Chef Ron, Will and Erica, still running Ora together more than a decade on.
Our story
Everything starts with the ingredients.
Great chefs know it. So do the world’s great food cultures. Somewhere along the way, supplements forgot. We make plant-based supplements like a chef would.
Our name comes from te reo Māori, and from co-founder Erica’s New Zealand roots. Ora means life, health and wellbeing. We’re here to help you find yours.
Chef Ron, co-founder
Taste is part of the formula.
Ron is a classically trained chef who cooked in some of California’s top restaurants. Nutrition became personal when he watched his family’s health change after they moved from Taiwan to the US.
In a great kitchen, there’s nowhere to hide a mediocre ingredient. Ron holds every formula to that standard, and it shows in the taste.
Performance-Enhancing Plants™
Plants are the original performance enhancers.
For thousands of years, people have turned to plants for health. Modern science keeps discovering why.
Performance-Enhancing Plants™ is how we put that science to work. We scour the earth for the most potent, nutrient-dense plants, then obsess over the part, the form, the dose and the research behind each one. When a better one emerges, we upgrade the formula.
Plants with purpose. Formulas with proof.
Our standard
We'd rather over-test than over-promise.
Every batch is tested before release by independent, accredited labs, against benchmarks drawn from the strictest standards of five nations: Japan, Switzerland, the United States, New Zealand and Germany. Then we publish the results, so you can see them for yourself.
Third-party tested for
- 70
- pesticides
- 28
- residual solvents
- 8
- allergens
- 6
- microbials
- 4
- heavy metals
Our experts
High standards attract good company.
Dr. Dawn Mussallem
Physician, researcher and nationally recognized leader in integrative medicine
Founded Mayo Clinic’s Integrative Medicine and Breast Health Program · Chief Medical Officer, Fountain Life
I’ve spent 25 years walking with patients through the hardest seasons of their lives. That experience sets the standard for anything I recommend.
Meet Dr. DawnDr. Dawn has spent 25 years caring for patients through some of the hardest chapters of their lives. She has also lived through a few herself: stage IV cancer, a bone marrow transplant, 18 years of heart failure and, ultimately, a heart transplant. One year after receiving her new heart, she completed a marathon.
So when she evaluates nutrition and supplements, her standards are personal. She looks for evidence. Meaningful doses. Ingredient quality. Independent testing. Transparency. And claims that don’t run ahead of the science.
Ora was in Dr. Dawn’s kitchen long before she was working with us. She first found our protein while looking for a plant-based option she could use herself and feel comfortable recommending to patients. Nearly a decade later, that relationship became a partnership.
We can think of few better compliments.
Dr. Jessica Shepherd
Board-certified OB-GYN and founder of Sanctum Med + Wellness
Author, and a medical contributor to Good Morning America
In menopause and longevity, we need more precision, not more noise.
Meet Dr. JessicaDr. Jessica Shepherd has made a career out of helping women understand bodies that the wellness world too often oversimplifies.
Her approach to supplements is similarly precise: look at the formulation, nutrient forms and quality of the ingredients. Look for independent testing. Then ask the question marketing sometimes conveniently forgets: does the claim actually match what this product can realistically do?
That philosophy felt very familiar to us.
Because women don’t need bigger wellness promises. We need better information, thoughtfully formulated options and the confidence to decide what belongs in our own routine.
The Ora Kitchen
Nutrition that has you going back for seconds.
Breakfasts, smoothies, snacks, baking, savory recipes and a suspicious amount of chocolate, from Chef Ron and the team.