We were lucky to catch up with Nourished Life Foods recently and have shared our conversation below.

Nourished Life , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you come up with the idea for your business?

Nourished Life Foods was founded by two Latina women, Natalia and Veronica. They shared a passion for optimal nutrition and fitness and joined forces to bring about the organic healthy food company they had always dreamed of. They draw from their multicultural backgrounds Brazilian, Colombian, and American to create products that are not only macro-perfect and vegan but also delicious and versatile. With their easy-to-cook high-protein mixes, they aim to make it a breeze for people to get the protein they need to fuel their busy lives without having to worry about lacking nutrients or harmful additives.

Nourished Life , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Nourished Life Foods seeks to dispel the myth that macronutrient-rich meals are time-consuming and boring.

“We want people to feel empowered by being able to make the right choices that propel their health without sacrificing precious time or happy taste buds”

We prioritize sustainability by using only organic, responsibly-sourced ingredients and eco-friendly packaging. We believe in promoting health, wellness, and empowerment through our high-quality, plant-based protein mixes. Our products are designed to be convenient, easy to use, and travel-friendly, allowing our customers to take control of their health and make positive changes in their lives.

We are happy to announce our Flagship product “Plant Muscle Mix” has lauched and is available at our website www.nourishedlifefoods.com

Each package has 6 servings of 32g of protein, 1 gram of fat, and 8 grams of carbs! It’s truly macro perfect and 100% organic. It only takes 3 minutes to make and has 3 different cooking options.

We’d really appreciate if you could talk to us about how you figured out the manufacturing process.

We we are a small cottage food business and we manufacture our signature product at home with very careful processes. Every ingredient is weighed with precision, mixed, bags, packed and labeled. In the beginning we had no idea how to manufacture a product at a large scale, and with a lot trial and error, realizing we had the scales with not enough decimal points for example, we finally figured out our own system! We have different tables for each part of the process and on packing day our home turns into its own factory assembly line! Not for long though! Very soon as we hit our target sales we plan to move our manufacturing process to a vegan co-packing company we trust.

We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.

Nat and I (Veronica) met on Instagram. We were both vegan and had started following each other because of our shared interest in healthy eating and working out. We first met in person at the opening of Geisha 69, a vegan sushi restaurant in Brickell—though it soon went out of business. We stayed in touch and continued getting to know each other. After I underwent ankle reconstruction surgery, Nat invited me to dinner with her then-husband once I could walk again. We had a great night and decided to head back to her place so I could ice my ankle for a bit. As we walked through her front door, she popped the question—and I remember it as if it was yesterday. She said, “Have you ever thought of designing a product?” (She knew I was an interior designer, and I knew she was a plant based nutritionist) I said, “Yes! Seitan!” She was shocked. “No way! Me too!” That night, Nourished Life Foods was born! There hasn’t been a week since that we haven’t met to continue building our dream of sharing clean protein with people!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.nourishedlifefoods.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourished.life.foods/

Image Credits

Rodrigo Begazo