Process
Leaf to pouch, in six steps and one temperature that matters more than the rest.
One ingredient is a harder promise than eight
A blend can hide a weak harvest behind a strong one. A single-ingredient powder can’t — if the spinach was poor, you taste poor spinach.
Nothing below is exotic. It’s the ordinary work of drying a plant without ruining it, done slowly enough to cost more than the fast version.
45°
The number the whole process turns on
Dried below 45°C, because heat takes the colour and the vitamins with it
Sourcing
Grown by farms we can name
Every powder starts as one crop from one region — never a blend of whatever was cheapest that month. Single-ingredient means single-origin.
TODO — name the states you actually source from.
Harvest
Picked at peak, not at convenience
Leaves and roots lose nutrient density from the moment they're cut. Harvest windows are set by the plant, which is why some powders are seasonal.
TODO — hours from harvest to washing.
Washing
Three washes, no chemicals
Potable water only. Nothing that would leave a residue you'd then eat by the spoonful, every day, for months.
No bleach, no chlorine dips, no wax.
Drying
Low and slow, under 45°C
The single decision that separates a green powder from a grey one. High heat is faster and cheaper, and it takes the colour, the aroma and a good share of the heat-sensitive vitamins with it.
TODO — confirm your actual drying temperature and duration.
Milling
Milled cool, sieved fine
Friction is heat, and heat is the enemy twice over. Milling in short passes keeps the powder from cooking on its way to becoming powder.
TODO — mesh size.
Packing
Sealed away from light and air
Oxygen and daylight fade a powder in weeks. Opaque, resealable, packed in small batches so it reaches you closer to the harvest than to the expiry.
TODO — batch size and shelf life.
What’s not in there
Six refusals. Each one costs us something, which is the only reason they’re worth printing.
01
No fillers, bulking agents or maltodextrin
02
No added sugar, salt or flavouring
03
No colour correction — the colour is the plant's
04
No blends hiding a cheap ingredient behind an expensive one
05
No extracts standardised to a number on a lab sheet
06
No health claims we can't put in writing
Made this carefully. Now go cook with it.
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