My Food Bag is debuting on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges today

It follows the sale of up to 185 million shares.

Chief executive Kevin Bowler is confident transitioning to a public entity is the right pathway forward for the meal-kit company.

My Food Bag will start trading under the ticker MFB -- opening with an initial market cap of just under 450-million-dollars.

The firm has been pondering a sharemarket float for around three years now.

My Food Bag Chairman Tony Carter says they've grown from a Kiwi start-up, beginning life on the kitchen bench -- to becoming a New Zealand food powerhouse.