CHIA WINS AT NZ FOOD AWARDS We are so excited to announce our win at the NZ Food Awards. At last week’s awards dinner the CHIA team received the Massey University Healthy Choice Award. It means a lot for us to be recognized in this way as we have a huge passion for providing healthier [+]
Two years ago CHIA was a prototype. I was trekking in the Himalayas, through some of the most remote areas of Ladakh and Zanskar. I had a developed an endurance drink that would prolong hydration, provide a steady flow of energy, and was rich in essential nutrients. This was its testing ground above 5000m. 4months [+]
SUCCEEDING NATURALLY Just two years after Nelson’s Chloe Van Dyke began taste testing with a local swim squad, her CHIA drinks business is selling around 15,000 bottles a month. “We were looking for a sports endurance-recovery drink,” recalls Chloe Van Dyke about the origins of her natural drink business, CHIA. “My sister is a competitive [+]
Nelson College and Nelson College for Girls students, Tim Ward, left, Connor Johnston, Sally Milton and Liam Taylor with Chloe Van Dyke, centre of Chia Ltd. Chloe Van Dyke is mentoring the students in developing their drink product Habit Iced Tea, as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme. Students from Nelson College and Nelson College [+]
Nelson ‘superfood’ drink maker wins kick-start at this year’s ANZ Flying Start Business Plan Competition A Nelson firm that makes ‘superfood’-based drinks for the health conscious has taken out one of New Zealand’s top business awards after founder Chloe Van Dyke pitched her business plan to a Dragon’s Den-style panel of expert judges in Wellington [+]