Traditional sodas are often high in sugar, while fermented beverages can be unfamiliar or inconvenient for mainstream consumers.
R&D Focus
Fermented tepache, lower-sugar Mexican soda and shelf-stable functional beverages.
Innovative Solution
The company modernizes traditional pineapple tepache through controlled fermentation and packages it as flavored, sparkling, lower-sugar soda.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Series A
Total Funding Amount
7.M
Last Funding Amount
7.M
Last Funding Date
31-01-2022
Startup Stage
Early Stage
Lead Investors
KarpReilly
Revenue
$1M to $10M
People
Founders
Alex Matthews
About
De La Calle is a fermented probiotic beverage. They produce tasty probiotic beverages. They engaged in producing tepache from certified organic pineapples utilizing fermentation processes derived from pre-Colombian mexican traditions, giving customers a delightful beverage that is low in sugar, high in vitamins, fermented, and probiotics.
Products
Product
Tepache and Refresco beverages in flavors including Original Spiced Pineapple, Mandarin, Mango Chili and Watermelon Jalapeño.
Star Product
Original Spiced Pineapple, because it is the core tepache flavor and had the largest review count among products displayed on the official store.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Complete products are commercially available. The company was founded in 2020 after about nine months of recipe development.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
The brand reported distribution in more than 5,000 U.S. retail locations, including Target, Kroger and Whole Foods Market.
Investment Funding
KarpReilly invested to support production and scale-up, according to Food & Wine.
Awards and Recognitions
Awards
Food & Wine Game Changer (2023).
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