Good Clean Food raises $1 million

Good Clean Food, a Maine company whose focus is "all natural dinner sauces," said it has secured a Series A round of funding of nearly $1 million.

The funding round was led by the Small Enterprise Growth Fund of Maine, which, according to its website, is a venture capital firm created by an act of the Maine Legislature.

The company, headquartered in Portland, Maine, said its products are currently available in a variety of retailers, including in some stores in supermarket chains operated by Whole Foods Market Inc. and the Hannaford Bros.

Good Clean Food said that it "plans to achieve bicoastal distribution of its seafood and chicken sauces" and that the funding should help it develop new product lines, increase distribution, and open an expanded kitchen and production facility in Maine.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)