Edible Garden Expands into Higher-Margin Ready-to-Drink and Shelf-Stable CPG Products

Company leverages controlled environment agriculture, national distribution, and brand portfolio to drive growth in functional nutrition categories

Mar. 31, 2026 at 9:19pm

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Edible Garden AG Incorporated, a leader in controlled environment agriculture and sustainable produce, reported financial results for 2025 that showed the company expanding beyond its core fresh produce business into higher-margin, shelf-stable consumer packaged goods. This includes plans to build a dedicated ready-to-drink (RTD) manufacturing facility to capitalize on growing consumer demand for clean-label, functional nutrition products.

Why it matters

Edible Garden's strategic shift into higher-margin CPG categories like RTD and shelf-stable products represents an effort to diversify its business model and boost profitability beyond its fresh produce operations. By leveraging its existing infrastructure, distribution network, and brand portfolio, the company aims to become a more vertically integrated, innovation-driven platform in the evolving food and nutrition landscape.

The details

Key highlights from Edible Garden's 2025 results include a 22.9% year-over-year increase in cut herbs unit sales, a 47.7% jump in vitamin and supplement product sales, and the addition of over 700 new retail locations. The company also reported a 78.6% increase in international vitamin and supplement revenue as it expands its CPG platform globally. To support its growth strategy, Edible Garden is building a new RTD manufacturing facility in the Midwest and partnering with Tetra Pak to integrate proprietary processing capabilities.

  • Edible Garden reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2025.
  • In October 2025, the company began shipping fresh potted and cut herbs to Kroger, one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S.

The players

Edible Garden AG Incorporated

A leader in controlled environment agriculture, locally grown, organic, and sustainable produce and products.

Jim Kras

Chief Executive Officer of Edible Garden.

Tetra Pak

A global leader in food processing and packaging solutions that will help Edible Garden integrate proprietary RTD processing capabilities.

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What they’re saying

“2025 was a defining year for Edible Garden as we continued to build on our foundation and expand our long-term growth potential.”

— Jim Kras, Chief Executive Officer

“We are bringing our Farm-to-Formula® approach, our sustainable manufacturing infrastructure, and our established relationships with the nation's leading retailers to a fast-growing category where consumer demand for clean-label, shelf-stable nutrition is outpacing supply.”

— Jim Kras, Chief Executive Officer

What’s next

Edible Garden is focused on scaling its presence in higher-margin, shelf-stable and RTD categories while continuing to build a more diversified, higher-value consumer packaged goods platform that extends beyond fresh produce.

The takeaway

Edible Garden's strategic shift into higher-margin CPG categories like RTD and shelf-stable products represents an effort to diversify its business model and boost profitability beyond its fresh produce operations, leveraging its existing infrastructure, distribution network, and brand portfolio to become a more vertically integrated, innovation-driven platform in the evolving food and nutrition landscape.