Solely Fruit Jerky Captures New Hope/Expo West’s NEXTY Award Win

The company is making a strong push into the vending market after the brand's Fruit Jerky is announced as a winner of the New Hope/Expo West NEXTY Award.  

LA JOLLA, Calif. ( September 1, 2020) – Solely, Inc. – the company behind USDA-certified organic, cold-pressed fruit jerky and dried fruit – one of only 30 winners of the New Hope Network 2020 Natural Products Expo West NEXTY Awards for an outstanding new product in the natural products industry -- is organizing a strong push into Vending with its popular fruit jerky snack.

The NEXTY Awards are given to products that display innovation, inspiration and integrity, helping the natural products industry to deliver more healthful, trusted and sustainable products to consumers. Solely is one of 72 finalists selected by a panel of industry experts from more than 1,000 entries across 22 categories. Winners were announced late March through a livestreamed awards ceremony from New Hope Network.

Last March, Solely released five new flavors of fruit jerky and two new flavors of dried fruit, including the popular Mango Chili Fruit Jerky.

“On the heels of winning the prestigious NEXTY award and growing our distribution across the country, we are pushing hard to penetrate new channels of distribution. We believe vending is a natural channel for our fruit jerky, which has the perfect flavor, ingredients, form factor and shelf life for it. It is also priced appropriately for vending,” said Simon Sacal, CEO of Solely, Inc. “We are proud that our fruit jerky, made from real fruit with nothing else added, is seen as a disruptor in the snack space – simple and snack can go hand in hand!”

About Solely

Solely, Inc. is a subsidiary of Mexico City-based Fruitex, SA of Mexico, 1,300-strong, innovative clean food company that is rethinking how food is developed, grown, sourced, processed and sold. Through Solely, Fruitex approaches each point in the product life cycle as a new problem to be solved, creating innovative methods of farming and production that result in revolutionary brands with a tangible difference. Solely is a complete lifestyle concept rather than a single product and has plans to roll out a wide variety of items across multiple categories.

About the NEXTY Awards

The NEXTY Awards are a twice-annual award connected to New Hope Network's Natural Products Expo shows in March and September. They were created to recognize the pinnacle of excellence in the natural products industry, elevating impactful brands and products that inspire a healthy, sustainable future for people and planet while also having proven consumer approval. More about the NEXTY awards at nextyawards.com. The four Editor’s Choice winners are chosen during the show from stand-out exhibitors recognized by the New Hope editorial team. Learn more about the NEXTY awards at nextyawards.com.

Media Contact: Michel Algazi, Chief Revenue Officer – [email protected]