Blue Moose of Boulder

What Blue Moose of Boulder does

Blue Moose of Boulder is a privately held, for-profit food company headquartered at 1733 Majestic Drive #103 in Lafayette, Colorado. Founded in 2015 with 11-50 employees, the company develops and manufactures hummus, cashew-based dips, spreads, and chickpea salads positioned as preservative-free, plant-based alternatives for health-conscious consumers in the snacking, entertaining, and meal-preparation occasions. The brand is marketed under the legal name Blue Moose, with no parent company, public listing, subsidiaries, or institutional ownership disclosed.

The company's core technical differentiator is cold pressure preservation, a non-thermal processing method that replaces chemical preservatives to maintain shelf freshness while retaining vitamins and minerals. Its portfolio is organized in two lines: a legacy hummus range (Organic Roasted Garlic Hummus, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Organic Lime & Black Bean Hummus, plus a Chickpea Salad SKU) and a 2023-launched cashew dip range (Original Cashew Dip, Hatch Queso Cashew Dip, French Onion Cashew Dip, Spinach Artichoke Cashew Dip, Chipotle Cashew Dip, and OG Queso Blanco Style Dip). The company itself characterizes the cold pressure method as a "novel method architecture" and has built brand copy around "cold pressure protection."

Commercial operations rely on a horizontal consumer-playbook go-to-market: organic social across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest (notably the #BlueMooseOnTheLoose UGC hashtag), an email newsletter subscription funnel, and a recipe blog that places products in dishes such as hummus shakshuka, green bean casserole, quesadillas, and chickpea salad lettuce cups. Retail, broker, distribution, and pricing structures are not publicly disclosed. The company has executed one external capital event — a February 28, 2018 funding round of $5,354,999 with investors and lead undisclosed — and lists Conrad Skelton as Chief Executive Officer alongside founder Curt Tellem.

Name

Blue Moose of Boulder

Legal name

Blue Moose

Website

https://bluemoose.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blue Moose of Boulder is a privately held, Lafayette, Colorado-based food company that develops and manufactures preservative-free hummus, cashew-based dips, and spreads using proprietary cold pressure preservation technology, targeting health-conscious U.S. consumers seeking plant-based snack options.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaged Dips and Spreads

NAICS

Frozen Food Manufacturing (31141)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated Dips & Spreads (Cream Cheese, Hummus, Salsa, Guacamole) (CRADACAG)

Keywords

• Refrigerated dips
• Hummus products
• Plant-based spreads
• Clean-label foods
• Cashew dips

Headquarters

HQ city

Lafayette

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Blue Moose of Boulder develops and manufactures refrigerated hummus, cashew-based dips and spreads, and chickpea salads. Products are made preservative-free using cold pressure preservation technology, which keeps dips fresh while preserving vitamins and minerals. The company sells its branded plant-based dips for snacking, entertaining, and meal preparation.

Product overview

Blue Moose of Boulder is a food company specializing in hummus and cashew-based dips and spreads. The company uses cold pressure technology as a natural preservation method that maintains vitamins and minerals without preservatives. Their product portfolio consists of two main lines: traditional hummus products (including Organic Roasted Garlic Hummus, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, and Organic Lime & Black Bean Hummus) and a newer cashew-based dip line (including Original Cashew Dip, Hatch Queso Cashew, French Onion Cashew Dip, Spinach Artichoke Cashew Dip, Chipotle Cashew, and OG Queso Blanco Style). All products are positioned as healthier snack alternatives with clean ingredient profiles.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Green Chile Spinach Artichoke Hummus Dip A hummus dip combining green chile, spinach, and artichoke flavors, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives, marketed to consumers seeking preservative-free refrigerated dips.
• Original Cashew Dip A cashew-based dip made with cold pressure technology and no preservatives, positioned as a plant-based alternative to traditional cheese-based dips.
• Hatch Queso Cashew Dip A cashew-based dip flavored with Hatch green chile, made without preservatives using cold pressure preservation.
• French Onion Cashew Dip A cashew-based dip featuring French onion flavor, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives.
• OG Queso Blanco Style Cashew Dip A classic white cheese-style cashew-based dip made without preservatives using cold pressure technology.
• Spinach Artichoke Cashew Dip A cashew-based dip featuring spinach and artichoke flavors, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives.
• Chipotle Cashew Dip A cashew-based dip flavored with chipotle spice, made without preservatives using cold pressure technology.
• Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Hummus flavored with roasted red pepper, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives, used for snacking, entertaining, and recipe applications.
• Organic Roasted Garlic Hummus Organic hummus flavored with roasted garlic, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives, positioned as a clean-label refrigerated dip.
• Organic Lime & Black Bean Hummus Organic hummus flavored with lime and black bean, made with cold pressure preservation and no preservatives.
• Chickpea Salad A chickpea-based refrigerated salad product positioned as a healthier plant-based alternative to traditional mayonnaise-heavy salads, featured in Blue Moose recipe content.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Sabra Dipping Company: Joint venture between PepsiCo and Strauss Group, Sabra is the leading refrigerated hummus and dip brand in the U.S. It is the most direct competitor to Blue Moose in the preservative-sensitive refrigerated dip aisle.
• Tribe Mediterranean (Tribe / TRIBU): Tribe Mediterranean / Tribu True Foods produces refrigerated hummus, tzatziki, and Mediterranean dips sold in U.S. natural and conventional retail, competing head-to-head with Blue Moose's refrigerated hummus line.
• Cedar's: Cedar's Mediterranean Foods is a long-established refrigerated hummus, tabouli, and dip brand widely distributed across U.S. grocery, directly overlapping with Blue Moose's refrigerated dip portfolio.
• Ithaca Hummus: Ithaca Hummus is a premium clean-label refrigerated hummus brand emphasizing simple ingredients — a closely comparable positioning to Blue Moose's preservative-free product story.
• Hope Foods: Hope Foods produces organic, vegan refrigerated hummus and dips with a similar clean-label and preservative-free value proposition to Blue Moose.
• Wild Garden: Wild Garden supplies Mediterranean-inspired hummus, dips, and meze products in U.S. retail, providing a comparable refrigerated dip offering to Blue Moose's portfolio.

Emerging players

• Kite Hill: Kite Hill is a plant-based brand producing dairy-alternative dips and spreads (including almond-milk-based dips), overlapping with Blue Moose's plant-based clean-label positioning but with a broader plant-based portfolio.
• Simple Mills: Simple Mills is a clean-label snack and baking brand with overlapping preservative-free, natural ingredients philosophy and natural channel distribution similar to where Blue Moose competes.

Broad incumbents

• Trader Joe's (private label hummus): Trader Joe's offers a broad portfolio of private-label refrigerated hummus and dips, competing with Blue Moose in the refrigerated dip category across a national footprint Trader Joe's commands exclusively.
• Whole Foods 365 (private label hummus and dips): Whole Foods Market's 365 brand private-label hummus and refrigerated dips compete with Blue Moose on clean-label and natural positioning, leveraging Whole Foods' national shelf space advantage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/bluemoose
• Facebookfacebook.com/bluemoose
• Xx.com/BlueMooseofBldr

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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