Step One Foods Named Winner in 2025 Good Housekeeping Snack Awards

I'm thrilled to share some exciting news: Step One Foods has been named a winner in Good Housekeeping’s 2025 Snack Awards! Our Lemon Almond Bar and Dark Chocolate Walnut Bar earned top honors after rigorous expert analysis and real-world taste testing. This recognition is more than just a nice pat on the back, it affirms our mission that food can be both delicious as well as truly transformative for health.

To identify the best snacks on the market, Good Housekeeping’s team of registered dietitians, culinary pros, and over 1,000 consumer testers evaluated products for nutrition, flavor, and real-world performance. Our Lemon Almond Bar was even named Best Functional Bar, praised for its clean ingredient list, craveable citrus flavor, and clinically driven formulation that helps block cholesterol absorption.

The Dark Chocolate Walnut Bar didn’t go unnoticed either—testers loved the rich, indulgent flavor and the just-right sweetness. One even said the dark chocolate “feels like a treat”—and we agree!

What makes this recognition even more meaningful is that it’s rooted in science. As a cardiologist, I developed Step One Foods to help people achieve measurable health improvements with real food—not just pills. 

Every product we make is designed to deliver clinically meaningful levels of the nutrients that matter most for heart health. That includes fiber to bind and remove cholesterol, plant sterols to block cholesterol absorption, antioxidants to prevent plaque-forming oxidized LDL, and omega-3s to reduce inflammation and support healthy cholesterol levels.

We're honored that Good Housekeeping, a brand known for its integrity and consumer trust, has recognized the very products our customers use every day to lower cholesterol, reduce risk of heart disease, and feel their best.

Want to see what the buzz is about? Explore our award-winning bars, and discover how something as simple as food can be a powerful first step to better health: Shop Step One Bars.

About Step One Foods

Step One Foods offers convenient, scientifically-formulated foods clinically validated to rapidly reduce cholesterol and improve cardiometabolic health. Real food. Real results. Unapologetically delicious. Learn more at steponefoods.com.