By 2050, one in five Indians will be over sixty. The question is no longer how long we live. It is how strong and resilient our bodies stay while we do.
Whey comes from milk, and many whey powders carry lactose. In a multicentre Indian study, two in three South Indians and one in four North Indians were lactose intolerant. At planet scale, meat and dairy use 83% of farmland while supplying 37% of the world's protein.
We lean on cereals for protein, and cereals are thinning. Wheat grown at the CO₂ levels expected mid-century carried about 6% less protein and 9% less zinc.
CEEW, 2025 · Myers et al., Nature, 2014
Built for the short term.
Most protein powders were designed for a training block: sweet, heavy, sold by grams per scoop. Daily use for decades needs something gentler, and proof that it is what it says.
Phillips et al., Medicine, 2024
What we are making
A daily protein built for the long life.
Not a supplement for a season. A quiet daily habit, made to be taken for decades, with strength as a side-effect of care.
Fermented, plant-based yeast protein
Complete, vegan, dissolves smoothly. 24 g protein in every 30 g sachet.
Flavours that don't grow old
Chocolate and filter coffee first. Kesar & elaichi and haldi coming soon. Low sweetness, never cloying.
The Purity Passport
Scan any sachet for its batch tests, sources and the reason behind each ingredient.
How it arrives
One ceramic jar. A sachet a day.
A jar that staysGlazed ceramic, sized for a month of sachets. It belongs on a kitchen shelf, not in a gym bag.
Sealed, single-serve sachetsEach serving opened fresh. No scoop to fish out of a tub, no measuring, nothing going stale.
Refills, not new tubsAfter the first box, only the sachets arrive.
In their words
Why protein matters to our community.
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As I hit my 40s I see a decline in my strength and stamina.
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Trying to get all the protein from home-cooked meals is exhausting on the brain.
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I'm a vegetarian and I hate paneer, soy, tofu and tempeh.
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To be able to live a long, independent life.
And after tasting our early samples
The same three things came up again and again: it feels light, it doesn't leave you bloated, and it mixes easily.
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Feels light, and no grittiness.
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It did not make me feel over-full or bloated.
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Love that there were no lumps.
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A good protein powder that makes you wake up and smell the coffee.
From our 2026 survey and tasting rounds. Names are changed for privacy. You know who you are!
The Founders' Circle · Round 1
A hundred places. Choose yours.
₹500 holds a place, fully refundable. 0 of 100 taken.
The Long View · Issue 01
Read it yourself.
Short articles on the research behind this page, each with its sources. They describe the field, not claims about our product.
A complete protein made by fermenting yeast. It is vegan and dissolves smoothly. [Supplier and digestibility score.] The Journal has a full article on the evidence.
Why sachets and a jar?
Each serving stays sealed until you open it, and there is nothing to measure. The ceramic jar keeps a month of sachets together on your counter, and you keep it.
Is it vegan?
Yes. No dairy, no honey, nothing from animals, in any flavour.
What does it cost?
The pack of 30 is ₹2,999 a month (MRP ₹3,400); founders pay ₹2,699 for their first year. The pack of 90 is ₹8,549 every three months (MRP ₹10,200), which works out cheaper per month; founders pay ₹7,899 for their first year.
When does it ship?
[Month 2027]. You will hear from us before anything else is charged.
When do I pay the rest?
About two weeks before we ship, we'll send you a payment link for the balance. Your ₹500 is already counted towards your first box. If you decide not to go ahead, we refund the ₹500 instead.
Can I get my ₹500 back?
Yes, any time before we ship. One message, no guilt trip, no fourteen-step form.
Protein · Your number
How much protein are you really eating?
A ballpark, not a prescription. Tell us roughly what a normal week looks like and we'll compare it with the range recommended for you.
We'll email you this summary so you don't have to remember it, and tell you when a new Journal article is up.
Food values are typical Indian servings, rounded. Targets: ICMR-NIN 2020 (0.83 g/kg for adults), PROT-AGE 2013 (1.0–1.2 g/kg over 65), Leidy et al. 2015 (1.2–1.6 g/kg for strength and weight goals). If you have kidney disease, ask your doctor before raising protein.
What this means
After thirty, protein does more of the holding up.
Muscle and strength hold longer.Adequate protein is one of the main defences against age-related muscle loss.PROT-AGE, 2013
Lower risk of frailty.Across 17 studies of 46,469 older adults, higher protein intake was linked to lower frailty risk.Coelho-Junior et al., Nutrients, 2022
Fuller for longer.Higher-protein meals raise fullness, and help keep muscle while losing weight.Leidy et al., AJCN, 2015
Bones may benefit.Intakes above the minimum may modestly help bone density. The evidence is mixed.Wallace & Frankenfeld, JACN, 2017
When it falls short
Muscle goes faster.Loss of muscle mass, strength and function (sarcopenia) speeds up when protein is low.Volpi et al., 2004
Everyday strength slips.Climbing stairs, carrying bags, getting up from the floor: the small things go first.Cruz-Jentoft et al., 2019
Recovery takes longer.Needs rise during illness, to 1.2–1.5 g per kg a day for older adults.PROT-AGE, 2013
Dieting costs muscle.Cutting calories without enough protein loses more lean mass along with fat.Leidy et al., AJCN, 2015
A sachet a day, made to be taken for decades.
A hundred founding places. ₹500 holds yours, refundable until we ship.
We want strength in later life to be ordinary, not lucky. That starts with getting enough good protein, every day, for decades, in a form people actually look forward to.
Who is behind it
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Sneha M L
Co-founder · design and brand
Designer with twenty years of design and startup experience. Co-founder of Dig Design Studio and Samudra Network.
Our roots
Born out of Samudra Network.
The Longevity Project is an offshoot of Samudra Network, which builds digital tools for farmer collectives and fairer, more transparent agricultural value chains. That is where our habit of tracing food back to its source comes from, and why every batch we make will carry its own Purity Passport.
What we have done so far
Listened
Surveyed households about how they eat, what they lack and what they would pay for, then ran sampling rounds.
Read the research
Studied what protein does after thirty, and published our reading with sources in the Journal.
Started making
Working with food scientists and manufacturers on formulation, flavour and testing.
What we won't do
Claim what we can't show.If the research is early, we say so.
Hide anything in the sachet.Every ingredient listed, with the reason it is there.
Skip a test.Every batch tested, and the results published.
Sell you a twelve-week plan.This is meant for years, so it has to be gentle enough for years.