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A perfect blend of creamy Greek if he strained Greek yogurt and dipped it in yogurt and a rich chocolatey chocolate to create a delicious, refrigerated coating, Clio Snacks( Clio), brings yogurt bar you could eat with your hands? a whole new concept to the
Sergey, his wife, and their kids spent snacking market. As the industry’ s first and only countless late nights in the kitchen, melting refrigerated yogurt bar, Clio offers irresistible chocolate, testing prototypes, and making cheesecake-like taste and texture with the plenty of mistakes. But eventually, something benefits of Greek yogurt, such as protein and clicked. They had created something entirely probiotics, all in a fun and convenient format. new, unbelievably delicious, and they were
The Clio story is one of snacking eager to share it with the world. reimagined – a nostalgic favorite, reinvented Clio bars, however, couldn’ t be made using with creativity and the kind of persistence that existing processes. No co-manufacturer in makes big ideas stick. In 2013, Clio’ s founder, the US could handle the hybrid of dairy and Sergey Konchakovskiy, discovered some confectionery, so Sergey decided to build a yogurt in his fridge that had thickened from solution on his own. He rented a garage and over-draining. The cheesecake-like texture converted it into a food-safe production space. instantly reminded him of a popular Eastern Then he tracked down decades-old Sovietera machinery from Lithuania, shipped it
European treat from his childhood in Ukraine. The moment sparked a unique idea: what overseas, and rebuilt it piece by piece.
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