Nepra Foods Inc. ('Nepra') announced the initial commercial production of its latest food innovation highlighting the nutritional and environmental advantages of hemp protein. Nepra's PROPASTATM brand officially launched at Natural Foods Expo West in early March, generating interest from retail chains, private-label brands, and online distributors. Nepra's team of food scientists and expert chefs created three market-launch SKUs, including Spaghetti and Meatballs, Ricotta Filled Raviolis with Marinara, and Macaroni and Cheese to demonstrate the versatility of using hemp proteins to create pasta, meat-analogs, and dairy-free cheeses.

Away from an increasingly crowded market, Nepra Foods is going after the broad American grocery shopper with plant-based food that meets people where they live with convenient, nutritious brands that are provocative, unapologetic, and loud. Nepra Foods will begin with PROPASTATM for the frozen food aisle. PROPASTATM is a great-tasting line of ready-to-eat frozen dinners containing Nepra's proprietary pasta, meat analogs, and dairy-free cheeses high in plant-based protein and low in carbohydrates, representing genuinely healthy eating.

This approach targets two segments of American grocery shoppers, not often focusing on plant-based alternatives, which MRI-Simmons Research calls "convenience and ease" and "variety on a budget." Furthermore, they believe this creates a massive available addressable market for Nepra Foods and creates a unique go-to-market approach not historically targeted by traditional plant-based food brands. Together these segments equal an underserved 41% of total grocery store sales.