General MillsAnnie’s Homegrown / Parent organization Annie's Homegrown (or simply Annie's) is an American organic food company owned by General Mills. The company was founded in Hampton, Connecticut by Annie Withey and Andrew Martin, who had previously founded Smartfood popcorn along with Ken Meyers.

Annie Withey had a dream She believed that it was possible to build a successful and socially conscious business. And in 1989 she co-founded Annie's to do just that. From humble beginnings selling mac & cheese from the trunk of her car, Annie's has grown into a publicly traded powerhouse.

Annie's has both Certified Organic and Made with Organic products. Certified Organic products display the green and white USDA Organic seal and contain at least 95% organic ingredients, which were grown and processed according to strict rules set and enforced by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Annie's Homegrown products are made in the United States. No pesticides are used by the farms that produce the foods that go into their products. Annies sources most of the materials for their products from organic farms. Much of the organic wheat is grown in the American Northern Plains in states such as Montana.

Annie Withey believed it was possible to build a socially conscious and successful business. This was her mission in 1989, when she wrote her name, address, and phone number on the very first boxes of Annie's Mac and Cheese. Her legacy lives on as Annie's strives to change the future for our kids, starting with food.

Annie WitheyAndrew M. Martin Annie’s Homegrown/Founders

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Consumers debate whether Annie's is really healthy or not. These critics point out that a serving of Annie's mac and cheese has a similar amount of calories, sodium, and saturated fat as Kraft mac and cheese, and Annie's uses refined flour as opposed to whole grain flour.

Annie WitheyAndrew M. Martin Annie’s Homegrown/Founders

The first contours of Annie's design took shape in the 2010s at the Goa campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, when Dawle and co-founders Aman Srivastava, Dilip Ramesh, and Saif Shaikh built a Braille alphabet song box on a Raspberry Pi.

Does Annie's use artificial flavor or colors? Absolutely not! Our products contain no synthetic preservatives, artificial flavors or artificial colors.

Consumers debate whether Annie's is really healthy or not. These critics point out that a serving of Annie's mac and cheese has a similar amount of calories, sodium, and saturated fat as Kraft mac and cheese, and Annie's uses refined flour as opposed to whole grain flour.