Our Mission
Our mission is to make high-quality functional mushroom extracts an easy part of your daily routine. We also believe in taking control over what goes into our bodies. All the active compounds in our products come from fungi only. We don’t use fillers now and we never will.
Our Story
Pure Fungi was founded by four family members coming together over a shared love of high-quality functional mushroom extracts. Unable to find products that shared our values of purity and sustainability, we decided it was time to make our own - and so Pure Fungi was born. We’ve been using extracts for years. And functional mushrooms have been part of food and wellness traditions for centuries. But not many people know just how impressive these organisms are. By making it easier to incorporate fungi into your daily routine, we want more people to discover them for themselves.
Our Founders
Meet our founders and learn the story of how they discovered functional mushrooms and why they created Pure Fungi.
Sebastian Totté
Sebastian first heard about mushroom coffee on a podcast. Intrigued by what he heard, he started adding Chaga to his coffee and enjoyed the earthy flavour and the ritual.
Curious to explore further, he tried adding Lions Mane to his coffee and tea and liked how easily it fit into his daily routine.
Sebastian didn't stop there. He then tried adding Cordyceps to his routine around workouts, and made Reishi part of his evening wind-down.
Sebastian enjoyed these mushrooms so much that he started going on mushroom foraging walks with mycologists and friends and attending talks about functional mushrooms.
Sebastian noticed how difficult it was to find pure fungi extracts without any fillers or additives, so in the summer of last year, the idea came to him to start Pure Fungi. He brought the mushrooms and ideas to the other cofounders, and that's how Pure Fungi was born.
David Totté
David was first introduced to functional mushrooms by his wife Angela, who is a nutritional therapist and encouraged him to lead a more balanced lifestyle. Initially, he wasn’t very disciplined in taking them, but after hearing his brother Sebastian’s enthusiasm, he became more diligent, making functional mushrooms a part of his daily routine.
Working in a high-powered corporate environment, David often found it challenging to balance the demands of work and family life. He made functional mushrooms part of his daily habits, alongside a varied diet and regular exercise, and enjoyed the routine they gave him.
One of the main reasons David was so passionate about creating Pure Fungi with his brothers and wife was to share functional mushrooms with more people. Today, he is one of the brand’s biggest advocates, sharing his enthusiasm with everyone he meets.
Angela Totté
Angela had her first introduction to functional mushrooms when she was a kid growing up in Japan, you could find them in the local markets, and they would often add Maitake and Shiitake mushrooms to various recipes and dishes. Functional mushrooms, especially Reishi, were a fundamental part of the Japanese culture.
She first started enjoying Reishi, Maitake, and Tremella regularly, which began her interest and further learning about functional mushrooms. She then started sharing them with her clients in her nutrition and well-being practice, and was receiving great feedback on how much they enjoyed them.
She later found out that her brother in law Sebastian started having a passion for functional mushrooms too, which she found inspiring. So when he came with the idea of Pure Fungi, she knew it was something she wanted to be a part of.
"Pure Fungi has become a lifestyle for me now, I rarely go a day without at least one of these amazing mushrooms."
Alexander Totté
Our co-founder Alexander was introduced to functional mushrooms by his brothers David and Sebastian. After telling him about their experiences with these fungi extracts Alex was keen to try it out. In his own words "My brothers are simply just too cool, so when they find something interesting I don’t know about I tend to explore together with them."
Around the same time, Alex started a new fitness journey and made Cordyceps part of his routine around sports, enjoying it as part of his training ritual.
"With Cordyceps as part of my routine, I trained regularly and really enjoyed the ritual it gave me."
Needless to say, he joined the fungi lifestyle and was thrilled to start Pure Fungi alongside David and Sebastian.