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Best Clean Food Brands — Top Clean Food Companies

The best clean food brands for real, unprocessed nutrition. No seed oils, no additives, no shortcuts—just real food from real sources.

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Best Clean Food Brands

Real food, real ingredients, real sourcing. These are the top food brands that refuse to compromise on quality.

What Makes Food "Clean"?

Clean food isn't a marketing term—it's a standard:

  • Real ingredients — Things you can pronounce and recognize
  • No seed oils — No canola, soybean, sunflower, or other industrial oils
  • Minimal processing — Close to how nature made it
  • Transparent sourcing — Know where it comes from and how it's raised
  • No artificial anything — No synthetic preservatives, colors, or flavors

Our Criteria

Every food brand here has been vetted for:

  • Clean ingredient lists — Nothing you wouldn't use at home
  • Ethical sourcing — Humane animal treatment, regenerative farming when applicable
  • Ownership transparency — We know who owns the company and their track record
  • Quality over marketing — Real standards, not just buzzwords

From grass-fed beef to organic coffee to traditionally fermented foods, these brands are doing it right.

How we vet

What we look for

Clean ingredient lists

Nothing you wouldn't use at home

Ethical sourcing

Humane animal treatment, regenerative farming when applicable

Ownership transparency

We know who owns the company and their track record

Quality over marketing

Real standards, not just buzzwords

Quick picks

Fast picks from this list

Best for nationwide shipping

Boochcraft Hard Kombucha

Ships nationwide, making this pick accessible beyond local markets.

Best budget pick

Traditional Medicinals

Offers a lower price point without dropping out of the vetted clean-brand set.

Most credentialed pick

Numi Organic Tea

Stacks the strongest third-party certification footprint in this set.

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The brands on this list

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Alderspring Ranch is a family-owned certified organic beef ranch in the remote mountains of Idaho, founded in 1992 by Glenn and Caryl Elzinga with just 7 cows …

Alexandre Family Farm

Crescent City, CA
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Alexandre Family Farm is America's first Regenerative Organic Certified dairy farm, founded by Blake and Stephanie Alexandre in 1992 in Crescent City, …

Art of Tea

Los Angeles, CA
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Art of Tea is an organic tea importer and blender based in Los Angeles, handcrafting the world's finest organic teas and botanicals. Founded by Steve Schwartz …

Artisana Organics

Sacramento, CA
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Artisana Organics produces certified organic raw nut and seed butters, committed to providing the purest food to fuel healthy living. They focus on organic …

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Beekeeper's Naturals was founded in 2016 by Carly Stein, who discovered the healing power of bee propolis while studying abroad in Italy and suffering from a …

Bob's Red Mill

Milwaukie, OR
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Bob's Red Mill is an employee-owned natural foods company producing over 400 whole grain products including flours, cereals, grains, and baking mixes. Founded …

Boochcraft Hard Kombucha

Chula Vista, CA
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Boochcraft is an independent hard kombucha brand from San Diego, founded by three friends committed to creating alcoholic beverages with integrity using real, …

Bubbies Fine Foods

San Francisco, CA
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Bubbies Fine Foods produces traditionally fermented pickles, sauerkraut, and other cultured vegetables using time-honored methods. Founded in 1982, they use no …

Burlap & Barrel

New York, NY
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A Certified B Corporation sourcing exceptional single-origin spices directly from smallholder farmers around the world. Burlap & Barrel pays farmers an average …

ButcherBox

Boston, MA
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ButcherBox is a meat delivery subscription service founded by Mike Salguero in 2015 to make high-quality, humanely raised meat more accessible. They deliver …

Café Mam

Eugene, OR
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Café Mam is a farmer-owned cooperative importing organic, shade-grown coffee directly from indigenous Mayan communities in Mexico and Guatemala. They provide …

Chomps

Chicago, IL
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Chomps produces clean protein snacks made from 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, venison, and free-range turkey. Their meat sticks are free from fillers, …

Chosen Foods

San Diego, CA
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Chosen Foods specializes in avocado-based products, including avocado oil, mayo, and cooking sprays. Their 100% pure avocado oil is expeller-pressed from …

CLEAN Cause

Austin, TX
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CLEAN Cause is a social impact beverage company founded by Wes Hurt that creates organic caffeinated drinks while donating 50% of net profits to support …

Copper Cow Coffee

Los Angeles, CA
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Copper Cow Coffee was founded by Debbie Wei Mullin to share Vietnamese coffee culture with the world. This woman-owned and led company makes traditional …

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Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster committed to direct trade relationships with coffee farmers, sustainability, and education. Founded in 1995 …

Crowd Cow

Seattle, WA
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Crowd Cow is a craft meat marketplace connecting consumers directly with ethical farms, fisheries, and producers around the world. They focus on creating …

Cultures for Health

Portland, OR
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Independent company providing cultures, supplies, and education for home fermentation and cultured foods. Cultures for Health empowers people to make their own …

Dandy Blend

Valley City, OH
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Family-owned caffeine-free herbal beverage company making instant dandelion-based coffee alternatives since 1994. Founded by botanist Dr. Peter Gail, known as …

Farmhouse Culture

Santa Cruz, CA
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Farmhouse Culture specializes in fermented organic vegetables and gut shots, using the timeless art of fermentation to create intense taste experiences with …

Fatworks

Seattle, WA
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Fatworks produces premium cooking fats from organic and pasture-raised/grass-fed animals, including beef tallow, pork lard, duck fat, and ghee. They focus on …

Fly By Jing

Los Angeles, CA
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Woman-owned Sichuan condiment company founded by Jing Gao, inspired by the "fly restaurants" of her hometown Chengdu. Fly By Jing sources authentic ingredients …

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Force of Nature offers regenerative meat from animals raised with unlimited access to healthy pastures, including grass-fed beef, bison, chicken, elk, venison, …

Four Sigmatic

Los Angeles, CA
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Pioneering mushroom coffee and functional beverage company founded by Finnish entrepreneur Tero Isokauppila. Four Sigmatic brings Nordic foraging traditions and …

Frontier Co-op

Norway, IA
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Member-owned cooperative with over 40,000 member-owners, Frontier Co-op is one of the largest suppliers of organic and natural herbs, spices, and botanicals in …

GT's Living Foods

Los Angeles, CA
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The original and most trusted kombucha brand in America, GT's Living Foods has been authentically brewing raw, organic kombucha for over 30 years. Founded by GT …

Harney & Sons Fine Teas

Millerton, NY
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Harney & Sons Fine Teas is a family-owned tea company spanning three generations, committed to delivering the finest quality teas from around the world while …

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Hawthorne Valley Farm is a community-supported biodynamic farm in New York's Hudson Valley producing raw dairy, fermented vegetables, and baked goods. Founded …

Health-Ade Kombucha

Los Angeles, CA
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Premium kombucha brand brewed in small batches in glass jars using the highest quality organic ingredients. Health-Ade is known for consistently delivering …

Heritage Foods USA

Brooklyn, NY
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Heritage Foods USA specializes in heritage breed meats from small family farms, focusing on preserving rare and endangered livestock breeds. They work with …

Hu Kitchen

New York, NY
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Hu Kitchen creates simple, delicious snacks with minimal ingredients, starting with their organic chocolate bars made without refined sugar, dairy, or …

Jacobsen Salt Co.

Portland, OR
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Award-winning artisan salt company hand-harvesting pure flake sea salt from Netarts Bay on the Oregon Coast. Jacobsen Salt Co. has become America's premier sea …

Janie's Mill

Ashkum, IL
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Harold Wilken had a problem he couldn't shake. He was watching tons of his certified organic wheat from Janie's Farm load onto a semi, headed 700 miles away to …

JEM Organics

Bend, OR
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JEM Organics is a small-batch organic nut butter company based in Bend, Oregon, co-founded by Jen Moore (CEO) and Jim Bednark. The company pioneered sprouted, …

Jovial Foods

North Stonington, CT
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Jovial Foods is a family-owned business specializing in einkorn wheat products, organic Italian foods, and high-quality olive oil. They work directly with …

Kalona SuperNatural

Kalona, IA
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Kalona SuperNatural produces organic dairy from grass-fed cows on small family farms, using gentle low-temperature vat pasteurization and leaving milk …

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Kasandrinos produces single-source organic extra virgin olive oil from family farms in Greece. Their olive oil is made from hand-picked Koroneiki and Athinolia …

Kicking Horse Coffee

Invermere, BC
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Kicking Horse Coffee is a Canadian specialty coffee roaster producing 100% certified organic and Fair Trade coffee from the Rocky Mountains. They source …

Kombucha Kamp

Carson, CA
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Kombucha Kamp is the original kombucha education platform and homebrew supply company, founded in 2004 by Hannah Crum (affectionately known as "The Kombucha …

LesserEvil

Danbury, CT
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LesserEvil creates organic, better-for-you snacks that are free from vegetable oils and crafted with clean, familiar ingredients. All products are independently …

Lineage Provisions

Dripping Springs, TX
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Lineage Provisions is an independent meat snack company co-founded in 2019 by Dr. Paul Saladino, MD (author of The Carnivore Code) and Dr. Anthony Gustin, DC, …

Local Hive Honey

Salt Lake City, UT
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Local Hive produces raw, unfiltered honey from regional beekeepers across the United States, promoting local honey consumption for seasonal allergy support and …

Lummi Island Wild

Bellingham, WA
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Lummi Island Wild is a fishermen-owned company that delivers premium wild-caught seafood using sustainable reefnet fishing methods. Their president Ian owns and …

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Mary's Free Range Chicken has been family-owned and operated since 1954, raising chickens and turkeys on California ranch land. Their birds are free-range, fed …

Miller's Bio Farm

Quarryville, PA
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Miller's Bio Farm is a collection of small, family-run Amish farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, committed to producing real, nutrient-dense food the …

Miller's Organic Farm

Bird-in-Hand, PA
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Lancaster County Amish farm producing raw milk, grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, and fermented vegetables. Family-owned since 1930. Ships via refrigerated truck …

MUD\WTR

Venice, CA
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Coffee alternative blending mushrooms, adaptogens, spices, and cacao for calm energy without jitters or crashes. Founded by Shane Heath in Venice, California, …

Niman Ranch

Oakland, CA
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Niman Ranch partners with over 600 independent family farmers and ranchers who raise livestock humanely and sustainably. Founded in 1969, they pioneered the …

Numi Organic Tea

Oakland, CA
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Numi Organic Tea is an independent, Oakland-based tea company committed to sustainability, fair trade practices, and organic cultivation. Founded over 20 years …

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Once Again is a 100% employee-owned company producing organic nut and seed butters, representing some of the highest social and environmental standards in the …

One Degree Organic Foods

Abbotsford, BC
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One Degree Organic Foods is an independent family-owned company committed to 100% transparency, allowing customers to trace every ingredient back to the …

Oregon Brineworks

Hood River, OR
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Oregon Brineworks is a family-owned fermented foods company based in Hood River, Oregon, founded in 2012 by Brian and Connie Shaw. With over 20 years of organic …

Organic Valley

La Farge, WI
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America's largest farmer-owned organic cooperative, producing organic dairy, eggs, and meat from family farms across the country. Organic Valley pioneered …

Paleovalley

Las Vegas, NV
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Paleovalley produces 100% grass-fed beef sticks naturally fermented with organic spices. Their products are free from GMOs, gluten, dairy, soy, and antibiotics, …

Pickled Planet

Ashland, OR
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Pickled Planet has been crafting small-batch, raw organic fermented foods in Ashland, Oregon since 2002. Founded by Courtlandt Jennings in the small Southern …

Pique Tea

Los Angeles, CA
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Pique produces pure tea crystals using Cold Extraction Technology to harness full-spectrum bioactive compounds with unparalleled bioavailability. Their …

Polyface Farms

Swoope, VA
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Polyface Farms, run by Joel Salatin and family since 1961, is a pioneer in regenerative agriculture and grass-based farming. The farm emphasizes transparency, …

Primal Fat & Tallow

Eugene, OR
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Primal Fat & Tallow produces grass-fed beef tallow for cooking and skincare, sourced from 100% grass-fed and grass-finished cattle. Their tallow is rendered …

Primal Palate

Los Angeles, CA
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Independent spice company specializing in organic, paleo-friendly spice blends free from additives, anti-caking agents, and fillers. Founded by real food …

Primal Pastures

Murrieta, CA
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Primal Pastures is a first-generation regenerative farming operation producing the cleanest pasture-raised meats in California. Founded by Rob McDaniel and …

Rasa

Boulder, CO
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Adaptogenic coffee alternative formulated by a clinical herbalist to support energy, focus, and resilience without caffeine dependency. Rasa blends functional …

Raw Farm USA

Fresno, CA
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Raw Farm USA produces high-quality raw dairy products in California, including whole raw milk, kefir, butter, cheese, and heavy cream. All products contain …

Real Pickles

Greenfield, MA
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Real Pickles is a worker-owned cooperative producing organic, raw fermented vegetables in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 2001 by Dan Rosenberg, the …

Really Raw Honey

Baltimore, MD
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Really Raw Honey is a family business producing truly raw, unprocessed honey that's never heated, filtered, or strained. Their honey retains all the natural …

Redmond Real Salt

Heber City, UT
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Redmond Real Salt is America's only unrefined ancient sea salt, mined from a single source in central Utah. The salt comes from an ancient sea bed that's been …

REP Provisions

Bixby, OK
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REP Provisions is a regenerative meat company founded by Eric Perner (owner of Double P Ranch) and Trent Hendricks (owner of Cabriejo Ranch) in 2018. Operating …

Rishi Tea & Botanicals

Milwaukee, WI
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Rishi Tea & Botanicals is an independent tea company founded by Joshua Kaiser, dedicated to sourcing premium organic teas through direct trade relationships …

Roaring Fork Mill

Carbondale, CO
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Roaring Fork Mill is a family-run stone flour mill founded by Jacob Trumbull in 2019 in Carbondale, Colorado, at the heart of the Roaring Fork Valley. After …

Seven Sons Farms

Roanoke, IN
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Seven Sons Farms is a family-owned regenerative agriculture operation in Roanoke, Indiana, established in 2000 by Lee and Beth Hitzfield and their seven sons. …

Sitka Seafood Market

Galesburg, IL
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Sitka Seafood Market (formerly Sitka Salmon Shares) is an independent community-supported fishery founded in 2012 by Nic Mink in partnership with Alaskan …

Skratch Labs

Boulder, CO
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Skratch Labs was founded by Dr. Allen Lim (exercise physiologist for pro cycling teams) and Ian MacGregor (retired pro cyclist) to solve a real problem: …

Slanker Grass-Fed Meat

Powderly, TX
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Slanker Grass-Fed Meat offers over 400 different cuts of grass-fed, grass-finished meats with no grain, antibiotics, or additives. Based in Texas, they provide …

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StarWalker Organic Farms is a third-generation, family-owned regenerative organic farm founded in 1970 when the Walker family purchased 3,500 acres at the base …

Superior Farms

Davis, CA
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Superior Farms is a farmer-owned cooperative producing 100% American lamb from family farms across the western United States. Their lambs are pasture-raised …

Tessemae's

Baltimore, MD
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Family-founded company creating clean-ingredient salad dressings, marinades, and condiments. Started by Tesse, a mother of three, who made homemade dressings to …

Traditional Medicinals

Sebastopol, CA
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Traditional Medicinals is a B-Corp certified herbal tea company producing wellness teas based on traditional herbal medicine. Founded in 1974, they work …

Tussock Sedge Farm

Perkasie, PA
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Tussock Sedge Farm is southeastern Pennsylvania's largest pasture-based, regenerative agriculture farm, with a history dating back to 1941 when the Hockman …

Two Moms in the Raw

Seattle, WA
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Two Moms in the Raw creates organic, raw, gluten-free snack bars and granola made from simple, wholesome ingredients. Started by two mothers seeking better …

US Wellness Meats

Monticello, MO
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US Wellness Meats is a farmer-owned and operated company with over 25 years of experience providing regeneratively raised, grass-fed, and pasture-raised meats. …

Vital Choice

Bellingham, WA
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Vital Choice sources the world's finest wild-caught seafood and organic fare, with a focus on sustainability and purity. Founded by a fisherman, they deliver …

Vital Farms

Austin, TX
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Vital Farms is a B-Corp certified company producing pasture-raised eggs and butter from small family farms. While publicly traded, they maintain their …

Volcanica Coffee

Suwanee, GA
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Volcanica Coffee specializes in exotic gourmet coffees grown in volcanic regions around the world. They source rare, single-origin beans from high-altitude …

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Family-owned yogurt company producing authentic Bulgarian-style yogurt in glass jars. Founded by Reed Murray in Austin, Texas, and now run by the third …

White Oak Pastures

Bluffton, GA
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White Oak Pastures is a six-generation, 158-year-old family farm in rural Georgia operating on 3,200+ acres of certified organic pastureland. Run by Will Harris …

Wild Planet

McKinleyville, CA
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Wild Planet is a sustainable seafood company founded by Bill Carvalho with a mission to transform fishing into a force for good. They use only pole-and-line and …

Wild Planet Foods

McKinleyville, CA
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Wild Planet Foods provides sustainably sourced canned seafood including tuna, salmon, and sardines. Founded in 2004 by a former canned seafood industry veteran, …

Wildbrine

Santa Cruz, CA
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Wildbrine produces fermented and pickled foods using the natural process of wild fermentation to enhance texture, flavor, and nutritional benefits. From kraut …

Yellowbird Foods

Austin, TX
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Independent hot sauce company founded by Erin and George in Austin, Texas. What started as a homegrown habanero sauce from their backyard garden has become a …

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How do you choose the best clean food brands?

We combine the page filter with our editorial standards: ingredient quality, sourcing transparency, certifications, and ownership context all matter.

How many brands currently match this list?

88 brands currently match this page’s criteria in the directory, and the set updates as new brands are vetted.

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