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MenoPantry Press & Media Coverage

Talking about it
is part of the medicine.

MenoPantry is a women-owned nutrition company in Portland, Maine, making real-food protein, fiber and plant nourishment for women in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.

The more women share this story, the less alone any of us feel in it. We’re grateful to the journalists helping to bring it into the open.

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Reader's Digest · Expert Commentary

Could You Have “Ferritin Face”? These Are the 2 Signs, According to TikTok—And What You Can Do About It

By Stephanie Anderson Witmer · October 19, 2026

Reader's Digest asks MenoPantry co-founder Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN, whether TikTok's “ferritin face” holds up. Her answer: there's a kernel of truth, but a mirror can't diagnose low iron, only a blood test can. She makes the case for food first, and no iron supplements without a doctor's guidance.

“People say you are what you eat, but you're actually what you absorb.”Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN, MenoPantry co-founder

Read the original story →More on this story →
Woman's World · Nutrition Feature

What Can Diabetics Eat for Breakfast? The Best Cereal, Oatmeal and More

By Cailey Griffin, Kristina Mastrocola & Eileen Tyrrell · October 22, 2026

Woman's World's guide to blood-sugar-friendly breakfasts names MenoPantry's Menomix Whey as the protein boost for a smoothie built to keep glucose steadier, noting its 21 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per scoop. The piece rounds up dietitians and physicians on the same principle Menomix is built on: pair carbohydrates with protein, fiber and healthy fat.

Read the original story →More on this story →
Portland Press Herald · Founder Profile

Women-owned Portland nutrition company aims to ease menopause

By Kelley Bouchard · May 18, 2026

The Portland Press Herald profiles MenoPantry co-founders Kate Howe and Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN, and the personal and clinical thinking behind Menomix — their protein, fiber and whole-plant smoothie mix for women in midlife. Kate spent most of her 40s with hot flashes, fatigue and sleepless nights, and built the thing she couldn’t find.

Read the original story →Meet the founders →
Greenlight Maine · WGME / WABI / Maine Public · Television

MenoPantry on Greenlight Maine

May 30, 2026

Kate Howe pitches MenoPantry on Maine’s statewide entrepreneur competition series, making the case for Menomix — protein, fiber and ten functional plants in one daily smoothie — and for treating midlife nutrition as a category of its own.

“We have careers, we have families — and now everything has changed.”Kate Howe, MenoPantry co-founder

Watch the segment →See what’s in Menomix →

We’re thinking about all of the body systems that need support at this time in a woman’s life. Caitlin Hosmer MS, RD/LDN · MenoPantry Co-Founder

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The facts, in plain text

Boilerplate — copy and paste

MenoPantry is a women-owned nutrition company founded by Kate Howe and clinical dietitian Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN. Its flagship Menomix blends protein, fiber and diverse plants into a daily smoothie designed around the nutritional needs of women in midlife.

Fast facts
Company
MenoPantry — women-owned, Portland, Maine
Founders
Kate Howe and Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN
Product
Menomix, a daily smoothie mix in Whey and Plant
Per scoop
21g protein · 6g+ fiber · 10 functional plants
Framework
30-30-30 — 30g protein a meal, 30g+ fiber a day, 30+ plants a week
Audience
Women in perimenopause, menopause and beyond
Contact
hello@menopantry.com
Founder biographies

Kate Howe

Co-founder, MenoPantry

Kate is the original MenoPantry customer. She spent most of her 40s with sleepless nights, fatigue, and hot flashes. Her search for solutions ultimately led to Caitlin, and to discover how much health is in the pantry. Kate leads brand, content, and community for MenoPantry. Our story →

Caitlin Hosmer, MS, RD/LDN

Co-founder · Chief Clinical Officer

Caitlin has spent thirty years advancing the role of nutrition in clinical care, including heading outpatient nutrition at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. She helped build the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, served as Director of Clinical Programs at Wellspace, and practiced at the Osher Integrative Clinical Center within Mass General Brigham.

Her clinical interests are nutrition's relationship to gut, metabolic health, and inflammation. She helps turn complicated science into real-life habits for clients.

Now that she's navigating menopause herself, helping women through nutrition is even more personal.

Topics we can speak to
  • Eating and nutrition for: perimenopause and menopause, healthy aging, gut health, blood-sugar stability, and inflammation management.
  • Protein in midlife — how much, and why the number goes up
  • Fiber, digestion and eating for gut health after 40
  • Plant variety: why 30 plants a week beats any single superfood
  • Radical Nourishment — the switch from dieting to nourishing in midlife
  • Starting a women-owned food business after 50
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Press inquiries & media kit

For a long time, women were taught that midlife meant managing decline — shrinking down, holding on, making the best of it. We built MenoPantry around a different idea: that nourishment, not restriction, is what opens this chapter up.

If you’re working on a story about midlife women, nutrition, or what it looks like to actually thrive after 40 — we’d love to be part of it. Kate’s story is every woman’s story. Caitlin’s clinical depth explains the mechanisms behind it all.

hello@menopantry.com

Here’s what we bring to the conversation.