Yogabar enters the children’s nutritional snacking segment

Yogabar, a clean label, a new-age health food brand, announced that it has entered into the kid’s foods segment, aiming to lead the category with new nutritious and tasty additions to its portfolio. With the new range of entrants – YoChos and Yo Fills, the brand aims to deliver on its promise of clean ingredients that give maximum nutrition to the kids without compromising on taste.

Talking about the launch, co-founder Suhasini Sampath said, “We aspire to become one of the top three food brands in India, with a promise of healthy ingredients, especially for the younger generation. After the massive success we witnessed with the launch of our breakfast segment, where we swiftly captured 20% market share, we aim to replicate that in the kids’ cereal category. We are confident that entering the kid’s snacking segment will help us become a 500 crore company from a 200 crore company (presently) in the next two years.”

The latest addition to its range of offerings will see an introduction of YoChos and Yo Fills – Yogabar’s chocolate flavoured, multi-grain cereals for kids with the power of 7 consisting of 5 whole grains (jowar, bajra, ragi, quinoa, oats) and 2 dals (lentils – moong and channa). This launch enables the brand to penetrate price-sensitive markets beyond tier 1 cities. This launch is available at an introductory price of Rs 10 per/sachet.

Suhasini further mentioned, “Having our own manufacturing facility helps us keep a strict control on the quality while still achieving reasonable pricing for the customers. Unlike other brands, we also advocate a ‘No-Maida’ policy, ensuring that kids are not consuming maida-filled snacks. Keeping in mind the love for snacking and the gap in healthy yet tasty snacking options for that age group, we wanted to give them something they would look forward to eating every day that would be as good as a home-cooked meal. As a mother myself, I am very conscious of what my child consumes in a day and that’s the confidence I want other mothers to have as well whenever their child picks up a packet of our YoChos or Yo Fills.”

Yogabar, which was founded with the mission to cater to the need for nutritious and tasty snacks on the go, has been consistently innovating in the segment, achieving more than 100% growth rate year-over-year with its new product launches in the period of last three years. The brand’s leap into the kid’s snacking segment is a significant move – taking into account the reasonable product pricing of wholesome ingredients and the brand’s promise of 100% natural ingredients and no preservatives or chemicals.

Good nutrition is always important, and the pandemic has nudged people to understand that a well-balanced diet will guarantee a strong immune system. The pandemic witnessed a growth in the awareness and improvement of food consumption habits, motivating people to become more conscious of what they eat. This resulted in exponential demand for health-food brands like Yogabar, where the company has rapidly expanded in categories beyond breakfast and nutrition bars. YogaBar, has been catering to the rising demand for healthy yet tasty food with innovative flavours like dark chocolate in oats and muesli, which consumers have very well received.