Barfresh Food Group Inc..
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Barfresh Food Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages in the United States. The company offers smoothies, shakes, and frappes. It provides ready-to-drink smoothies under the Twist & Go name; a no sugar added version...Show More
Better Health for All
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Barfresh Food Group's focus on smoothies and juice freeze pops, particularly their expansion into over 800 schools serving approximately 560,000 students, indicates a potential positive health impact by offering alternatives to less healthy beverages.
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The company emphasizes nutritional content, including protein, potassium, vitamin D, calcium, iron, and vitamin C, with real fruit in their smoothies.
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Their products also meet USDA Smart Snack standards and breakfast meal pattern regulations.
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The launch of "Pop & Go" freeze pops, with no added sugars, preservatives, artificial flavors, or colors, further supports this.
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However, there is a lack of data on pricing accessibility, the extent of equitable access programs, and detailed nutritional information.
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The company invested $750,000 in R&D focused on beverage preservation methods.
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The materiality analysis suggests a medium alignment with the value, as the business model is potentially supportive of better health, but this depends on the nutritional content and marketing practices. Considering the limited quantitative data, a score of 10 is appropriate.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess Barfresh Food Group Inc. on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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No specific regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues related to labor laws or human rights were mentioned in the provided articles.
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Quantitative data for other fair pay and worker respect metrics, such as living wage coverage, CEO-to-median pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rate, pay equity ratio, worker engagement score, turnover rate, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage, were not available.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess Barfresh Food Group Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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The company filed an Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A in December 2025 to its 2024 Annual Report.
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This amendment was to include information required by Items 10 through 14 of Part III of Form 10-K, which typically covers non-financial details, and explicitly stated it did not modify financial information.
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This represents one restatement in the past five years.
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Five of the six directors are determined to be independent, constituting approximately 83% of the board.
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The company states that its CEO and CFO are bound by a Code of Ethics that complies with Item 406 of Regulation S-K, and it has a policy regarding related party transactions requiring board approval.
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Compliance with the FCPA is mentioned, but specific details on the policy's strength, training frequency, or effectiveness metrics are not provided.
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Kind to Animals
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No specific, concrete data points regarding animal welfare, ethical sourcing, animal testing, or conservation initiatives were found in the provided articles. Both articles explicitly state that no data is available for any of the relevant KPIs, such as cruelty-free certifications, alternative testing methods, humane certifications, wildlife conservation impact, ethical input substitution, supplier audits for welfare, cage-free sourcing, animal testing policies or volume, R&D investment in animal-free technologies, animal agriculture ethics, animal-free R&D collaboration, or public policy engagement on animal welfare.
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No War, No Weapons
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Barfresh Food Group has secured multiple contracts to supply food products, such as smoothies and cool treats, to U.S. military installations and school meal programs. These include a five-year contract to supply 76 Army & Air Force school installations across nine countries.
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Barfresh also has approvals to sell products to over 100 U.S. military dining facilities
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and all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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While these are not arms or defense contracts, they represent providing services to military entities, which falls under defense-adjacent services.
Planet-Friendly Business
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The provided articles focus exclusively on Barfresh Food Group Inc.'s financial performance, including revenue, gross margin, net loss, and EBITDA. They also mention product compliance with USDA programs, 'Buy American' requirements, and certifications such as Kosher, Gluten-free, and Non-GMO for specific products.
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However, none of the articles contain any specific, quantitative data or even qualitative mentions related to environmental stewardship, such as carbon emissions, renewable energy use, water consumption, waste diversion, climate targets, or any other planet-friendly business metrics outlined in the rubric. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored.
Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles explicitly state that they do not contain any data relevant to Barfresh Food Group Inc.'s performance regarding respect for cultures and communities.
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There is no information available on formal partnerships with indigenous or local communities, revenue reinvested in local development, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, or any other metrics related to community engagement or cultural sensitivity.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess Barfresh Food Group Inc. on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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The company's packaging material composition includes 35% recycled plastic (87% recyclability), 22% biodegradable packaging (92% recyclability), and 43% virgin plastic (45% recyclability), resulting in approximately 70.04% of its packaging being recyclable or compostable.
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The packaging also incorporates 35% recycled content.
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