Crispy Fantasy, co-founded by entrepreneurs Andrea Rodrik and Raphaël Nahoum, is made with a short list of wholesome and natural ingredients, including unsweetened cacao powder, soy and pea protein, as well as avocado oil. Each cheerful, bright-colored box provides four times more protein and at least 50% less sugar than leading cereals on the market. Mr. Rodrik and Nahoum comment: "At Crispy Fantasy, we are creating a brand new category, in which taste meets health, making cereal the way it should be — delicious, fun, and loaded with nutritional benefits that help you stay energized and productive. We also feel tremendously fortunate to partner with Doug and Peter, two of America's most profound food entrepreneurs, leveraging their vast network and resources to bring our exciting products and best-in-class experience possible to market."

The breakfast cereal market is forecast to grow by CAGR of 4.2% through to 2026, according to figures from Mordor Intelligence. However, Crispy Fantasy doesn’t see anything new coming to the shelf to bring excitement to the fixture. Crispy Fantasy, co-founded by Raphaël Nahoum (left) and Andrea Rodrik (right), is the first hassle-free breakfast cereal brand in Europe. (PRNewsfoto/Crispy Fantasy) Crispy Fantasy already has accomplished the hardest thing: creating a mind-blowingly great product. I've tasted the other 'healthy' cereals and Crispy Fantasy's product blows all of them away; it's truly the 'Halo Top' of cereal," says Doug Bouton. "Halo Top is sold in more than 30 countries, and I'm incredibly excited to partner with Crispy Fantasy as an investor and advisor to help them build a global brand anchored by mind-blowingly great products."

We see the biggest growth opportunity for junk-free breakfast cereals [here]. The UK market is immense thanks to a big cereal/oatmeal eating habit. Over the past few years, we've also noticed the UK becoming way more receptive to new food trends than other European countries because the country is indeed a melting pot of different cultures,”​ we were told. Peter Rahal adds: "With my experience, I'm going to help these amazing founders with all the problems that emerge with the company building process." Co-founded by Andrea Rodrik and Raphael Nahoum, the brand prides itself on its ‘short list’ of ‘wholesome and natural ingredients’. These include agave syrup, unsweetened cocoa powder, soy and pea protein and avocado oil. We believe the European breakfast cereal market is ripe for disruption especially as there haven't been any new products that cater to the needs of health-conscious consumers,”​ Rodrik and Nahoum told FoodNavigator.

Indeed, Crispy Fantasy believes its approach puts it in prime position to disrupt the European breakfast cereal category and take market share from ‘incumbents’ that, the start-up founders say, have failed to bring innovation to the segmentBouton, who described Crispy Fantasy as the “Halo Top of cereal,” noted how the cereal startup will be leveraging their distribution platform — currently sold in more than 30 countries — to eventually build a global presence. Rahal also said in a statement: “With my experience, I'm going to help these amazing founders with all the problems that emerge with the company building process.” Strategic Market Expansion Having recently completed a ‘significant’ capital raise, European breakfast start-up Crispy Fantasy is preparing to launch its first products, delivering a line of ‘junk-free’ breakfasts with clean ingredients. Attention has been paid to the nutritional detail of product formulations. Each box of Crispy Fantasy provides four times more protein and 50% less sugar per serving than the ‘leading’ cereals on the market, the group claims. The industry has been untapped for decades and is clearly dominated by a few long-standing incumbents. From a nutrition perspective, the current leading brands in the cereal market are high in sugar and low in real healthy nutrients. Crispy Fantasy stands out with our first-to-market ‘junk-free, hassle-free’ brand proposition by using only clean, natural, and wholesome ingredients, including pea & soy protein, avocado oil, and unsweetened cacao powder. Our product also contains at least 50% less sugar compared to legacy brands on the market. Crispy Fantasy's gluten-free, high fibre, and plant-based attributes also make us a no-brainer for health-conscious consumers,”​ we were told.