{"id":416029,"date":"2026-10-01T20:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416029\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:20:07","slug":"global-foods-group-jaca-presenting-at-nibas-153rd-investment-conference-in-fort-lauderdale-fl-october-7-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416029\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Foods Group (Jaca) Presenting at NIBA&#8217;s 153rd Investment Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL October 7, 2026 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and President, Pete Ferrari to present Jaca\u00ae, the rare sugar with Amazon revenue up 470% year over year<\/p>\n<p>DELRAY BEACH, FL \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessnewswire.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ACCESS Newswire<\/a> \/ October 1, 2026 \/ Global Foods Group, LLC (Healthy For Life Foods), the company behind Jaca, is pleased to announce that it will be presenting on October 7, 2026, at NIBA&#8217;s 153rd Investment Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founder and President, Pete Ferrari will present and meet one-on-one with NIBA member firms that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Jaca is rare sugar that behaves like traditional sugar without the consequences. It is 100% pure allulose, a natural sugar born from fruit that tastes and bakes like old school sugar with 10% of the calories and no rise in blood glucose. It is diabetic and keto friendly, vegan, Halal, Kosher, Non-GMO, FDA GRAS, and it naturally activates GLP-1. Jaca serves health-conscious consumers, wholesale accounts and co-brand partners in a $22B U.S. sugar market where the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for allulose is 32.3%.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation will cover Jaca&#8217;s growth and its domestic and global plans to scale which are underway. Amazon revenue grew 470% year over year in June 2026 at a 7.8:1 Lifetime Value to Acquisition Cost. The company holds a national partnership with Howie Mandel, filed two U.S. provisional patents for its manufacturing process with 2 Saudi filings in process (related to global expansion into the MENA\/GCC bloc), has completed independent 3rd party Due Diligence, and closed a $1M investment from the lead institutional investor in its Series A in September 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NIBA puts you in the room with executives who fund companies and take them public, and that audience is exactly who should hear this,&#8221; said Pete Ferrari, Founder and President of Global Foods Group. &#8220;Everyone has been told that cutting sugar means compromising taste. We have the paradigm shifting ingredient that eviscerates that notion, and the metrics are starting to show it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conference attendees can schedule one-on-one meetings with Mr. Ferrari through the Association.<\/p>\n<p>About Global Foods Group, LLC<\/p>\n<p>Global Foods Group, LLC, Delray Beach, Florida, is the food and beverage company behind Jaca, 100% pure allulose, a natural rare sugar born from fruit that tastes and bakes like traditional sugar. Good health and wellbeing are built into the company&#8217;s DNA. Its community gathers around the SuperSelf Podcast, more than 60 episodes, and 4 Health and Wellbeing modules that can be downloaded for free on the website. The Foundation for Nutritional Equality, a 501(c)(3) funded by 10% of Jaca profits, helps feed the 40 million Americans, 14 million of them children, who do not eat every day. Global Foods Group is a Pending B Corp, putting purpose alongside profit. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pr.report\/r5n3\" target=\"_blank\">www.jacasugar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About National Investment Banking Association<\/p>\n<p>The National Investment Banking Association (NIBA) is a non-profit organization that has been serving the micro-cap and small-cap investment community for almost 50 years. NIBA&#8217;s 153rd Investment Conference website is available here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pr.report\/r5n4\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nibanet.org\/conference\/niba-october-6-7-2026-ft-lauderdale-fl-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact: Pete Ferrari, Founder &amp; President, Global Foods Group, LLC, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofalexandria.com\/news\/national_business_news\/global-foods-group-jaca-presenting-at-nibas-153rd-investment-conference-in-fort-lauderdale-fl-october\/mailto:pete@globalfoodsgroup.net\" target=\"_blank\">pete@globalfoodsgroup.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Global Foods Group, LLC<\/p>\n<p>View the original<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessnewswire.com\/newsroom\/en\/food-and-beverage-products\/global-foods-group-jaca-presenting-at-nibas-153rd-investment-conference-1230192\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on ACCESS Newswire<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 ACCESS Newswire. 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