Meet Val, the Founder Behind Val’s Kale Chips
Some brands start with a product. Others start with a purpose.
Val’s Kale Chips is a raw vegan snack brand built on flavour, wellness, and a deep love of real food. Founded by Valerie in Fayetteville, Georgia, the brand has grown from a passion for raw, plant-based eating into a small food business with heart, purpose and a serious production setup.
Today, Val’s Kale Chips uses 12 BenchFoods dehydrators to help scale production while staying true to the raw, dehydrated process that makes the product so special.
From a Love of Vegetables to a Growing Food Business
Val’s story started long before the first bag of kale chips.
Her love of vegetables began when she was young, and that connection to fresh produce eventually led her deeper into raw and living foods. After studying raw food preparation, Val began creating a snack that aligned with her own values: nourishing, flavourful, plant-based and made with intention.
That idea became Val’s Kale Chips.
Why Dehydrated Kale Chips Are Different
Unlike many snack products that are baked or fried, Val’s Kale Chips are dehydrated.
Dehydration helps create that light, crisp texture while supporting the raw vegan style of the product. It allows the kale to dry slowly and evenly, helping preserve flavour, colour and texture without needing to rely on frying or heavy processing.
For Val, dehydration is not just a method. It is part of the brand.
Scaling From Small Batch to 12 Dehydrators
Growing a handmade food product takes more than a good recipe.
There is prep, seasoning, tray loading, drying time, packaging, storage, consistency and production flow. As demand grew, Val needed equipment that could support larger batches without changing what made her product special.
That is where BenchFoods came in.
Val now uses 12 BenchFoods dehydrators to help scale her kale chip production, giving her more drying space, better batch flow and the ability to keep producing at a higher volume.
How BenchFoods Helps Small Food Brands Grow
For small food businesses, the right dehydrator can become a major part of production.
BenchFoods dehydrators help brands like Val’s Kale Chips create repeatable results, increase batch capacity and build a more efficient production process.
For Val, that means more space to dry, more consistency across batches, and more room to grow without losing the quality and care that started the brand in the first place.
Love & Light in Every Bite
Val’s Kale Chips carries the message “Love & Light in Every Bite,” and that feeling comes through in the brand.
This is not just another snack business. It is a founder-led brand built around wellness, flavour, plant-based ingredients and a genuine belief in creating something better.
Every bag tells part of that story - from the fresh kale and carefully developed flavours to the slow dehydrating process that gives the chips their signature texture.
Watch Val’s Founder Story
We visited Val to hear more about her journey, her production process, and how she has grown her business using BenchFoods dehydrators.
Val’s Kale Chips is a beautiful example of what can happen when passion, purpose and the right process come together.
From a love of vegetables to a growing snack brand powered by 12 dehydrators, Val’s story shows how dehydration can help small food businesses scale while staying true to what made them special.
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Final Thoughts
Val’s Kale Chips shows that dehydration is not just for home kitchens.
For the right founder, it can become a way to create a better snack, build production capacity, preserve quality and grow a food business with purpose.
At BenchFoods, these are the stories we love sharing - real makers, real businesses and real products built with dehydration at the centre.
