
Sean Folkson
FOUNDER & CEO – NIGHTFOOD, SLEEP-FRIENDLY ICE CREAM
Folkson founded Nightfood after battling for decades (mostly unsuccessfully) with nighttime cravings. In search of healthier snacks and better sleep, Nightfood was born.
With over 80% of adults snacking regularly at night, and almost everybody wanting better sleep these days, Nightfood sleep-friendly ice cream is quickly rolling into supermarkets across the country.
Publicly-traded Nightfood has over 5,000 investors, and a growing audience of 400,000, and Folkson will let them all know to listen in!
- Nutrition
- Entrepreneur
- 📍Tarrytown, NY
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LET'S TALK ABOUT :
- Why cavemen are responsible for our present-day nighttime cravings.
- Easy nutritional changes that can lead to better sleep quality.
- The future of the sleep-friendly nutrition category.
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Sean Folkson set out to solve America's nighttime snacking problem.
Every night, approximately 100,000,000 Americans snack between dinner and bed, combining to spend over $1B weekly on nighttime snacks.
Because we're biologically programmed to crave sweets, salts, and fats in the evening, it's no surprise that the most popular night snacks are both unhealthy and sleep disruptive: cookies, chips, candy, and, of course, ice cream.
To solve this problem, Folkson launched Nightfood, a line of sleep-friendly ice cream formulated by leading sleep and nutrition experts to satisfy nighttime cravings in a better, healthier, more sleep-friendly way.
After winning the Product of the Year Award in 2019, and the 2019 World Dairy Innovation Award for Best New Ice Cream, Nightfood is now available in major divisions of supermarket giants Kroger, Albertson's, and H-E-B.
With his driving passion and vision for changing the way consumers snack at night, Folkson built a team that includes former leading executives from Unilever, Chobani, 5-Hour Energy, and some of the leading experts in sleep research and sleep health. His growing publicly-traded company (OTC: NGTF) has over 5,000 investors.
Folkson is a food and beverage industry outsider challenging the status quo. Enthusiastic, engaging, and quick on his feet, Folkson makes a powerful and credible case for sleep-friendly nutrition being the next billion-dollar consumer category.

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Sean Folkson
FOUNDER & CEO – NIGHTFOOD, SLEEP-FRIENDLY ICE CREAM
- Nutrition
- Entrepreneur
- 📍Tarrytown, NY
Folkson founded Nightfood after battling for decades (mostly unsuccessfully) with nighttime cravings. In search of healthier snacks and better sleep, Nightfood was born.
With over 80% of adults snacking regularly at night, and almost everybody wanting better sleep these days, Nightfood sleep-friendly ice cream is quickly rolling into supermarkets across the country.
Publicly-traded Nightfood has over 5,000 investors, and a growing audience of 400,000, and Folkson will let them all know to listen in!
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT :
- Why cavemen are responsible for our present-day nighttime cravings.
- Easy nutritional changes that can lead to better sleep quality.
- The future of the sleep-friendly nutrition category.
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Sean Folkson set out to solve America's nighttime snacking problem.
Every night, approximately 100,000,000 Americans snack between dinner and bed, combining to spend over $1B weekly on nighttime snacks.
Because we're biologically programmed to crave sweets, salts, and fats in the evening, it's no surprise that the most popular night snacks are both unhealthy and sleep disruptive: cookies, chips, candy, and, of course, ice cream.
To solve this problem, Folkson launched Nightfood, a line of sleep-friendly ice cream formulated by leading sleep and nutrition experts to satisfy nighttime cravings in a better, healthier, more sleep-friendly way.
After winning the Product of the Year Award in 2019, and the 2019 World Dairy Innovation Award for Best New Ice Cream, Nightfood is now available in major divisions of supermarket giants Kroger, Albertson's, and H-E-B.
With his driving passion and vision for changing the way consumers snack at night, Folkson built a team that includes former leading executives from Unilever, Chobani, 5-Hour Energy, and some of the leading experts in sleep research and sleep health. His growing publicly-traded company (OTC: NGTF) has over 5,000 investors.
Folkson is a food and beverage industry outsider challenging the status quo. Enthusiastic, engaging, and quick on his feet, Folkson makes a powerful and credible case for sleep-friendly nutrition being the next billion-dollar consumer category.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Sean Folkson
FOUNDER & CEO – NIGHTFOOD, SLEEP-FRIENDLY ICE CREAM
- 📍Tarrytown, NY
- Nutrition
- Entrepreneur
Folkson founded Nightfood after battling for decades (mostly unsuccessfully) with nighttime cravings. In search of healthier snacks and better sleep, Nightfood was born.
With over 80% of adults snacking regularly at night, and almost everybody wanting better sleep these days, Nightfood sleep-friendly ice cream is quickly rolling into supermarkets across the country.
Publicly-traded Nightfood has over 5,000 investors, and a growing audience of 400,000, and Folkson will let them all know to listen in!
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT :
- Why cavemen are responsible for our present-day nighttime cravings.
- Easy nutritional changes that can lead to better sleep quality.
- The future of the sleep-friendly nutrition category.
--
Sean Folkson set out to solve America's nighttime snacking problem.
Every night, approximately 100,000,000 Americans snack between dinner and bed, combining to spend over $1B weekly on nighttime snacks.
Because we're biologically programmed to crave sweets, salts, and fats in the evening, it's no surprise that the most popular night snacks are both unhealthy and sleep disruptive: cookies, chips, candy, and, of course, ice cream.
To solve this problem, Folkson launched Nightfood, a line of sleep-friendly ice cream formulated by leading sleep and nutrition experts to satisfy nighttime cravings in a better, healthier, more sleep-friendly way.
After winning the Product of the Year Award in 2019, and the 2019 World Dairy Innovation Award for Best New Ice Cream, Nightfood is now available in major divisions of supermarket giants Kroger, Albertson's, and H-E-B.
With his driving passion and vision for changing the way consumers snack at night, Folkson built a team that includes former leading executives from Unilever, Chobani, 5-Hour Energy, and some of the leading experts in sleep research and sleep health. His growing publicly-traded company (OTC: NGTF) has over 5,000 investors.
Folkson is a food and beverage industry outsider challenging the status quo. Enthusiastic, engaging, and quick on his feet, Folkson makes a powerful and credible case for sleep-friendly nutrition being the next billion-dollar consumer category.
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Victor Capo just spent $200 on 35 pints of ice cream that he thinks help him sleep. “I top my day off with this, brush my teeth, and I’m done,” he says.
Mr. Capo, a 37-year-old technical writer in Miami, ordered a brand called Nightfood. With ingredients such as magnesium and glycine that the brand calls “sleep friendly,” the ice cream touts itself as “sleep expert and cravemonster approved.” Many people consume ice cream at night anyway, says brand founder Sean Folkson, and are looking for an option that won’t hurt their sleep.
Late-night snackers, your dreams may have just come true.
Eating ice cream before you go to bed is no longer as bad as you think, says Nightfood, which has developed what it says is sleep-friendly ice cream.
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Why is unhealthy night snacking so hard to control, even for the most health-conscious people? |
How does what you eat at night really impact your sleep? |
What inspired you to pioneer the "sleep-friendly" nutrition category? |
Why hasn't one of the big food companies already solved this problem for consumers? |
What's it like being a small growing company, and already being publicly traded? |