample Foods creates optimally nutritious meal replacements for busy, health-conscious people.
Founder(s): Connor Young
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Fitness, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wellness
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ImpactVision
ImpactVision is an information technology company that specializes in machine learning, food technology, and sensors.
Founder(s): Abi Ramanan, Gustav Nipe, Rachael Gan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, Food Processing, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Sensor
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ImpactVision
ImpactVision is an information technology company that specializes in machine learning, food technology, and sensors.
Founder(s): Abi Ramanan, Gustav Nipe, Rachael Gan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, Food Processing, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Sensor
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Gobble
Gobble is a weekly dinner kit delivery service that helps busy people cook dinner in just 15 minutes thanks to already prepped ingredients.
Founder(s): Ooshma Garg
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cooking, Delivery, E-Commerce, Food Processing, Hospitality
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Proper Food
Proper Food is a new fast-casual food and beverage concept offering delicious, wholesome, grab-and-go fare, designed for the food savvy.
Founder(s): Howard Bloom
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Restaurants
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Siren Snacks
Siren Snacks takes the foods and flavors people love and recreates them using clean, plant-based ingredients.
Founder(s): Abby Giannuzzi, Elizabeth Giannuzzi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Snack Food
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California Dreamin
California Dreamin is a food and beverage start up that manufactures all natural cannabis infused sodas for a light social high.
Founder(s): Amy Ludlum, Peter Bishop
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cannabis, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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NATURANSA Biotechnology Inc.
Biotechnology company that produces alternative sustainable protein from edible insect by converting pre-consumer food waste into fertilizer
Founder(s): Esra Serbes
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Chirps Chips (Six Foods)
Chirps Chips is a creating edible insect foods for healthyeating and sustainability.
Founder(s): Laura D’Asaro, Meryl Natow, Rose Wang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Health Care
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Yoconut Dairy Free
Yoconut is the gut health innovator in dairy alternatives, translating cutting-edge science into a sublime creamy coconut yogurt.
Founder(s): Bonnie Lau
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Brand Marketing, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Nobell Foods
Nobell Foods unlocks the power of plants to create the next generation of animal-based food substitutes.
Founder(s): Magi Richani
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
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Bandar Foods
Bandar Foods are an indian flavors, american tastes.
Founder(s): Daniel Garblik, Lalit Kalani
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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GOOD Meat
GOOD Meat provides cultured cell-based meat instead of slaughtered livestock.
Founder(s): Sam K.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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Wild For
Wild For also known as Love Grain, produces and sells gluten-free teff products such as grain breakfast mixes and chips.
Founder(s): Aleem Ahmed
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food, Retail
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TalkToChef
Video hotline with professional chefs
Founder(s): Daniil Brodovich, Dmitry Golyshev, Vladimir Vityuk, Vladimir Vityuk
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Customer Service, Education, Food Processing, Mobile Apps, Video, Video Conferencing
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Down to Lunch
Down to Lunch is a mobile app that enables users to just press one button to get lunch with friends.
Founder(s): Joseph Lau, Nikil Viswanathan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Events, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Chile Lindo
Chile Lindo offers traditional chilean empanadas baked to perfection with niman ranch meat, chilean sweets, alfajores, and cakes.
Founder(s): Paula Tejeda
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Coffee, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Off the Grid
Off the Grid is a network of gourmet mobile food markets.
Founder(s): Matt Cohen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Agrisea
Agrisea is an ocean agriculture company building the technology of today to bring peace tomorrow.
Founder(s): Luke Young, Rory Hornby
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Farming, Food Processing
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Hero Labs
Hero Labs engages in the production of healthy food products.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Scrumpt
Scrumpt provides busy parents with the ingredients and ingredients needed to make fun and healthy lunches for their little ones.
Founder(s): Bri James, Schery Mitchell-James
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Family, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Boudin Bakery
Boudin Bakery creates and caters to meals, beverages, French bread, gifts & baskets and bakery foods.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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La Boulange
French Restaurant bought by Starbucks
Founder(s): Pascal Rigo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Franchise, Restaurants
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Listeggs
Keep to-do lists for yourself. Completed listeggs hatch into chicks!
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Internet, Service Industry
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Emmer & Co
Emmer & Co provides pasture raised slow-growth chickens, and sustainable, regenerative farming methods.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Super Duper Burgers
Super Duper Burgers serves fast food style burgers, fries, and shakes all made with the best ingredients available to us.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Snack Food
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Chowhound
Come to Chowhound for recipes, instruction, news, entertainment, discussion, and advice. They deliver it via audio, video, and everything
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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FoodCalc
FoodCalc is the intersection of intuitive technology, business insights, and almost a season of the restaurant.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Restaurants
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McKenna Marketing
McKenna Marketing offers food sales services including cold storage, distribution, marketing and order processing management services.
Founder(s): Bill McKenna
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing, Logistics, Marketing, Supply Chain Management
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Fusion Jerky
Fusion Jerky is a food & beverage Company.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Snack Food
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Lunardi’s Markets
Lunardi’s Markets is produce, catering, wine, grass fed meat, poultry, deli, cheese and bakery in San Francisco.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Woodlands Market
Woodlands Market has always been a community meeting place, a place to make food discoveries and one to receive service.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Retail
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VinCompass
VinCompass is a dedicated to helping you discover exceptional wines and wine experiences, beginning in the restaurant.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Restaurants
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Liberty Gold Fruit Company
Liberty Gold Fruit company markets one of the most recognized international processed foods brands in over 30 countries.
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Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Nile point
Nile point is a consulting Company Based in San Francisco.
Founder(s): Emmet Murphy, Trishan de Lanerolle
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, Developer Platform, Food Processing, Trading Platform
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Sustainably Fresh Foods
Sustainably Fresh Foods provides the refrigerated transportation and merchandising of preservative-free, fresh foods.
Founder(s): Bell Larry
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Retail, Sustainability
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RedPie
RedPie is a startup that gets you hot pizza from local pizzerias in minutes. It’s the fastest pizza delivery in SF.
Founder(s): Jonathan Elron, Nick Anastasiades
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Chantal Guillon
Chantal Guillon is an online store that sells a wide range of pastries, cookies, chocolates, champagne, and bakery products.
Founder(s): Patrick Lassaque
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bakery, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing, Snack Food
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reBloom
reBloom is a supplier of natural sleep drinks.
Founder(s): Jonathon Bunt
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Natural Resources
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Next Course
Next Course is a national expert and strategic advisor for food waste reduction.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Senor Sisig
Señor Sisig is a Filipino Fusion Food Truck.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Doering Systems
Doering Systems specializes in engineering and manufacturing custom pumping systems, conveyors, mixers and food processing equipment.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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Got Produce? Franchising Inc
Got Produce? Franchising, a farming franchise company, provides patented hydroponic greenhouse solutions to local communities worldwide.
Founder(s): Deborah Walliser
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Farming, Food Processing, Hydroponics
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Scape
Scape is on a mission to improve access to fresh & healthy food by making it really easy to grow food.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food Processing, Organic Food
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The Dawg House
The Dawg House is a bakery service firm.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bakery, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Roam Artisan Burgers
Roam Artisan Burgers offers a wide variety of delicious burgers, sides, shakes, sodas, family meals as well as offers catering services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Catering, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Eat Just
Eat Just offers a plant-based egg substitute intended to provide healthy and nutritional food alternatives.
Founder(s): Josh Balk, Josh Tetrick
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition, Organic Food
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Cheese Plus
Cheese Plus is a food & beverages company that offers charcuterie, wines, flavor boosters and sandwiches.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Marque Foods
Marque Foods is a food and beverage and snack food company located in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Snack Food
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Bacon Bacon
The bacon food truck for San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Foodtourismo
Foodtourismo is a Food & beverages Company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Garden Creamery
Frozen treats crafted from scratch with local, organic dairy and ingredients.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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Contadina
Contadina is a food processing industry that offers product management, tomatoes recipes and delicious recipes along with dining services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cooking, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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Beautifull, Inc.
Beautifull, Inc. is a Food Processing company.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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It’s Just Lunch International
It’s Just Lunch International is a specialized dating service for busy professionals.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Customer Service, Food Processing, Professional Services
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For Joy
For Joy Keeps it simple with premium tea, real fruit juice, and a touch of CBD.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Food Trucks
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Panorama
Panorama is a food and beverage company located in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food
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Nosh This
Nosh This has as its foundation, a deference to the principles of sustainability.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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EuroBistros
EuroBistros is a 15 month old food truck and catering business with the catering arm of the business doubling in the last two months.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing, Hospitality
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InsideTimmies
Giving addicts their daily fix of Tim Hortons news & reviews!
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Food Processing
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The EVERY Company
The EVERY Company makes real animal protein without the use of a single animal, starting with chicken-less egg proteins.
Founder(s): Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Nutrition, Sustainability
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Wildtype
Wildtype is a cellular agriculture company that develops technology for cultivating seafood.
Founder(s): Arye Elfenbein, Justin Kolbeck
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood
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