The nine participants are:

• CocoTerra is an entrepreneurial personal chocolate maker. The CocoTerra machine enables chocolate lovers to create their own dark, milk and white chocolate at home.
• DreamPops aims to create plant-based, clean label frozen pops, bites and shelf-stable candy crunch.
• Freezcake manufacturers from-scratch cheesecake bites crafted by a pastry chef manufacturer. The bites are ultra-dried at the height of freshness.
• Incredible Eats produces edible spoons and straws as an alternative to single-use plastic utensils. They come in sweet and savory options, function for about an hour in cold foods, and replace the use of single use plastics and dirty silverware.
• Legally Addictive manufactures cracker-based cookies that features a sweet and salty experience in one bite. The cracker base is topped with chocolate and handmade salted toffee and comes in a variety of flavors.
• Mezcla produces crunchy snack bars from a combination of puff-crispy texture and plant protein in unique flavor profiles.
• New Gem offers plant-based wraps for fruits and vegetables using innovative technology that makes them alternatives to bread, tortillas and seaweed.
• Steiner’s Coffee Cake manufactures gluten-free coffee cake using its original family recipe.
• Whoa Dough is a shelf-stable cookie dough bar created for health-conscious consumers. This ‘on-the-go’ version is plant-based, gluten-free and vegan.