Larabar.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool Colorado Stuff - Natural foods nutritional bar - Brief Article

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LARABAR: "It all started in my kitchen with my food processor," said Lara Merriken, president and founder of Humm Foods. An active aficionado of raw foods--i.e. uncooked and unprocessed chow--Merriken was hiking in the Rockies when the idea for a nutritional bar struck in 2000. She spent the next three years learning about the food industry, working as a buyer for Whole Foods in Cherry Creek and experimenting with her Cuisinart after hours. She perfected five recipes--cashew cookie, apple pie, banana cookie dough, chocolate coconut and cherry pie--and launched Humm Foods in April. "Most people put 30 ingredients in their product...