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Best Food & Beverage Products Companies in Alberta, Canada

The 59 best Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gabriella's Kitchen.

59companies tracked
$6.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD & BEVERAGE PRODUCTS × ALBERTA

Our analysis of 150 Food & Beverage Products companies

$9.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

150companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Gabriella's Kitchen
Multi-brand group manufacturing cannabis-infused convenience foods & wellness products
$6M81 mo agoPublicMargot Micallef
Founder & CEO
2007
2Bodega Brands
Brand of soda
$240K68 mo agoSeed20181 launch · 2 partnerships
3Borderland Food
Brand of bone broth powder
$150K84 mo agoDeadpooledWhitney Turcato
Founder & President
2017
4Drizzle Honey
Honey brand
$98K96 mo agoAcquiredAja Horsley
Founder & CEO
2015Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+161 launch
5Passionoat
Vegan oat milk beverage processor that offers sustainably made oat milk products
46 mo agoSeedZachary Champoux
Co-Founder & CEO
2019
6CheeCha Puffs
Processor & brand of extruded snacks
121 mo agoFunding Raised1999
7Baby Gourmet
Manufacturer of organic baby and toddler food products
174 mo agoAcquiredJennifer Carlson
Co-Founder & CEO
2006WebflowTypekitTikTok Pixel+16
8ALGI
Internet first brand of energy bars
Funding RaisedAlessandra Amato
Co-Founder
2019

Top 7 Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta

#1
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2007 · 16 employees
$6.2Mraised

Multi-brand group manufacturing cannabis-infused convenience foods & wellness products

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Post IPO$106.4K
  • Jun 2019Post IPO$15.1M
  • May 2019Post IPO
  • Jun 2018Series A$6.2M
Founders & team
Margot MicallefFounder & CEO
Investors
Stifel, Eight Capital Management, Gravitas Securities, Merida Capital Partners
#2
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2018 · 10 employees
$240.3Kraised

Brand of soda

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 637 LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Bodega Brands) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Seed$191.9K
  • Jun 2020Seed$48.4K
#3
Deadpooled · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2017
$150Kraised

Operator of a platform intended to offer bone broth products. The company provides chicken, beef, bison and turkey bone broths which are rich in amino acids, collagen, gelatin, glucosamine, electrolytes, calcium, and other minerals and nutrients, enabling people to get nutrition rich food.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Seed$150K
Founders & team
Whitney TurcatoFounder & President
Investors
District Ventures Capital
#4
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2015 · 5 employees
$98.1Kraised

Drizzle Honey is a honey brand. Its products include turmeric gold raw honey, ginger raw honey, cacao luxe raw honey, white raw honey, and more. The company sells its products online as well as through retailers. The company sells the majority of products in Canada.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 789 LinkedIn followers — 8.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Seed$98.1K
Founders & team
Aja HorsleyFounder & CEO
Investors
District Ventures Capital
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Ads
#5
Seed · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2019
raised

Vegan oat milk beverage processor that offers sustainably made oat milk products. It uses an enzymatic process to convert all the soluble oat starch into sugar. It also produces an oat creamer that mixes well with coffee.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Seed
Founders & team
Zachary ChampouxCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
THRIVE
#6
Funding Raised · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1999 · 3 employees
raised

Processor & brand of extruded snacks

Funding rounds
  • May 2016Unattributed
Investors
Avrio Sub Debt
Tech stack
Apache Http Server
#7
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2006 · 22 employees
raised

Manufacturer of organic baby and toddler food products. It offers a variety of pouches, snacks, meals, jars, and cereals made with natural and clean ingredients. The company prioritizes minimizing exposure to contaminants through Clean Label Certification and third-party safety testing. Products are designed to provide essential nutrients while avoiding undesirable additives, supporting a healthy planetary diet from infancy.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2011Series A
Founders & team
Jennifer CarlsonCo-Founder & CEOJill VosCo-Founder and VP Product Development
Investors
Avrio Sub Debt, AVAC Group
Tech stack
Apple PayBootstrapBootstrap IconsCdnjsCloudflareCore-Js

Funding & investor landscape

$6.7Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
District Ventures5 rounds
District Ventures Capital3 rounds
AVAC Group2 rounds
Avrio Sub Debt2 rounds
THRIVE2 rounds
Eight Capital Management1 rounds
Gravitas Securities1 rounds
Merida Capital Partners1 rounds
Olympus Partners1 rounds
Social Enterprise Fund1 rounds

Notable founders

Margot Micallef
Founder & CEO · Gabriella's Kitchen
Whitney Turcato
Founder & President · Borderland Food
Aja Horsley
Founder & CEO · Drizzle Honey
Zachary Champoux
Co-Founder & CEO · Passionoat
Jennifer Carlson
Co-Founder & CEO · Baby Gourmet
Jill Vos
Co-Founder and VP Product Development · Baby Gourmet
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 6,604,091 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food & Beverage Products coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Alternative Proteins is moving in Canada

A read on the academic research around Alternative Proteins — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 51 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202220242025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 25% → 34% across 2022–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Alberta5
  • University of Guelph5
  • McGill University4
  • Université de Sherbrooke4
  • Toronto Metropolitan University4
leading researchers
Ryan J. Phillips · Chibuike C. Udenigwe · Hassan Vatanparast · Mojtaba Shafiee · Jianping Wu · Stacie Dobson · Alejandro G. Marangoni · Kaitlyn Burghardt
Breakthroughs7 · 14%
▲ 0%→14% share
4 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Computational biology breakthroughs are rising — field share jumped from 0% to 14% across 4 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computational biology4
  • Gene2
  • Genetics2
  • Pipeline (software)1
  • Proteome1
Landmark OpenProt 2.0 builds a path to the functional characterization of alternative proteins · 54 cites
Advancements22 · 43%
▲ 0%→43% share
6 median citations77% since 2021mostly empirical
Food science advancements are intensifying — field share reached 43%, with 9 newly emerging papers driving growth.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food science11
  • Leucine3
  • Biotechnology3
  • Sustainability2
  • Plant protein2
Newly emergingFood science 0→9
Landmark Characterising the muscle anabolic potential of dairy, meat and plant-based protein sources in older adults · 198 cites
Concerns20 · 39%
▲ 0%→38% share
7 median citations90% since 2021mostly empirical
Food science concerns are newly emerging — 5 brand-new papers pushed field share from 0% to 38%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food science6
  • Biotechnology5
  • Plant protein3
  • Biochemical engineering3
  • Consumption (sociology)3
Newly emergingFood science 0→5
Landmark Increasing Plant-Based Meat Alternatives and Decreasing Red and Processed Meat in the Diet Differentially Affect the Die · 74 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where alternative proteins is researched across Canada

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Montreal6 · +0.30
Opportunity · Food science
Waterloo/Hamilton5 · +0.48
Edmonton/Calgary5 · +0.10
Opportunity · Zebrafish

Common questions

How many Food & Beverage Products companies are there in Alberta, Canada?
Radar tracks 59 indexable Food & Beverage Products companies headquartered in Alberta, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada?
The Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada on this list have raised a combined $6.7M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food & Beverage Products company in Alberta, Canada?
Gabriella's Kitchen is the highest-funded Food & Beverage Products company in Alberta, Canada, with $6.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada are funded?
4 of the 59 Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food & Beverage Products unicorns are there in Alberta, Canada?
None of the Food & Beverage Products companies in Alberta, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Alberta, Canada Food & Beverage Products companies?
The most active investors in Alberta, Canada Food & Beverage Products companies on this list include District Ventures, District Ventures Capital, AVAC Group, Avrio Sub Debt, THRIVE.
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