Siete Foods

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Siete Foods is a US company founded in 2014 by Veronica Garza that makes nontraditional versions of traditional Mexican and Mexican-American ingredients and foods. According to Inc., the company "created a category in grain-free and dairy-free Mexican American staples".

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History

The company was founded in Austin, Texas, in 2014 by Veronica Garza, who was diagnosed with autoimmune diseases while in high school and college. [1] [2] [3] Her brother Roberto suggested she try avoiding grains, legumes, and dairy to see if that would help with her symptoms. [1] [4] [5] She found that it did, and her entire family joined her in excluding these items, but all of these were common ingredients in Mexican, Mexican-American, and Tex-Mex cuisines that were a part of the family's typical meals. [1] [4] [6] In particular tortillas, typically included in every meal in these cuisines, were missed. [7] [5]

Garza developed some recipes to create traditional items such as tortillas from nontraditional ingredients, such as almond flour, and started selling them from her home; eventually she was making 50 dozen tortillas in a weekend with the help of her family. [1] [4] In 2014 Austin's Wheatsville Food Co-op started carrying her products. [1] [2] By 2016 the products were being carried by Whole Foods. [8] According to Inc., the company "created a category in grain-free and dairy-free Mexican American staples". [3]

Garza's parents and her four siblings are employees; the company's name, Siete, is the Spanish word for seven, a reference to the seven of them. [2] [6] [3] In 2017, CEO Miguel Garza was named to Forbes ' 30 under 30 list. [9] [10]

By 2022 the company was projected to have retail sales of US$250 million and was the fastest-growing Latino/Hispanic food brand in the United States. [1] [11] Forbes pointed out in 2018 that it had been decades since the category had a "challenger [brand] emerge", noting that Ortega was founded in 1897, Old El Paso in 1917, and Goya in 1936. [12]

Products

Products as of 2022 include tortillas, refried beans, tortilla chips, hard taco shells, cookies, seasoning mixes, and hot sauces in 60 stock-keeping units. [1] [6] [11] In 2022 they also produced their first product containing corn, a tortilla chip in collaboration with Nixta, who are dedicated to traditional maize-based products and nixtamilization methods. [1]

The company produced a cookbook, The Siete Table: Nourishing Mexican-American Recipes From Our Kitchen, in 2022. [1] [13]

Juntos fund

The company operates a foundation that provides grants to small Latino/Hispanic food entrepreneurs. [1] [2] [14]

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