Show Notes
In this episode, Corwin Hiebert (host) chats with Rachel Mansfield — a content creator with 1.5M followers, CPG investor, and now founder of cadootz!, the clean-label, protein-packed snack brand redefining what kids actually crave. They dig into her D2C launch, her exclusive nationwide deal with Target, and her new quick-meal cookbook, More, Please! — which has just landed in bookstores and on digital bookshelves everywhere.
You can read about (and buy) the new cookbook on Amazon.ca and Amazon.com. It's a fantastic countertop resource filled with family-approved, kid-friendly meals, freezable options, and dietary flexibility to help you make the recipes gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar free, and more. More, Please! is the time-saving kitchen companion every busy parent needs.
You can learn about how cadootz! is reimagining kids' snack time with organic, whole-food snacks that are exciting and actually fuel little bodies here: https://cadootz.com/. Each 30g serving delivers 5g of protein from organic cheddar and milk protein concentrate, with no seed oils — just 100% organic extra virgin olive oil. the whole grains are intentionally sourced too: organic oat flour that's certified purity protocol gluten-free and glyphosate-free, with no enriched wheat flour anywhere.
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