Malibu Mylk: Certified Paleo, KETO Certified Flax Mylk

Brittany Fuisz, Founder

Malibu Mylk was founded in the summer of 2018. Founder Brittany Fuisz grew up on the beaches of Malibu and learned from a very young age that food is fuel. When searching for a name for her vegan mylk company, she was drawn to the beauty and curiosity around Malibu and all that it represents and decided on Malibu Mylk – plus it has a great alliteration.

Prior to founding Malibu Mylk, Brittany worked at Yelp as a senior community director. She was the face of Yelp in Los Angeles, and grew the LA community to be the largest community in the world for the company during her time there. Before Yelp, Brittany attended Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and Le Cordon Bleu. She worked at the Food Network in New Business Development and at Le Bernardin on the line.

Malibu Mylk is all about transparency. We believe that the fewer ingredients the better. We believe that products we consume should be good for our bodies and for Mother Earth. In light of these commitments, we’ve committed to giving 1% of profits to Big Green, an organization dedicated to building learning gardens in low income communities across the country.

Malibu Mylk was created out of a need. Brittany was dealing with health issues and went to see a functional medicine doctor. She was put on an auto-immune protocol – a strict elimination diet where Brittany had to remove dairy, gluten, soy and nuts from her diet. She went looking for a plant-based mylk and was disenchanted with the options available. Most had 30+ ingredients, and they weren’t organic or sustainable. She had a light-bulb go off one day while driving in the car: “What if I make mylk from flaxseed?” As an avid flaxseed consumer, she was always incorporating the tiny superfood into her diet, whether adding it to smoothies, oatmeal or sprinkling it on an avocado. She went home, pulled out her blender and started playing with a few very simple ingredients, namely flax, water, pink Himalayan salt and cinnamon and was getting a creamy, incredible mylk!

She thought she might be onto something and started asking her friends and realized there is a huge need for an allergen-free mylk! Nut allergies are becoming more and more of a problem and not only is the mylk allergen-free but also full of so many nutrients since we’re using the whole ground flax seed.

She spent the summer formulating and finding a manufacturer and launched in grocery stores in February of 2019.

		Ingredients: water, organic ground flax seed, organic cane sugar, organic acacia gum, gellan gum, pink Himalayan salt
		Ingredients: water, organic ground flax seed, organic cinnamon powder, organic acacia gum, gellan gum, pink Himalayan salt

Contact Information:

Email: info@malibumylk.com
Phone: 310-924-5278

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7412 Prince Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

About Us :

Established in 2010, The Paleo Foundation was first organized for the purpose of improving the tolerability of the paleo diet, and to help adherents easily identify products that met its basic tenets. Since then, thousands of products have been certified through the Certified Paleo, Keto Certified, and lab -tested Grain-Free Gluten-Free certification programs.

Disclosures:

100% of Paleo Foundation revenue is generated through certifications. We do not accept donations, corporate sponsorships, or financially benefit from the sales of any certified products, product giveaways, or partnerships with industry contacts or retailers for the purpose of maintaining the integrity of an impartial certification standard.

Certified Paleo:

Each certification program has a different set of standards. Certified Paleo is the Paleo Foundation’s first, most popular, and highest level of certification for Paleo-compliant products. Certified Paleo Products are products that contain Paleo ingredients, but may have some 21st-century processing or packaging methods allowing for shelf stability.

Grain-Free Gluten-Free:

Grain Free Gluten Free Certified products are gluten-free and do not contain any grains of gliadin competitive residues. All Grain-Free Gluten-Free products have undergone two rounds of audits, including lab tests, and a final review to become approved for the Grain-free Gluten-free Certified Program.

Keto Certified:

The ketogenic diet is a restrictive, demanding diet that can be difficult to maintain, and tolerability of the ketogenic diet is the single most important factor limiting individual acceptance for initiation. Therefore, improving the tolerability of the ketogenic diet is crucial to preventing diet discontinuation, warranting further investigation into methods for improving palatability, improving the availability and convenience of foods that are compliant with the ketogenic diet, as well as addressing cultural and social acceptance.

The Keto Diet product market may be in a unique position to improve tolerability, especially in social and cultural environments that typically feature carbohydrate-rich “special occasion” types of foods. In 2016, the Paleo Foundation launched the world's first Keto Certified program for products with standards that were developed for adherence to a classical ketogenic diet.