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In 2007, no competing brand had ever made a protein brownie

Barry Turner · Lenny & Larry’s Protein Snacks: Barry Turner · Feb 24, 2025 · at 46:04

Lenny & Larry's co-founder Barry Turner explains why he chose to develop the Muscle Brownie after returning to the company in 2007.

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“Everyone was doing protein bars at the time and no one had done a brownie.”

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The claim, plainly

Prior to Lenny & Larry's launch of its protein brownie around 2007, no commercial snack company had launched a packaged high-protein brownie in the US market.

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Assessment

Barry Turner claimed on the February 24, 2025, episode of 'How I Built This' that prior to Lenny & Larry's introducing its protein brownie (around 2007), no commercial snack company had launched a packaged high-protein brownie in the U.S. market. Commercial and trade records show that Chef Jay's Food Products had commercially manufactured and nationally distributed its packaged Tri-O-Plex Gourmet Brownie line (containing 18–20g of protein per 85g brownie) across U.S. health clubs and sports nutrition retailers by at least April 2005. Other high-protein packaged brownies, such as Southern Signature Foods' Southern Delite Protein Brownie, were also in commercial distribution prior to 2007.

Lenny & Larry's introduced the 'Muscle Brownie' line around 2007 (trademark filed July 2007).
Chef Jay's Food Products distributed the Tri-O-Plex Gourmet Brownie (18–20g protein) across U.S. retail channels and sports nutrition stores prior to 2007, with documented trade coverage in April 2005.
Southern Signature Foods commercially produced and distributed the Southern Delite Protein Brownie Bar prior to 2007.

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[1] lennylarry.com [2] gigasnutrition.com [3] labusinessjournal.com [4] justia.com [5] lasvegasweekly.com [6] carbmanager.com [7] his.com [8] scribd.com

"Tri-O-Plex" "brownie" "2005" OR "2006" "Tri-O-Plex" brownie 2003 OR 2004 OR 2005 OR 2006 OR 2007 "Muscle Brownie" "Lenny & Larry's" launch OR trademark OR 2007 "Tri-O-Plex" brownie USPTO OR trademark OR "Chef Jay's" "Tri-O-Plex" brownie launch OR protein brownie 2003 OR 2004 OR 2005 OR 2006 "high protein brownie" OR "protein brownie" commercial brand launched before 2007 "Tri-O-Plex" "brownie" "2004" OR "2005" OR "2006" OR "2007"

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