Mellody hot honey

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MeliBio’s Mellody Unveils Spicy Habanero, Expanding Plant-Based Honey Range

Mellody, a plant-based honey brand under the umbrella of MeliBio, has introduced Spicy Habanero, a new addition to its lineup. This month, the product will be showcased at the National Products Expo West in California and the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. According to the company, plant-based hot honey is the first vegan hot honey available on the market and will join Mellody’s inaugural product, Golden Clover Plant-Based Honey, launched exclusively for food service last year. The product made its debut at Eleven Madison Home in New York and has since expanded its availability across the United States and in select international markets. MeliBio, Inc., the sole owner of Mellody, has positioned itself as a leader in the market for bee-free honey production. The …

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Bee-Free Honey MeliBio Wins Food Replacement Innovation Of The Year at AgTech Breakthrough Awards

MeliBio, the pioneer in bee-free honey, announces it has been awarded the Food Replacement Innovation Of The Year award in the 4th annual AgTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AgTech Breakthrough, The Oakland, California-based company was founded in 2020 and secured pre-seed funding in 2021 for its innovative product, going on to receive $5.7 million in a seed round in 2022 followed by an additional $2.2 million in investments later that year. Several partnerships have ensued: foodservice expansions include those with Eleven Madison, San Francisco’s BAIA restaurant as well as with Colorado’s leading plant-based burger chain Meta Burger. The product, according to Founder Darko Mandich, features plant-based ingredients that are naturally found in honey, making it the closest match to traditional bee-made honey on the …

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Mellody Bee-Free Honey Now Available for Retail at Eleven Madison Home

Mellody, a plant-based product molecularly identical to conventional honey, is now available to consumers through a partnership with New York’s Eleven Madison Home. Eleven Madison Home is a store offering pantry staples and kitchen essentials, and was born out of Eleven Madison Park — the world’s first three-Michelin-starred vegan restaurant. The honey alternative will be available as part of a new collection called the Tea & Honey Box, which features one jar of Mellody, honey oat shortbread cookies (made with Mellody), a honey dipper, and three single-origin teas from In Pursuit of Tea in the varieties Himalayan Black, Thunderdragon Green, and Elderflower. “We were blown away by the quality of Mellody and were excited at the possibilities of how we can incorporate it into our …

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MeliBio Launches Mellody, the ‘World’s First’ Realistic Plant-Based Honey

Honey innovator MeliBio announces it is launching Mellody, the “world’s first” plant-based honey brand to taste just like honey from bees. Created to provide restaurants and consumers with a sustainable alternative to bee-made honey,  Mellody is said to perform just like the original while improving the health of the planet.  Mellody recently debuted at Natural Products Expo West, and will be launching exclusively at US food service locations, including Baia (San Francisco), Little Choc Apothecary (NYC) and Motel Fried Chicken (Philadelphia), as well as Eleven Madison Park for World Bee Day. MeliBio states its plant-based honey addresses urgent issues facing both the commercial honey industry and natural ecosystems. Native bees are critical to food production and biodiversity conservation, but are under increased pressure due to …

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