SCHILLER PARK, Ill. (BusinessWire EON) September 6, 2007 --Enjoy Life Foods, whichmakes great-tasting allergy-friendlyand gluten-free foods, announced that it has been named to the 2007 Inc.500 list of the fastest growing privately held businesses in theU.S.(a) This is the 26th year Inc. magazinehas published its list, which in the past has included such companies asMicrosoft, PowerBar, Gateway and Domino’sPizza. Schiller Park, IL-based Enjoy Life Foods is ranked No. 361, withthree-year revenue growth of 783%. It was one of only seven companies inthe Food & Beverage category to make the list, and the only one in thecategory from the Chicago area.

“Our success is clearly indicative of the workof an extremely energetic team…a team that ishighly sensitive to the growing needs of more than 45 million Americanswho have food allergies, intolerances or celiac disease,”says ScottMandell, President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of EnjoyLife Foods. “Where others have tried, we havesucceeded in developing products that serve as safe alternatives forthose with food allergies and intolerances, and that taste great,”he adds.

Since being founded in 2001, the company has grown to be the leadingallergen-free food company in the U.S. and Canada, offering more than 26allergy-friendly and gluten-free products.

Now in its sixth year of business, Enjoy Life Foods continues to showrapid growth. In the past year alone, the company has:

Nearly doubled its revenue growthSignificantly expanded its management team with industry veteransExpanded retail availability in the western U.S. and throughout CanadaIntroduced three delicious new products and has two additionalproducts scheduled to launch this fallDebuted on national cable television on the Food Network’sUnwrapped showJust this summer more than doubled its warehouse space by movingwarehouse operations into a new building adjacent to its existing plant

“If you want to find out which companies aregoing to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,”said Inc. Editor Jane Berentson. “Theseare the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation,the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills,creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, andmanufacturing products we soon discover we can’tlive without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine’stribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.”

Enjoy Life Foods offers 21 deliciousproducts under its Enjoy Life brand including soft-baked cookies,snack bars, granola, bagels, semi-sweet chocolate chips and trail mixthat are specially made to be gluten-free and free of the eight mostcommon allergens.(b) They are also all natural, trans fat free and madein a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery. The company also offers 5gluten- and nut-free cereals under the Perky’s100% Natural brand.

Enjoy Life and Perky’s products can be foundat many Chicago-area natural food and grocery stores, including WholeFoods, Wild Oats, Jewel Food Stores, Sunset Foods, Fruitful Yield,Sunflower Market and Meijer. Visit www.enjoylifefoods.comand www.perkysnaturalfoods.comfor store locations and more.

About Enjoy Life Foods

Enjoy Life Natural Brands, LLC (d/b/a Enjoy Life Foods, LLC (ELF)) wasfounded in early 2001 with the mission of making great-tastingallergy-friendly foods that most everyone can eat freely. The companylaunched the Enjoy Life brand in late 2002 with a broad product linethat is gluten-free and free of the eight most common allergens. To meetthe needs of a rapidly growing consumer base, in late 2004 the companyacquired Perky’s™100% Natural, a line of gluten- and nut-free cereals. Today, ELFoffers 26 different Enjoy Life and Perky’sproducts that are sold in natural food and select grocery storesthroughout the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.enjoylifenb.com.

(a)The Inc. 500 was announced in the September 2007 issue of Inc.magazine.

(b)The eight most common allergens are wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts,egg, soy, fish or shellfish, which account for 90% of all allergicreactions in the United States.

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