{"id":49363,"date":"2020-06-22T02:29:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T01:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=49363"},"modified":"2021-09-28T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T16:00:21","slug":"88-creative-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2020\/88-creative-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"88. Creative Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Founders:<\/strong> Julianne Ponan<br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> 2016<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativenaturesuperfoods.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.creativenaturesuperfoods.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frustrated at the lack of nut-free products on offer that weren&rsquo;t full of additives, anaphylaxis sufferer Julianne Ponan decided that she&rsquo;d just have to make her own.<\/p>\n<p>After a bit of trial and error and a few iterations of its signature bars, Creative Nature was launched in 2016, with a range of healthy, vegan, allergy-free bars and baking mixes.<\/p>\n<p>With both vegan and allergy-free food consumption rising dramatically year on year, Ponan launched just at the right time. Today, Creative Nature&rsquo;s products are sold in thousands of Asda, Tesco, and Coop stores across the country<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few years the brand has picked up a host of awards, including UK Small Business of the Year 2018 at the FSB Awards, and a Great Taste Award in 2017 &ndash; the first high protein snack bar to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Nature also had a successful appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/dragons-den\/series-15-episode-1\/\">Dragons&rsquo; Den in 2017<\/a>, landing an offer of &pound;75,000 from Deborah Meaden for 25% of the business. But Ponan ended up turning the offer down and went on to secure funding through crowdfunding site Seedrs.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Nature is proving what it set out to do &ndash; show that free from gluten, dairy, nuts, or sweeteners doesn&rsquo;t need to mean free from flavour. This is a product reflective of a generation, and we see plenty of tasty success ahead for Creative Nature.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Founders: Julianne PonanFounded: 2016Website: www.creativenaturesuperfoods.co.uk Frustrated at the lack of nut-free products on offer that weren&rsquo;t full of additives, anaphylaxis sufferer Julianne Ponan decided that she&rsquo;d just have to make her own. After a bit of trial and error and a few iterations of its signature bars, Creative Nature was launched in 2016, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91134,"featured_media":49366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-186"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>88. 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