The cricket-flour protein bar producer Exo sure hopes celebrity appeal will help their brand take off. ... and any other protein source,” Exo co-founder Greg Sewitz, 24, told Bloomberg.

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It remains to be seen whether edible insects can move from the niche to the mainstream of US food culture, but a $4m cash injection into cricket protein bar brand Exo - one of the pioneers in this ...

B y raising $4 million in its Series A, Exo protein has made a statement to the food industry. The company's protein bars, and their main ingredient, cricket-flour, could soon catch on more widely ...

Exo, a Brooklyn-based company, is building a new kind of protein bar with a cricket-y twist. In addition to natural ingredients like raw cacao, dates, almond butter, and coconut, the nutrient ...

The Exo has the taste and texture of a mildly sweet protein bar. No, you can’t taste the crickets . The early version the team sent me was very crumbly and a bit crunchy (coconut chips).

Food technology startup Exo has closed a $1.2 million seed funding round, which will help the cricket-fueled protein bar maker expand its product line and dramatically boost production to keep up ...

Exo — the makers of cricket flour-based protein bars — has raised $1.2 million in funding.According to a press release, investors include entrepreneur Tim Ferriss (who has also invested in ...

A post shared by EXO, Acheta Protein Snacks (@exoprotein) By late July 2013, Lewis and Sewitz were ready to launch a Kickstarter campaign. Within the first 72 hours, they hit their $20,000 goal ...

Producing cricket protein uses 95 percent less water than traditional farming practices for production of lean meat and whey. ... Exo Protein Bars kicked off the trend with their Kickstarter campaign.

Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a protein bar that features crickets as the primary ingredient. Motivated by a United Nations Report from May 2013 that ...