Private company

Smart Balance

Food company

Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.³ From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded¹

IndustryFood and Kindred Products¹
HeadquartersDE¹
Listed onNasdaq¹
Incorporated inDE⁴
Business address1600 Pearl Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Co 80302⁴
Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer⁴

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Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.³

The story

In 2012, Smart Balance acquired Udi’s Healthy Foods, and the parent company was renamed Boulder Brands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Smart Balance, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Leadership

Who has led Smart Balance, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

Chair

Stephen B. Hughes2009–2015

Chief financial officer

Chief operating officer

2010201520202025

Chief executive officerJames Leighton Jan 15, 2016 to Jan 15, 2016⁶
Chief executive officerStephen B. Hughes Oct 6, 2006 to Jan 30, 2015⁷
ChairStephen B. Hughes Nov 17, 2009 to Jan 30, 2015⁸
Chief financial officerChristine Sacco Jan 5, 2012 to Jan 15, 2016⁹
Chief financial officerAlan S. Gever Jan 9, 2008 to Nov 10, 2011¹⁰
Chief financial officerRobert S. Gluck May 23, 2007 to Aug 27, 2007¹¹
Chief operating officerJames Leighton Oct 9, 2013 to Jan 15, 2016¹²
Chief operating officerRobert S. Gluck Jun 26, 2008 to Feb 13, 2009¹³

Board members and other officers (23)

Chief Commercial OfficerPhilip Mark Anson Jul 9, 2015 to Jan 15, 2016¹⁴
Executive Vice PresidentStanley Duane Primozich Jan 17, 2014 to Jan 17, 2014¹⁵
OfficerTimothy Richard Kraft Dec 24, 2014 to Jan 15, 2016¹⁶
Executive Vice PresidentTerrence J. McIntyre Mar 7, 2013 to Nov 14, 2014¹⁷
OfficerChristina Calabrese Apr 3, 2012 to Jan 15, 2016¹⁸
OfficerChristine Sacco Jan 3, 2011 to Mar 25, 2011¹⁹
OfficerAlan S. Gever May 5, 2010 to May 5, 2010²⁰
OfficerGregory Venner Jul 7, 2010 to Jul 7, 2010²¹
OfficerNorman Matar Jul 7, 2010 to Nov 18, 2014²²
OfficerPeter Dray Jul 7, 2010 to Mar 7, 2013²³
OfficerTerrence Schulke Jul 7, 2010 to Jan 5, 2012²⁴
Principal Accounting OfficerJohn F. Konzelmann Jun 12, 2007 to Aug 16, 2010²⁵
Vice chairRobert S. Gluck Aug 22, 2007 to Feb 13, 2009²⁶
Board memberBenjamin D. Chereskin Oct 9, 2013 to Jan 15, 2016²⁷
Board memberRichard Dean Hollis Jul 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 2016²⁸
Board memberThomas K. McInerney Jul 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 2016²⁹
Board memberGerald J. Laber May 9, 2007 to Jan 15, 2016³⁰
Board memberRobert F. McCarthy May 23, 2007 to Dec 14, 2010³¹
Board memberRobert J. Gillespie May 23, 2007 to Dec 15, 2010³²
Board memberRobert S. Gluck May 23, 2007 to Feb 13, 2009¹¹
Board memberWilliam E. Hooper May 23, 2007 to Mar 7, 2013³³
Board memberJames Leighton Aug 21, 2007 to Jan 15, 2016³⁴
Board memberStephen B. Hughes Oct 6, 2006 to Aug 20, 2007⁷

Products and brands

The products claim to have no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added, no trans fat, and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products.

The oils used in Smart Balance products contain low levels of naturally occurring trans fats, about 70 mcg of trans fat per serving. Some blends in this line include fish oil, while some include only vegetable-based ingredients. The oil blend used in some of the products was developed at Brandeis University.