Best Food Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top food stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best food stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Packaged Foods
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Food is Zen Rated B and is the 38th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
LFVN
LIFEVANTAGE CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$155.26M$12.370.16%$15.02M20.62x1.29
United States
HLF
HERBALIFE LTD
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$733.30M$7.201.84%$561.50M2.58x-4.65
Cayman Islands
NATR
NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$227.72M$12.322.92%$38.02M30.05x0.50
United States
PPC
PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$12.94B$54.581.11%$2.01B11.92x1.51
United States
SENEA
SENECA FOODS CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$617.04M$89.694.29%$138.18M15.90x1.00
United States
NOMD
NOMAD FOODS LTD
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$3.12B$19.992.09%$509.37M13.47x1.42
United Kingdom
BRFS
BRF SA
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$6.65B$3.96-1.00%$766.45M-13.52x2.79
Brazil
JVA
COFFEE HOLDING CO INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$19.69M$3.452.07%$5.33M6.51x0.42
United States
FTLF
FITLIFE BRANDS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$139.20M$15.10-2.96%$13.35M15.41x0.62
United States
FLO
FLOWERS FOODS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$3.71B$17.59-0.06%$525.28M14.91x1.41
United States
K
KELLANOVA
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$28.57B$82.770.23%$2.33B21.11x3.11
United States
INGR
INGREDION INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$8.53B$132.820.51%$1.18B13.44x0.93
United States
THS
TREEHOUSE FOODS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$1.16B$23.292.01%$243.60M44.79x1.57
United States
USNA
USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$531.03M$28.090.72%$98.83M12.77x0.30
United States
BRBR
BELLRING BRANDS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$9.90B$77.140.53%$448.50M35.71x-7.04
United States
SFD
SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$8.73B$22.212.49%N/AN/A0.79
United States
KLG
WK KELLOGG CO
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$1.55B$17.930.34%$193.00M21.60x5.19
United States
SMPL
SIMPLY GOOD FOODS CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$3.65B$36.110.87%$248.01M25.08x0.34
United States
LANC
LANCASTER COLONY CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$4.49B$162.78-15.61%$275.82M26.43x0.28
United States
MAMA
MAMA's CREATIONS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$248.13M$6.602.17%$8.32M66.00x0.89
United States
LSF
LAIRD SUPERFOOD INC
NYSEMKT
Packaged Foods
$60.25M$5.850.69%-$1.49M-32.50x0.46
United States
POST
POST HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$6.39B$113.170.50%$1.31B17.15x2.30
United States
UTZ
UTZ BRANDS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$1.88B$13.29-0.60%$170.51M69.95x1.91
United States
HRL
HORMEL FOODS CORP
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$16.44B$29.900.98%$1.35B21.67x0.67
United States
BGS
B&G FOODS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$545.26M$6.890.29%-$85.06M-2.17x4.71
United States
LW
LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$7.45B$52.811.21%$1.12B20.55x3.54
United States
FARM
FARMER BROTHERS CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$39.93M$1.87-0.53%$9.00M-3.90x3.32
United States
DAR
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$5.11B$32.19-0.03%$998.23M18.39x1.28
United States
SJM
J M SMUCKER CO
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$12.37B$116.270.85%$859.30M-48.65x1.67
United States
WYHG
WING YIP FOOD HOLDINGS GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$338.16M$6.76-4.25%N/AN/A0.29
China
ORIS
ORIENTAL RISE HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$19.90M$0.902.15%$3.26M5.32x0.03
China
CPB
CAMPBELL's CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$10.87B$36.461.17%$1.47B20.83x3.07
United States
CAG
CONAGRA BRANDS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$11.80B$24.711.52%$1.08B35.81x1.36
United States
JBSS
SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$779.25M$66.27-0.70%$107.83M13.92x0.70
United States
HAIN
HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$274.35M$3.042.36%-$68.72M-1.56x1.44
United States
STKL
SUNOPTA INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$506.34M$4.320.00%$45.48M-28.80x3.40
Canada
JJSF
J&J SNACK FOODS CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$2.53B$129.59-1.01%$189.12M29.86x0.42
United States
KHC
KRAFT HEINZ CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$34.44B$29.100.80%$2.71B13.23x0.82
United States
GIS
GENERAL MILLS INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$31.07B$56.741.05%$4.25B12.36x2.50
United States
MKC
MCCORMICK & CO INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$20.56B$76.660.83%$1.31B26.16x1.37
United States
ATPC
AGAPE ATP CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$115.01M$2.30-4.96%-$2.24M-3.65x0.68
Malaysia
FRPT
FRESHPET INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$3.58B$73.54-0.50%$133.40M75.81x0.49
United States
BRCC
BRC INC
NYSE
Packaged Foods
$485.74M$2.28-0.87%$18.60M-57.00x13.50
United States
WEST
WESTROCK COFFEE CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$546.52M$5.801.40%-$7.97M-6.52x7.49
United States
BOF
BRANCHOUT FOOD INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$18.50M$1.931.31%-$3.68M-2.33x4.49
United States
BYND
BEYOND MEAT INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$188.81M$2.48-1.20%-$124.81M-1.02x-2.13
United States
HCWC
HEALTHY CHOICE WELLNESS CORP
NYSEARCA
Packaged Foods
$5.06M$0.4814.05%$1.19M-1.00x13.33
United States
PAVS
PARANOVUS ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY LTD
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$9.76M$1.33-0.45%-$19.39M-0.34x0.12
China
PETZ
TDH HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$10.84M$1.050.00%$2.19M4.04x0.22
China
NAII
NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$18.60M$3.00-3.07%$1.28M-2.33x0.97
United States
IMG
CIMG INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$3.04M$0.61-2.72%-$7.25M-0.08x-15.20
United States
ABVE
ABOVE FOOD INGREDIENTS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$49.36M$1.7332.06%N/AN/A-1.98
Canada
SOWG
SOW GOOD INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$7.11M$0.632.29%-$114.89k-1.56x0.71
United States
LWAY
LIFEWAY FOODS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$360.01M$23.68-0.29%$17.46M38.82x0.26
United States
BON
BON NATURAL LIFE LTD
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$262.06k$0.07-8.33%$2.33M0.39x0.40
China
NCRA
NOCERA INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$12.38M$0.88-7.73%-$3.52M-2.42x0.53
United States
BRLS
BOREALIS FOODS INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$127.20M$5.952.41%-$18.08M-4.76x-87.23
Canada
CENT
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$2.20B$33.56-2.92%$366.32M18.24x1.33
United States
PLAG
PLANET GREEN HOLDINGS CORP
NYSEMKT
Packaged Foods
$8.16M$1.120.00%-$6.23M-1.12x1.17
United States
BRID
BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$73.79M$8.13-2.17%-$1.14M-12.90x0.21
United States
DDC
DDC ENTERPRISE LTD
NYSEMKT
Packaged Foods
$2.15M$2.400.00%N/A-0.03x3.84
China
FAMI
FARMMI INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$1.50M$1.68-1.18%-$2.38M-0.21x0.10
China
STKH
STEAKHOLDER FOODS LTD
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$2.10M$3.000.00%-$8.01M-0.30x0.92
Israel
RKDA
ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES INC
NASDAQ
Packaged Foods
$4.78M$3.505.11%-$6.27M-0.68x1.17
United States
BTTR
BETTER CHOICE CO INC
NYSEMKT
Packaged Foods
$5.13M$2.128.72%$438.00k-21.20x0.83
United States

Food Stocks FAQ

What are the best food stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best food stocks to buy right now are:

1. Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN)


Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is the #1 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 7 points higher than the food industry average of 28.

LFVN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Lifevantage has seen its stock return 102.79% over the past year, overperforming other food stocks by 113 percentage points.

Lifevantage has an average 1 year price target of $30.50, an upside of 146.56% from Lifevantage's current stock price of $12.37.

Lifevantage stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Lifevantage, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Herbalife (NYSE:HLF)


Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is the #2 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -7 points lower than the food industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HLF as a "A".

HLF passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Herbalife has seen its stock lose -16.76% over the past year, underperforming other food stocks by -7 percentage points.

Herbalife has an average 1 year price target of $11.50, an upside of 59.72% from Herbalife's current stock price of $7.20.

Herbalife stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Herbalife, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR)


Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is the #3 top food stock out of 65 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Natures Sunshine Products (NASDAQ:NATR) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -5 points lower than the food industry average of 28. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NATR as a "A".

NATR passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Natures Sunshine Products has seen its stock lose -36.66% over the past year, underperforming other food stocks by -26 percentage points.

What are the food stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 15 food stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 food stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS)


B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has an annual dividend yield of 8.27%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 2.62%. B&G Foods's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. B&G Foods's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

B&G Foods's dividend payout ratio of -23.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC)


Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has an annual dividend yield of 5.5%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 2.62%. Kraft Heinz Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Kraft Heinz Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kraft Heinz Co's dividend payout ratio of 72.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS)


Sanfilippo John B & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) has an annual dividend yield of 4.68%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the food industry average of 2.62%. Sanfilippo John B & Son's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Sanfilippo John B & Son's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sanfilippo John B & Son's dividend payout ratio of 65.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are food stocks down?

Food stocks were down -1.12% in the last day, and down -1.67% over the last week. Lancaster Colony was the among the top losers in the packaged foods industry, dropping -15.61% yesterday.

Lancaster Colony shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 financial results.

What are the most undervalued food stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued food stocks right now are:

1. Herbalife (NYSE:HLF)


Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) is the most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Herbalife has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the food industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Herbalife's stock has dropped -16.76% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -7 percentage points.

2. Usana Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA)


Usana Health Sciences (NYSE:USNA) is the second most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Usana Health Sciences has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the food industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Usana Health Sciences's stock has dropped -32.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food industry by -22 percentage points.

3. Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN)


Lifevantage (NASDAQ:LFVN) is the third most undervalued food stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lifevantage has a valuation score of 14, which is -8 points higher than the food industry average of 22. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates LFVN a Valuation Rating of "A".

Lifevantage's stock has gained 102.79% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the food industry by 113 percentage points.

Are food stocks a good buy now?

40.54% of food stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect food stocks to rise by 23.89% over the next year.

6.52% of food stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.09% of food stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.17% are rated C (Hold), 15.22% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the packaged foods industry?

The average P/E ratio of the packaged foods industry is 15.75x.
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