THE STORY: Named after the Roman goddess of food, Edesia Inc.’s mission is to save the world from hunger. The North Kingstown-based manufacturer has reached more than 50 countries, and several humanitarian organizations purchase most of Edesia’s products.
› Edesia’s new product, MeWe Love Peanut Butter, is made with peanuts, sugar, vegetable oil and salt.
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› Edesia has made approximately 4 million packets of MeWe Love Peanut Butter from June 2020 to September 2020 and plans to make millions more.
› It takes approximately 18 minutes to produce a batch of peanut butter. About five production employees work on making a single MeWe Love Peanut Butter unit in the company’s secondary plant.
› Supersacks of raw materials are brought in from Edesia’s adjoining warehouse and funneled into the factory where they go through a process of grinding, mixing and blending before getting directed to the packaging line, where a metalized foil wrapper seals the peanut butter into the packet before getting boxed up and stored in the warehouse.
› Edesia employs 105 people.
COVID-BORN: MeWe Love Peanut Butter was made in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Edesia realized lines were forming at food banks across the U.S. The company thought a product that was single-serve, ready-to-eat, protein on the go would be helpful for school lunch programs, food banks and other disconnected populations such as the elderly.
