Chocolate milk brand Slate Milk raises $1.7m, expands distribution to 3,000 stores Boston-based startup Slate Milk – which gives adults permission to keep drinking chocolate milk by dialing down the sugar, increasing the protein and packaging it as a functional beverage in shelf-stable cans - has raised $1.7m in a seed round (taking its cumulative funding to $2.5m) and secured listings in 3,000 stores.
While fluid milk sales have been on a downward trajectory for years, sales of more functional dairy products have grown, says
Slate Milk co-founder Manny Lubin, who claims many Millennials love chocolate milk, but want something with more protein and less sugar in a format that’s “
Dairy Dialog podcast 113: Amcor, NY MilkLaunch, Wheyward Spirit, Treetop Biopak
Dairy Dialog 113: Amcor, NY MilkLaunch, Wheyward Spirit, Treetop Biopak It’s another four-interview podcast this week, with recyclable soft cheese packaging, the winner of the NY MilkLaunch competition, a spirit made from whey, and compostable packaging the subjects.
We chat with Mathieu Nicey, marketing manager for dairy, EMEA, Amcor; founder and CEO of Wheyward Spirit, Emily Darchuk; director of Treetop Biopak, Amir Gross; and Manny Lubin, co-founder of Slate Milk and Fred Schonenberg, founder of VentureFuel.
We also have our weekly look at the global dairy markets with Liam Fenton at StoneX.