NANASHAKES INC.

What NANASHAKES INC. does

NanaShakes Inc. is a Toronto-based private consumer packaged goods (CPG) company founded in 2015 that produces plant-based, banana-based frozen desserts. The company's product portfolio centers on a single fruit base — banana — and spans two primary SKUs: NanaPops (portion-controlled bars) and NanaTubs (pint-format servings), positioning the brand within the plant-based and better-for-you frozen dessert category. The company operates with a small team of 1-10 employees and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with no disclosed subsidiaries, parent entities, or institutional investors.

The business model is consistent with small-batch CPG distribution: finished products are sold under the NanaShakes brand name to end consumers, though specific channels (direct-to-consumer, grocery retail, foodservice) are not documented in the available data. The company's website (nanashake.com) was inaccessible at the time of data collection due to a CAPTCHA/verification page, preventing verification of current pricing, distribution partners, product specifications, or sales footprint. There is no evidence of disclosed funding rounds, partnerships, executive leadership changes, M&A activity, or regulatory actions. The lack of accessible first-party data limits the ability to confirm current revenue scale, growth momentum, or active operating status.

Name

NANASHAKES INC.

Legal name

NANASHAKES INC.

Website

https://nanashake.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NanaShakes Inc. is a Toronto-based private CPG company (founded 2015) that produces plant-based, banana-based frozen desserts, including NanaPops bars and NanaTubs pints, serving consumers in the better-for-you frozen dessert category.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plant-Based Frozen Desserts

NAICS

Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing (31152)

SIC

Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (2024)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAHAJAE

Plant-Based Frozen Desserts Processing (Non-Dairy Ice Cream, Gelato, Novelties)

Agriculture & Food Production/Dairy Processing/Dairy Alternatives Processing (Plant-Based “Milk”, Yogurt & Cheese Analogues)

SECONDARYCRADACAE

Ice Cream & Refrigerated Desserts

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Manufacturing & Brands/Dairy & Refrigerated Foods

SECONDARYAFAKAKAE

Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts & Novelties Manufacturing

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Dairy Product Manufacturing

Keywords

• Plant-based frozen desserts
• Banana-based ice cream
• Frozen dessert bars
• Vegan frozen treats
• Dairy-free desserts

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

NanaShake produces plant-based, banana-based frozen desserts sold in two product formats: NanaPops (frozen dessert bars) and NanaTubs (frozen dessert pints). The company manufactures and markets dairy-free frozen dessert alternatives to consumers seeking plant-based options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NanaPops
• NanaTubs

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Ben & Jerry's (Non-Dairy line): Major global ice cream brand with a sizeable non-dairy plant-based pint and novelties line. Competes with NanaShake on shelf in the same freezer section but with vastly greater scale, distribution, and marketing resources.
• Oatly: Plant-based food company whose portfolio extends into oat-based frozen desserts, in addition to its core dairy alternatives. Comparable through plant-based positioning and brand-led approach to a category NanaShake also plays in.
• Planet Oat (HP Hood): Established oat-based brand (HP Hood) with national US distribution in oat milk and oat-based frozen desserts. Competes in the same broader plant-based frozen dessert category with much greater scale.
• Breyers (Non-Dairy / Plant Based): Mass-market ice cream brand owned by Unilever offering plant-based frozen desserts with national distribution. A direct shelf competitor to NanaShake in mainstream grocery.

Direct peers

• NadaMoo: Plant-based frozen dessert brand specializing in coconut-based ice cream pints, with retail distribution across US natural and conventional channels. Highly comparable as a smaller, plant-based-only frozen dessert CPG.
• So Delicious Dairy Free: One of the most established plant-based frozen dessert brands in North America, offering non-dairy ice cream pints and novelties across multiple bases (coconut, almond, oat). Direct overlap with NanaShake's plant-based, multi-format frozen dessert model.
• Arctic Zero: Better-for-you frozen dessert brand (low-calorie, dairy-free options in pints) with a focus on health-conscious consumers. Direct overlap with NanaShake's positioning as a differentiated, non-mainstream frozen dessert.
• Frida (formerly Coconut Bliss): Plant-based frozen dessert brand built on coconut base, offering pints and bars. Comparable niche-plant-based frozen dessert CPG with similar SKU architecture to NanaShake.

Emerging players

• Cado (Avocado-Based Frozen Dessert): Small, single-base (avocado) plant-based frozen dessert brand sold in pints. A close analogue to NanaShake's "single distinctive plant base" niche strategy, demonstrating both the opportunity and the scale challenge of this positioning.
• Wink (frozen desserts): Plant-based, better-for-you frozen dessert brand with a small, niche SKU set. Comparable in scale and positioning to NanaShake as a smaller differentiated player in the plant-based frozen dessert category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nanashake

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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