It started with a windowsill, not a factory.

Long before there was a bag, there was a plate of dried sweet potato left out to chew on between meals — no recipe, no ingredient panel, just something sweet that happened to be good for you.

An older woman smiling and holding a sweet potato chew and a bag of aum aum
A note from the kitchen

We just wanted to make the snack we grew up on

Dried sweet potato has been a household staple for generations in Korean homes — sliced thick, slow-dried, and left in a bowl for anyone to grab. No sugar coating, no frying, no ingredient you couldn't pronounce. Just a vegetable that turns into candy on its own if you give it enough time.

We started aum aum because that snack never made it to most pantries — it got replaced by things with twelve ingredients and a shelf life measured in years. We wanted to bring back the one-ingredient version, packaged for a life that doesn't slow down for a windowsill.

The name is exactly what it sounds like: the noise you make with your mouth full. That's the whole brand philosophy, honestly.

— the aum aum team

What we build around

Warm. Honest. Simple. Real.

Warm

Food that feels like it came from someone's kitchen, not a lab.

Honest

The label says what's inside. That's the whole standard.

Simple

One ingredient isn't a gimmick — it's the entire point.

Real

Sweet because sweet potatoes are sweet. Nothing else needed.

How it's made

From dirt to chewy, in four steps

01

Grown & Selected

Sourced from small farms and hand-picked at peak sweetness.

02

Slow-Roasted

Hours at low heat caramelize the potato from the inside out.

03

Air-Dried

Days of slow drying build the soft, gummy-like chew.

04

Bagged

Nothing added on the way out, nothing to hide on the label.