BranchOut Food Hits Record 71,400kg October Output at Peru REV Dehydration Plant, Passing Estimated Breakeven With $30M Run Rate

Nasdaq-listed BranchOut Food says its fruit and vegetable dehydration plant in Pisco, Peru, produced a record 71,400 kilograms of finished product in October 2026. That is above the company’s estimated cash operating breakeven of about 55,000 kilograms a month and beyond the top of its fourth-quarter target range. The Bend, Oregon-based company says October output equates to an annualised revenue run rate of about $30 million, less than two years after the facility began operating.

October production in numbers

According to the company’s announcement:

• October output of 71,400kg beat the previous record of about 64,000kg, set in September.
• Volume was more than double the plant’s historical monthly average of about 34,000kg.
• Output was roughly 30% above modelled cash breakeven and above the Q4 target range of 60,000–70,000kg a month.
• The run-rate figure is October production multiplied by twelve at an average of about $36 per kilogram.

BranchOut stresses that the run rate shows current scale and is not a revenue forecast. Revenue is recognised on delivery, and monthly output can vary with customer orders, raw material supply and equipment performance.

“We are now producing above our modeled breakeven level, and this volume is driven by actual customer orders,” said CEO Eric Healy. He added that the company expects to sustain output around its Q4 target and believes it has “plenty of additional capacity.”

REV dehydration technology

BranchOut makes dehydrated fruit, vegetable and dairy-based snacks and ingredients using its REV dehydration technology. The company says the process preserves up to 95% of the original nutrition of fresh produce and is protected by more than 17 patents. It sells under its own brand, as an ingredient supplier and as a private-label manufacturer.

Removing bottlenecks

The step-up in volume followed two capacity moves in 2026. BranchOut expanded preprocessing, which it had previously identified as a bottleneck, and brought a second 120kW REV machine online. It aims to reach about 90,000–100,000kg a month within the existing Peru facility. Higher volumes spread fixed factory costs over more output and allow longer, more consistent production runs.

Breakeven economics

At recent costs, management estimates cash operating breakeven at about 55,000kg a month, or roughly $21 million in annual revenue. In an optimised scenario with target raw material and overhead costs, it puts breakeven at about 45,000kg a month, or around $18 million in annual revenue. Management expects breakeven to move toward that lower figure as in-season contracted sourcing and reduced overhead bring costs down. The company notes these are modelled estimates, not reported results.

What it signals for food manufacturing

Novel processing platforms often struggle to move from pilot to sustained commercial throughput. BranchOut’s update offers one data point on that transition for a proprietary dehydration technology. Placing production in a fruit- and vegetable-growing region near its raw material, together with private-label and ingredient channels, has given the company volume that its own brand alone may not have delivered.

The next test is whether the higher output holds through the quarter and appears in recognised revenue and margins. Retailers and CPG buyers looking at shelf-stable fruit and vegetable ingredients will also watch whether the company keeps adding capacity without a new plant.