Specialty food stocks

The best specialty food stocks depend on your portfolio and investment goals — while volatility can be ideal for day traders, long-term investors will want to look to stocks with steadier gains over time.

Our picks for the best specialty food stocks

We round up a selection of stocks in or related to the health food industry, weighting the list more heavily towards popular mid- and large-cap US stocks.

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1. Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM)

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, retails fresh, natural, and organic food products in the United States. It provides perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care.

• Previous close price: $25.75
• Market capitalization: $3,406,767,104
• 1 year performance: N/A
• P/E ratio: 15.3056

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2. Beyond Meat (BYND)

Beyond Meat, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products across the platforms of beef, pork, and poultry.

• Previous close price: $10.76
• Market capitalization: $691,079,296
• 1 year performance: -59.32%

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3. The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN)

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells organic and natural products in United States, United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, North America and International.

• Previous close price: $12.18
• Market capitalization: $1,084,061,312
• 1 year performance: N/A

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4. Lifeway Foods (LWAY)

Lifeway Foods, Inc. produces and markets probiotic-based products in the United States and internationally. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product in various organic and non-organic sizes, flavors, and types.

• Previous close price: $6.37
• Market capitalization: $88,523,448
• 1 year performance: 9.29%
• P/E ratio: 33.5556

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5. SunOpta (STKL)

SunOpta Inc. engages in manufacture and sale of plant-based and fruit-based food and beverage products to retailers, foodservice operators, branded food companies, and food manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through Plant-Based Foods and Beverages, and Fruit-Based Foods and Beverages segments.

• Previous close price: $12.23
• Market capitalization: $796,398,016
• 1 year performance: -1.51%

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6. Amazon-com (AMZN)

Amazon. com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions through online and physical stores in North America and internationally.

• Previous close price: $121.23
• Market capitalization: $1,243,868,299,264
• 1 year performance: -94.32%
• P/E ratio: 303.075

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7. United Natural Foods (UNFI)

United Natural Foods, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, distributes natural, organic, specialty, produce, and conventional grocery and non-food products in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Wholesale and Retail.

• Previous close price: $23.46
• Market capitalization: $1,629,878,400
• 1 year performance: -28.30%
• P/E ratio: 8.575

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8. Burcon NutraScience Corporation (BU)

Burcon NutraScience Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops plant proteins and ingredients for use in the food and beverage industries in Canada. The company's products include Peazazz, a pea protein for use in dairy alternatives, ready-to-drink beverages, dry blended beverages, bars, baked goods, and meat substitute products; and Peazac and Peazac 850, a pea protein for plant-based meat alternative products, ready-to-mix powders, ready-to-mix beverages, dairy alternatives, and nutrition bars, as well as other applications requiring the most neutral flavor and moderate viscosity. It provides Puratein, a canola protein isolate for use in meat alternatives, such as burgers, sausages, and nutrition bars; Supertein, a canola protein that is a light-colored powder for use in non-dairy frozen desserts, egg alternative, plant-based marshmallows and ready-to-mix beverages, whipped toppings, and plant-based bars; and Nutratein, a canola protein comprising a mixture of globulin and albumin proteins for use in meat and egg alternatives, and other plant-based functional foods.

• Previous close price: C$0.21
• Market capitalization: $25,538,100
• 1 year performance: -72.73%

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Bottom line

While it's possible to turn a profit investing in specialty food stocks, keep in mind that — like any investment — specialty food stocks are not immune to risk. These stocks are subject to fluctuating conditions — both in the market and in the health food industry, so carefully vet your picks before you invest. And if you're new to investing, or if it's been awhile since you've taken a critical look at your investing accounts, compare brokers to make sure you're getting the best features in your trading account.