The co-founder of a firm which producers and distributes "superfood blends" is hoping to open up her products to the US market.
Super U was launched by Nottingham Trent University students Charlotte Bailey and Sean Ali with the aim of helping people live healthier lives.
The company takes various superfood ingredients to create blends and powders that can be used in drinks and food.
Miss Bailey, who studied law at NTU, said: "The brand is all about making people healthier, looking after themselves and getting nutrients from nature's best sources.
"We are making these sorts of products easy for people to use and understand. With our blends, they all have their own function and it is clear what to use them with."
The business was first launched from NTU's The Hive, which provides mentoring, support, training and networking opportunities for entrepreneurs.
The couple have now completed their degrees and are based in Newcastle.
They predominantly sell online through the company's website but also works alongside retailers including Selfridges, Whole Foods Market and As Nature Intended.
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The company recently gained more than £100,000 funding through a crowdfunding investment round.
Miss Bailey, co-founder and commercial director, said: "Things are going really well. It was very early when we launched and we had to learn things very quickly.
"This last year felt like our first proper year. Online sales have been really good, we are with a few retailers now and we raised our first round of investment as well, so now we have the funds to grow even further.
"We want to become very well established in the 海角视频. We are still predominantly online but we want to grow our presence.
"We want to go to the US as well, that feels like our ultimate goal because the market there is huge for our sort of product."
The company came about after Miss Bailey found out she had ceoliac disease. She went on a gluten-free diet but relied on heavily processed convenience foods when she started at university.
She says she was "surviving not thriving". Then she met Mr Ali, who had studied abroad and became knowledgeable about many superfoods, which helped Miss Bailey.
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The couple's company was created soon after this.
It has not been all plain sailing for the firm. Mr Ali, 27, was diagnosed with Hodgkinson's Lymphoma at the end of 2018.
After undergoing chemotherapy, he recently received the all-clear, with the experience giving the business owners a renewed focus on healthy lifestyles.
Miss Bailey added: "We have come out even stronger and it does resonate with so many people because it happens to most people now, unfortuantely."
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