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EXALT
EXALT produces a range of premium cold-pressed nutrition drinks, including high-protein meal replacement smoothies and functional juices. Husbands Dan and Charlie Wilson-Vaughan founded Exalt in 2019 after they were both let go from their jobs and decided to take the opportunity to do something new. The pair were frustrated with the lack of healthy on-the-go food options, which made it difficult to fuel their workout habits alongside busy schedules. The London-based company has recently forged a 4-year partnership with Tottenham Hotspur football club, providing players with personalised smoothies, juices, and performance shots.
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Double Dutch
Double Dutch is a tonic and mixer company founded by Netherlands-born twins Joyce and Raissa de Haas in 2015. Frustrated by bland mixers during their time at the University of Antwerp, they created a variety of premium tonics using natural ingredients. Since launching, Double Dutch has secured over £10m in equity funding and sold more than 60m bottles. In 2020, the London-based company took investment from Heineken to support its growth. The pandemic prompted a shift to digital sales and the establishment of production facilities in Europe and South Africa. Double Dutch is now available in 45 countries around the world.
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DASH
Having both come from farming backgrounds, DASH co-founders Alex Wright and Jack Scott had seen the amount of fruit and veg that was going to waste in the UK. With supermarkets rejecting fruit and veg based on the way they looked, the pair decided they would infuse this wasted produce with spring water and create a range of sparkling beverages. The London-based company operates out of “Wonky HQ”, named after the misshapen fruit and veg that makes its way into DASH’s cans. DASH’s commitment to being free of sugar and additives and its mission to reduce food waste have made it a popular choice among consumers. It is now stocked in Starbucks, Tesco, and Sainsbury’s, and DASH has expanded into countries including France and Australia.
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Chu Lo
Chu Lo Manufacture Japanese inspired soft drinks. Founder, Stephanie Buttery, a former Royal Navy Captain, first tasted the alcoholic drinks Chuhai during a deployment to Japan. On returning home and finding nothing in the UK similar to the sour taste of Chuhai, Stephanie began creating her own alcohol free sour fruit soft drink. Since its launch in 2019, Stephanie became a finalist on BBC’s Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars and Chu Lo is now stocked in stores and restaurants across the UK and EU including The Ivy, Wasabi and Yo Sushi.
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Cano Water
In 2014, whilst on vacation in Thailand, three friends from London noticed the amount of rubbish and plastic bottles on a remote island. Founders Josh White, who had previously launched an events company, Perry Alexander, a self taught graphic designer, and Ariel Booker, a headhunter, started researching and discovered that cans are more recycled than plastic. Cano Water launched in 2015 selling still and sparkling water in cans. Today the company sources and cans its water in the UK and sells via retailers including Tesco and Ocado.
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Calla Shoes
Calla shoes was founded by Jennifer Bailey, a bunion sufferer who wanted to wear stylish shoes that wouldn’t irritate her feet. Not being able to find shoes to fit her feet for her wedding inspired Jennifer to launch the brand in 2015. Having founded Calla shoes after being made redundant while pregnant, Jennifer’s wants to provide women with bunions, or other foot problems, with stylish and comfortable shoes, and today Calla sells to customers in over 60 countries.