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Santa Clarita Valley residents searching for a healthy, convenient alternative to genetically modified box foods can turn to a new natural food company called Yevo Food.

Yevo Food offers a variety of flavorful, nutrient-rich foods that are never genetically modified like most grocery store box foods, and can be prepared in as little as three minutes, according to company officials.

“Yevo Food is a natural source of foods that we currently eat, but they have what we call no enhancements to it,” said Founding Distributor Dusttin Paren. “(They) have all the 43 essential nutrients that we’ve been depleting our physical bodies of for many many years– including our kids. This is why a lot of the ailments today have arisen in a large portion, because of all the deficiencies of nutrients.”

In order to retain these vital nutrients in Yevo Food meals, the water is first removed from non-genetically modified foods and then packaged as part of an organic meal. The process allows consumers to simply add water during meal preparation, which typically takes only three to four minutes, according to Paren.

Of the 43 essential nutrients the body requires on a daily basis, two Yevo Food meals will give consumers 100 percent of their body’s requirement for the day. For example, one package of Yevo Food oatmeal contains a whopping 25 grams of protein, which is equivalent to a 16-ounce ribeye steak.

“Our ‘second brain’ if you will is the stomach, and every time we eat you can almost think of it like a barcode: the second brain in our stomachs scans our foods and basically signals the brain to tell us we’ve eaten the right foods– the proper amount of nutrients– or not,” Paren said.

“That’s why today in America we eat so much, because we’re not getting enough nutrients. This is why we leave the table saying, ‘I’m stuffed’… and half an hour later you’re hungry again– because your body is not getting the proper amount of nutrients.”

Co-founders Chip Marsland and Peter Castleman

Yevo Food was co-founded by chemist Chip Marsland, who currently acts as the company’s chief scientist and product formulator, after he made the decision to leave a company that produces box foods for grocery stores.

“He knew that there was something wrong with the food source that we currently eat today,” Paren said. “Based on what he was told to put in these foods, he was part of possibly causing ailments to people and maybe even dangers and diseases and so forth. So he decided to get out of the industry and basically created a food source from natural foods.”

Paren himself noticed his ongoing issue with swollen joints began to decrease after he began eating meals by Yevo Food.

“I had issues with joints… and obviously I’m not going to claim that (regular box) foods did this, but there was a difference with eating the foods that are 100 percent natural,” he said. “These (organic) foods seem to have something that corrects, in a way, the natural system.”

A selection of Yevo Food meals are currently available during the company’s pre-launch stage, with the official launch slated for Feb. 1, 2015.

Santa Clarita residents interested in learning more about Yevo Food can visit their Santa Clarita Valley website by clicking here.