PeaTos Expands Retail Footprint Nationwide
Plant-based snack brand PeaTos expands its distribution into more than 2,000 CVS Health and hundreds of H-E-B retail locations nationside.
“Since PeaTos was first introduced in Kroger stores some three years ago, we have become one of the fastest growing snack brands in the nation,” said PeaTos founder Nick Desai. “For decades, Frito-Lay brands like Cheetos and Funyuns have monopolized the snack aisle, leading consumers to believe that if it tastes good, then it must be bad for you. Today, we have significantly furthered the PeaTos mission of converting more snackers to our unique approach, one that makes good on the dream of delivering on all the flavor and fun of a true “junk” food snack experience but with better-for-you nutrition, using only plant-based ingredients.”
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company with more than 9900 retail locations nationwide including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. H-E-B, with sales of $28 billion, operates more than 400 stores in Texas and Mexico and serves millions of customers in more than 300 communities.
PeaTos challenges the status-quo by replacing the traditional corn base with nutrient-dense peas for a unique snack experience that offers twice the protein and three times the fiber of the leading salty snack counterparts but with less calories, fat and sodium and nothing artificial and no dairy.
New in 2022, PeaTos employs proprietary methodology to replicate the dairy experience using only 100 percent plant-based ingredients. The result is a 100 percent plant-based vegan snack that offers the taste and finger-licking sensory experience of America’s favorite snacks but without the dairy. The plant-based snacks caught the attention of VegNews editors which gave PeaTos its “Best of” award at Expo West, the world’s largest trade show for natural living.
“Our entire VegNews team was blown away by the new 100 percent vegan offerings from PeaTos, most notably their cheese-flavored curls,” said associate editor Jocelyn Martinez. “The newest Crunchy Pizza Rings are our latest obsession!”
The all-new plant-based 2022 PeaTos line now includes four flavors in two familiar forms: Crunchy Onion Rings, a savory snack with just a hint of sweet; Crunchy No-Cheese Curls, a cheesy classic; Crunchy Fiery Curls, where serious heats meets serious crunch; and the all-new Crunchy Pizza Rings, a fresh from the oven mix of tomato and cheese flavors. PeaTos comes in a choice of curls or rings and in single-serve, bulk and variety multipacks.