It started with two cravings we couldn’t give up.

Every Indian home has its sweet spot. Ours was a steaming cup of chai with two spoons of sugar, a box of mithai for every occasion, and, on lazy weekend mornings, toast with a thick layer of chocolate spread. On weekdays it was cheese spread, on sandwiches, parathas and anything else we could get away with.

We never thought twice about any of it. Then life gave us reasons to.

The day we turned the jar around

When Priyanka's father was diagnosed with diabetes, our whole family started reading labels properly for the first time. What we found surprised us. Sugar was hiding almost everywhere: in biscuits, sauces, "healthy" snacks, and right at the top of the ingredient list of our favourite chocolate spread. Even jaggery, which we'd always been told was the good choice, was still sugar by another name.

With his doctor guiding him, Papa changed what went on his plate: whole foods, more plants, and no refined sugar. It wasn't easy. Giving up sugar in an Indian home means saying no at every festival, every wedding and every visit from a relative carrying a box of sweets. But he stuck with it, and month after month his reports kept getting better. It was the best news our family had heard in years, and it changed how all of us thought about food.

Then came the hardest news

Some time later, Priyanka's father-in-law was diagnosed with stage 3 CLL, a form of blood cancer. His doctors began immunotherapy, and alongside his treatment he made a change of his own: he cut the dairy in his diet by about 80%. Today his reports are excellent. We owe that first to his doctors and his treatment, and we'll always be grateful. But watching him, we learned that everyday food choices are something every family can take into its own hands.

Our little one

Our daughter has eaten plant-based food from the very beginning, and she has never been given refined sugar or jaggery. Every parent will tell you their child is special, and we're no different. But watching her grow into a happy, curious, focused little girl, full of energy and quick to smile, has only made us more sure about the way we eat as a family.

The two cravings we couldn't give up

There was just one problem. We missed our spreads. The cheese spread on a hot sandwich. The chocolate spread on Sunday toast. Everything on the shelf was full of the very things we were avoiding: refined sugar, palm oil, milk solids, preservatives, and long lists of ingredients we couldn't pronounce.

So we started making our own, in our own kitchen. For the cheese spread: cashews, potatoes, soy yogurt, garlic and herbs, blended until creamy. For the chocolate spread: cashews, hazelnuts and real cocoa, sweetened only with dates. No refined sugar. No jaggery. No added oil. No dairy. No preservatives. Just food we'd happily give our own child.

Friends tasted them and asked for jars. Then their friends asked. That's how Sattvik Spoon was born.

For every hard-working desi household

We made these spreads for families like ours: parents juggling office calls and tiffin boxes, grandparents keeping an eye on their sugar, and kids who just want something that tastes like a treat. You shouldn't have to choose between what's easy, what tastes good and what you're proud to put on the table.

Our rule for every jar is simple: if you can't pronounce it, it doesn't go in. That's why our spreads live in the fridge, not on a shelf.

Because for us, food is never just food. What you eat feeds your mind and your soul too, and a healthy mind and soul is everything.

Fuel Right. Feel Bright.
Priyanka & family, Sattvik Spoon

Every body is different. If you're managing a health condition, or planning your child's diet, please make changes with the guidance of your doctor or paediatrician.