Vumami Foods Marks First Year in Business and 100th Retail Location

Sidney, BC — Vumami Foods is celebrating two major business milestones: its first anniversary and its 100^th retail location. The Sidney, BC-based company produces Umami Bomb, its signature product available in four varieties: Medium, Hot, Garlic and Extra Hot. The vegan shiitake mushroom-based chili oil adds bold, savoury, spicy flavour to any dish making it instantly craveable and delicious. Umami Bomb is available at premium markets and grocers throughout BC as well as locations in AB, YT, MB, and ON, and online at www.vumamifoods.com.

The fast-growing company, Vumami Foods, was launched only a year ago and has already become a staple in the kitchens of home cooks throughout Canada. “Vumami Foods was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic and that certainly came with unique challenges,” said Vumami Foods founder Nicholas Baingo. “As a new company with such a unique product, we were very fortunate that our retailers love Umami Bomb as much as we do and took a chance on us.”

Umami Bomb Shiitake Chili Oil retails for $10.99 and is currently available at premium markets and grocers throughout BC and can be purchased online from anywhere in Canada at www.vumamifoods.com.

About Vumami Foods

Vumami Foods was started by Lauren Isherwood and Nicholas Baingo, a British Columbian couple who went plant-based and were looking for something to bring more excitement to their new diet. Inspired by a vegan Buddhist restaurant they visited in South Korea, they started working with different spices and ingredients looking for something to create the deep, rich, umami flavour normally associated with meat dishes. Through much trial and error, they found a perfect blend of Eastern and Western flavours, mixed with cooked shiitake mushrooms, that provides the savoury flavour and mouthfeel that they craved and their first product, Umami Bomb, was born. Vumami Foods is based in Sidney, BC. For more information please visit www.vumamifoods.com. Follow them on Instagram at @vumamifoods.

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