In early 2021, I was dealing with some personal health struggles that made me extra conscious of what I was consuming. I realized that my protein powder was filled with the same harmful ingredients that I was trying to avoid in junk food. I thought it was intolerable that our "health products" were actually bad for our health. So, I became a total nerd about developing a protein powder made from just a few real food ingredients.

After spending thousands of hours on nights and weekends after my full-time work, I created Wellious. It was truly the cleanest and tastiest plant-based protein powder I had ever tried. I knew I had to share it with the world!

People may not know this, but many food and supplement products are developed by the same labs for multiple brands, breeding very little innovation. I needed something that didn't exist yet, so I had to develop it myself. I have worked in the food space for a decade, developed multiple products and am a student of cooking and nutrition, so it was in my wheelhouse to figure this out.

I became fascinated with almond protein, where we take California almonds, cold press the saturated fat (oils) out and then dry and grind them to make a high protein per gram and calorie almond protein. This provides a natural plant-based protein source with amazing taste and texture and so much nutritional functionality. I then combined that with chickpea protein to perfectly balance the amino acid profile and enhance the nutritional profile.