#oats
![Ahmed Shalaby is one of the founders of 4A Nutrition and their brand Lino Oats. Photo credit: Egyptian Streets](https://egyptianstreets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Untitled-design-8-730x304.jpg)
Anyone passionate about nutrition knows that oats are a superfood. But for years, the only oat products that found their way onto the shelves of Egyptian supermarkets were produced by foreign companies. In 2015, then-college student Ahmed Shalaby and three of his friends decided that this was their opportunity: they founded their company, 4A Nutrition, and created the brand Lino Oats, becoming the very first local company to bring oats to the Egyptian market. Ahmed, a resident of Mountain View…