Nutrient Rescue was founded in 2016 after Michael and Samantha Mayell experienced the energy, vitality and general good health that came after they switched to an organic plant-based diet. They discovered that 63% of Kiwis don't eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables a day, so for whatever reason a lot of people weren’t experiencing the health benefits of good nutrition. In fact, it is possible to be overweight yet malnourished which means your body doesn’t have the essential vitamins, minerals and fibre it needs. This can lead to physical and mental health problems.

They decided to set up a health food company dedicated to helping people increase their nutrition levels in a quick, easy and affordable way. Working with a qualified nutritionist and food technologist, a red and green superfood powder was created that did just that.

A decision was made to only use New Zealand grown plants due to the fertility of the land and subsequent quality of the plants, as well as to give the farming community a viable plant-based opportunity, meant less harm to our planet.  Very quickly they realised that many people around the world were facing the same problem. So after discovering that Nutrient Rescue was in fact helping New Zealanders, they decided to turn to helping people from all over the world, starting with our neighbours in Australia - 46% of Australians don’t eat the recommended amount of fruit and 92% of vegetables a day.

Nutrient  Rescue is a social enterprise - a business set up to solve a social problem at its heart. Our product is good for the planet and its people.

A few years on and we realised that many people wanted the benefits of detoxification from our Green Shot and the immunity and energy boosting benefits of the Red Shot together. And that's how the Double Shot was born – the perfect plant-based wholefood powder, which with just one scoop a day could give you the equivalent of four handfuls of fruit and leafy greens.

Through the years we’ve continued to believe that organic is best. We’re proud to say that many of our ingredients are organic, and our other ingredients are residue-free.

Our future journey will focus on bringing you more nutrient-dense whole food powders to help with a range of needs the world over.

At Nutrient Rescue, we believe everyone should have easy access to plant nutrients they need to fuel their bodies and be their best selves - because the better you feel, the more good you can do.