Our story

Science should earnyour trust.

Vital Vial was founded by biotechnologists who believed wellness products deserved greater process rigour, clearer evidence and complete traceability.

Lion's Mane, cordyceps, chaga, reishi and maitake mushrooms beside an amber liquid extract bottle on stone

Built from a different starting point.

We start with raw-material biology and extraction, not marketing. By understanding what the plant or fungus can truly give, we design processes that respect the material and preserve what matters.

The usual question

What can we put in the bottle?

The Vital Vial question

What can the raw material truly give?

What makes us different

The process is the product.

Anyone can put a mushroom on a label. The difference is how much of it actually reaches the vial.

We work with whole functional mushrooms — Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, Reishi and Maitake — using the whole raw fruiting body rather than a fraction of it. Our extraction combines a proprietary biocatalyst blend with dual-phase water extraction, breaking down the tough fungal cell wall to release more of the bioactive compounds that heat alone leaves behind. Every batch is independently tested, with full traceability, so you can know what’s in every vial.

From material science to every vial.

Whole mushrooms before extraction

Understand the material.

We study whole botanicals at the source.

Mushroom extraction in progress

Engineer the process.

We design extraction methods around the biology of each material.

Amber mushroom extract bottles after filling

Verify the result.

We test every batch to confirm quality and consistency.

The standards we refuse to compromise.

Read our standards

Whole raw material.

We use complete plant and fungal materials, not isolated compounds.

Independent batch testing.

Every batch is tested by independent laboratories.

Australian manufacturing.

We manufacture in Australia to uphold quality, transparency and accountability.

Who we are

The people behind the process.

Three scientific backgrounds, one shared standard.

Aswin Rajkumar, Co-Founder and Director of Vital Vial

Aswin Rajkumar

Co-Founder & Director

Natural ingredients paired with rigorous validation. Believes wellness products warrant the standards applied to pharmaceuticals.

Mohanadas Vellupillai, Co-Founder and Director of Vital Vial

Mohanadas Vellupillai

Co-Founder & Director

Quality frameworks, food safety protocols and production standards well beyond typical wellness industry practice.

Pratyush Ravichander, Co-Founder and Head of Research and Development at Vital Vial

Pratyush Ravichander

Co-Founder & Head of R&D

PhD in sustainable crop protection. Turns underutilised biological materials into valuable products.

Amber mushroom extract bottles lined up for batch verification

Nature sets the potential.Process determines what reaches you.