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4 Locally Made Georgia Food Products to Try Today

Georgia is known for many things—the world’s largest aquarium, America’s favorite soda, sweet and juicy peaches and a burgeoning film scene, to name a few. Add to the list: artisanal, craft food products made from locally-sourced ingredients sure to please any palette. Take a look at four of our favorites:

Bamboo Juices
Bamboo Juices

1. Bamboo Juices: The juice craze is here to stay, but rather than shell out top dollar for juices made in a far-off factory, why not spend your pennies right here in town and pick up a bottle of delicious cold-pressed juice from Bamboo Juice? Based in Serenbe, Bamboo’s organic juices—they also make insanely delicious almond milks (go for the mushroom coffee!) and elixir shots—are made from raw, organic produce primarily grown right on Serenbe Farms soil. Can’t get more local than that!

2. Georgia Grinders Nut Butters: Georgia may be the peanut capital of the world, but shockingly, there are very few Georgia-based craft peanut butters. Atlanta resident, Jaime Foster, changed that when she launched her hand-crafted, small batch peanut butter, Georgia Grinders, earlier this year. Foster’s premium peanut butter contains just two ingredients—non-GMO peanuts from South Georgia and sea salt—and is produced in small batches, only when orders come in. The Georgia Grinders brand also includes other nut butters, like NaturAlmond, an all-natural almond butter, cashew butter and forthcoming pecan and sunflower seed butters.

Little Barn Apothecary
Little Barn Apothecary

3. Little Barn Apothecary: Though not technically edible, this Stone Mountain-based plant-based company, run by self-taught herbalists Joshua Morgan and Brad Scoggins, makes luxurious apothecary goods from wild-harvested, certified organic ingredients that are good enough to eat, from bath soaks and body washes to oils, balms, salves and naturally-scented air waters (we’re partial to the the lemongrass-basil spray, peppermint-eucalyptus soak, and avocado and coconut oil lip balm).

Pop Stars
Pop Stars

4. Pop Stars Popsicles: Finally a dessert that tastes as great as it makes you feel—Pop Stars, an Atlanta-based all-natural popsicle brand made with all-natural, often organic ingredients, is sweetened with cane sugar and made creamy with the addition of rice and coconut milk. They’re vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and insanely flavorful, especially if you opt for delicious flavors like Chocolate Salted Coconut, Peanut Butter & Jelly and Strawberry Milkshake.

Published: June 2015
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