Brass Roots

Status: active as of 2026-09-09

Also known as: A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots, Brass Roots Food

Brass Roots is operating under A&C Snacks LLC; Aaron Gailmor received no Shark Tank offer and therefore had no Shark deal to close.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 14, episode 12

Air date: 2023-01-20
Appearance source: Brass Roots — ABC official appearance reference episode
Episode guide: Authoritative episode guide
Pitch: Snack foods made from sacha inchi seeds.
Ask: $400,000 for 7% equity.
Offer: No Shark made an offer. The Sharks raised concerns about margins, scaling, prior-investor carryover, Gailmor’s approximately one-third ownership, and the amount of consumer education required. Aaron Gailmor left without a deal after all five Sharks declined.
Deal closed?: No

Dated timeline

Date	Event	Evidence
2013-05-22	A Delaware registry-derived corporate source reports A&C Snacks LLC was formed on this date under state file number 5338888.	BRR5
2021-03-16	Greater New Orleans, Inc. reported that Brass Roots closed a $1 million investment commitment from John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. to support expansion.	BRR6
2023-01-20	Brass Roots appeared in Shark Tank Season 14, Episode 12. Gailmor asked $400,000 for 7%; all Sharks declined.	BRR1, BRR2, BRR3
2024	The FDA list for fourth-quarter 2024 identifies A&C SNACKS LLC DBA BRASS ROOTS in Louisiana.	BRR8
2026-09-09	Brass Roots’ official site continued to sell products and maintain a store locator, supporting active commercial operation.	BRR9, BRR10

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities: A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots
Aliases: A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots, Brass Roots Food
Successor/acquirer: None verified

Delaware LLC operating from Louisiana

A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots · Delaware file number 5338888 reported by a registry-derived source; direct Delaware entity record not captured · Current Delaware standing unresolved; federal FDA and SEC records verify A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots was active in regulated/financing contexts in 2024

Limitation: Direct Delaware standing output was not captured. Federal records independently identify the legal operator as A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots. The on-air statement that prior investors from Gailmor’s earlier business were rolled into Brass Roots does not, by itself, prove whether the same legal entity operated both ventures.

Brass Roots — Delaware registry-derived corporate record · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

strong corroboration Brass Roots is operating under A&C Snacks LLC; Aaron Gailmor received no Shark Tank offer and therefore had no Shark deal to close. [ BRR9, BRR10 ]
credible report The Shark Tank transcript records that prior investors from Gailmor’s earlier business were rolled into Brass Roots and that Gailmor owned roughly one-third of the company. The exact legal mechanism—same entity, conversion, contribution or new capitalization—remains unresolved. [ BRR3 ]
verified fact An SEC-filed fund schedule establishes a SAFE investment in A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots. The schedule’s small carrying/fair-value figure is an accounting disclosure and is not interpreted here as proof of business failure. [ BRR7 ]
verified fact Current product pages emphasize the Brass Roots brand and do not reproduce the full prior-investor/equity-capitalization discussion from the broadcast. Without a same-page historical archive, this is treated as different narrative scope rather than proof of editing or sanitization. [ BRR3, BRR9 ]

What we could not verify

Direct current Delaware standing and filing history for A&C Snacks LLC.
The legal relationship between Gailmor’s prior snack business and Brass Roots/A&C Snacks LLC.
Current cap table and ownership percentages after the 2021 investment commitment, Shark Tank appearance and later SAFE financing.
Any additional material federal/state litigation, bankruptcy or secured-credit filings.
Wayback captures of Brass Roots pages sufficient for exact historical-copy comparison.
Confirm the SEC schedule reporting date separately from its investment acquisition date before assigning a timeline date.

Full research sources

BRR1 — Brass Roots — ABC official episode roster ABC official episode roster published 2023-01-20 accessed 2026-09-09
Season 14 Episode 12 and Brass Roots appearance.
BRR2 — Brass Roots — episode database episode database published 2023-01-20 accessed 2026-09-09
Broadcast episode number and air date.
BRR3 — Brass Roots — episode transcript mirror episode transcript mirror accessed 2026-09-09
Ask, no-offer outcome, investor rollover and ownership discussion.
BRR4 — Brass Roots — USPTO-derived trademark record USPTO-derived trademark record accessed 2026-09-09
BRASS ROOTS registered mark owned by A&C Snacks LLC.
BRR5 — Brass Roots — Delaware registry-derived corporate record Delaware registry-derived corporate record accessed 2026-09-09
A&C Snacks LLC formation date and reported Delaware file number 5338888.
BRR6 — Brass Roots — regional economic-development organization regional economic-development organization published 2021-03-16 accessed 2026-09-09
Reported $1 million investment commitment from John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
BRR7 — Brass Roots — SEC filing SEC filing accessed 2026-09-09
A&C Snacks LLC d/b/a Brass Roots SAFE investment in fund schedule.
BRR8 — Brass Roots — FDA official FSVP participant list FDA official FSVP participant list accessed 2026-09-09
A&C SNACKS LLC DBA BRASS ROOTS legal operating identity.
BRR9 — Brass Roots — official ecommerce site official ecommerce site accessed 2026-09-09
Current products and active commerce.
BRR10 — Brass Roots — official store locator official store locator accessed 2026-09-09
Current retail availability.
BRR11 — Brass Roots — Wayback CDX archive attempt Wayback CDX archive attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09
No retrievable same-page archive result obtained in this environment.

Status-Verification Sources

Brass Roots — official ecommerce site (brassrootsfood.com)
Current products and active commerce.
Brass Roots — official store locator (brassrootsfood.com)
Current retail availability.