NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL FOODS IS A PRIVATELY-OWNED COMPANY

Profile: Native American Natural Foods, LLC, is focused on creating a family of nationally branded food products that are delicious and that promote a Native American way of wellness that feeds mind, body, and spirit. Based on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Native American Natural Foods provides a category of natural healthy choices in the market place that currently does not exist. By adding value to traditional Native food products, using modern scientific methods, the least amount of processing, and the lowest-stress animal handling methods possible, Native American Natural Foods innovates value-added products for the U.S. consumer marketplace.

Founded: 2005

Owners: Karlene Hunter – CEO
Mark Tilsen – President

Investors: The first institutional investor in Native American Natural Foods is the Lakota Funds, the first Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in the country. Lakota Funds is located in Kyle, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The investment was made with the help of the Northwest Area Foundation as a model equity investment and community ownership. The investment is part of a much larger long-term effort in economic development that Lakota Funds has led for more than 20 years to help the Oglala Lakota people overcome historic poverty which is amongst the most severe in America.

Major Offerings: Native American Natural Foods’ initial product line is the Tanka™ brand. Tanka™ products are made of all-natural American buffalo and cranberries and slow-smoked for 9 hours. Tanka™ products are very low in carbohydrates and high in nutritional ingredients known to help reduce blood sugar levels. The Tanka™ line comprises:

• Tanka Bar™, a 70-calorie energy bar
• Tanka Bite™, a smaller, 35-calorie version of the Tanka Bar™
• Tanka Trail™, a trail mix of shredded buffalo and dried cranberries to be introduced in Spring 2008.

Headquarters: 287 Water Tower Road, Kyle, S.D. 57752

Office: 800.416.7212 or 605-455-2187

Fax: 605.455.2019

NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL FOODS IS BREAKING NEW GROUND

Following two years of intense development, the introduction of the Tanka™
product line from Native American Natural Foods marks a number of “firsts” in the national food scene:

• The Tanka Bar™ creates a new product category of meat with fruit in the energy bar niche. It is the first meat-based energy bar in the market.

• The Tanka™ line is the first product that uses a 100 percent all-natural process to preserve freshness — there are no added nitrites. With assistance from the South Dakota State University Meat Science Department, Native American Natural Foods has innovated this natural herb-based preservative process, and the company has filed for patent protection of the process with the help of prominent national law firm Patton Boggs.

• Tanka™ products are among the first national brands to market a class of food products that connects a Native American natural diet with low calories, fat and carbohydrates for a healthful lifestyle.

• The manufacturing process used to make Tanka™ products is designed to create an artisanal environment that enables high-volume production. This proprietary and innovative process, co-developed with Native American Natural Foods partner Froehling’s Meats of Hecla, S.D., features nine hours of “slow smoking” for every Tanka product.

• Because Tanka products are the first meat-based energy bars on the market, a special packaging process had to be developed to ensure food safety and freshness. The protective foil package is not vacuum-packed, unlike most meat-based snack products offered today.

• The Tanka Bar™ is one of the first food products on the market to include a FreshCard™ from Multisorb Technologies to provide an extra measure of freshness in every package.