We started because the labels made us angry
In 2023 we picked up a packet of dried mango in a Kathmandu supermarket and read the back. Sugar was the second ingredient. Then a sulphite preservative. Then an artificial colour to keep the orange looking bright.
None of that was there to make the fruit better. It was there to make cheap, early-picked fruit acceptable — and to keep it on a shelf for two years.
So we started buying direct from farms, drying in small batches, and putting exactly one ingredient in each pouch. It costs more and yields less. We think it's obviously the right trade.
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Sun-grown, picked ripe
We pay 15–20% above market rate so our farms can pick at full ripeness rather than transport-hard. Riper fruit means more sugar, better flavour and better yield.
Gently dried
Slices dry at 45–55°C over 8–14 hours. Powders are freeze-dried under vacuum so nothing ever cooks — which is why the pitaya powder is genuinely magenta.
Small-batch packed
Sealed within 48 hours into nitrogen-flushed, resealable pouches. Nine month shelf life instead of two years, because we don't use sulphites.
Radically plain labels
One ingredient per pouch: the fruit on the front. If a batch doesn't taste good unsweetened, we reject the batch rather than sweeten it.
From orchard to pouch in four steps
No warehouse middlemen, no year-old stock. Here's exactly what happens to your fruit.
Day 0
Picked ripe
We buy direct from eleven farms and pay above market rate so fruit can be picked at full ripeness, not transport-hard.
8–36 hrs
Dried gently
Slices go into low-temperature dehydrators at 45–55°C. Powders are freeze-dried under vacuum so nothing ever cooks.
Day 2
Packed small-batch
Sealed within 48 hours into nitrogen-flushed, resealable pouches with a silica sachet. No sulphites, no colourings.
Day 3
Sent to you
Dispatched from Kathmandu in waterproof packaging built for monsoon delivery, anywhere in Nepal.
What we get wrong
Buying direct means accepting the season. There are weeks when a variety is simply unavailable, and we go out of stock rather than substitute in market fruit. Customers notice, and occasionally they're annoyed.
Our fruit also changes colour over its shelf life, and batches taste different from harvest to harvest. We could blend all of that away into something uniform. We'd rather you tasted the year.