From an organic mushroom farm to an innovative food company, Leep Foods continues to grow outside the produce department.
Adding to their mushroom-blended burgers, mushroom-blended chicken sausages will give another option to meat-reducers to serve something remarkable for dinner.
Leep Foods uses regenerative practices to grow specialty mushrooms on American hardwoods. Last year, they won $250,000 in the international food and agriculture competition, Grow-NY. Part of the company’s pitch was focused on their planned expansion into blended products.
“Leep Foods is a mushroom company at its core.” says Luke Luft, Production Manager and Mycologist. Luft uses a proprietary pinning and environment control process to help the mushrooms grow more efficiently than other mushroom growers.
“It’s really exciting for me to see the mushrooms my team and I grow end up in a totally new part of the grocery store. These blended products are an amazing new way to enjoy organic superfood mushrooms,” Luft said.
Leep Foods is launching its chicken and mushroom-blended sausages in Italian Style, Apple Ginger and Smoked Andouille flavors. The sausages have a 100% daily value of Vitamin D per serving, at least 40% fewer calories and at least 80% less fat than comparable chicken sausage products.
“It is exciting that Leep Foods, a creative and dynamic company from the Finger Lakes region and Grow-NY award winner, has developed these innovative food products that are great tasting, nutritious and loaded with antioxidants,” says former NYS Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, who is now an active board member of Leep Foods. Nozzolio is also a Harris Beach Partner and Co-Leader of the firm’s Food and Beverage Industry Team.
“Leep Foods is at the forefront of recognizing the growing public awareness of the health-promoting properties of mushrooms and the active compounds in mushroom by-products and extracts,” Nozzolio added
“To enter the blended category, partnering with local companies was essential for us,” said Leep Foods CEO, Jeffrey Adair, “Leep Foods is working with Upstate New York food companies including Artisan Meats in Canandaigua, NY to develop our chicken and mushroom blended sausages and Palmer Food Services in Rochester, NY to produce our beef and mushroom blended burgers. We’re already working on the next chicken sausage flavor to bring to the market!”
To learn more about Leep Foods and their new blended mushroom burgers or sausages, visit www.leepfoods.com
