Enjoy Life Foods on Inc. 500 List

SCHILLER PARK, Ill.—For the second consecutive year, Enjoy Life Foods was named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held businesses in the United States. The Schiller Park, Ill.-based producer of allergen- and gluten-free foods was ranked 371, with three-year revenue growth of 805 percent. It was one of only 13 companies in the food and beverage category on the list.

Scott Mandell, the company's president, CEO and co-founder, said: “I credit Enjoy Life Foods’ continued success to an extremely energetic team of employees who are highly sensitive to the growing needs of more than 45 million Americans who have food allergies, intolerances, Celiac Disease or Autism. Where others have tried, we have succeeded in developing products that serve as safe and delicious alternatives for our very special consumers.”

Enjoy Life Foods was founded in 2001 and now offers more than 29 allergy-friendly and gluten-free products. In the past year, the company introduced dairy-, nut- and soy-free chocolate bars (CHOCO boom™); added new Sunbutter Crunch snack bars and a nut-free trail mix; expanded its distribution in the United States and Canada into larger drugstore and grocery chains; expanded its production and warehouse facility; redesigned its product packaging; launched a social networking initiative; and sponsored several peanut-free minor league baseball games as well as the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) Walks for Food Allergy.