Good food deservesgood ingredients.
VIA began with a simple question: if we carefully choose what goes into our food, why shouldn't we pay the same attention to the spices that bring it all together?
We care about what goes into our food.Spices should be no different.
When we cook for our families, we think about what goes into the meal. We choose fresh vegetables, better grains, good oils and ingredients we trust. Some of us even grow herbs or vegetables at home because we want to know what we are putting on our plate.
But then comes the part we often don't think twice about — the spices.
We carefully choose the vegetables, the rice, the oil and even the quality of the ingredients we cook with. Yet, just before the meal comes together, we reach for a spice simply because it is sitting in our kitchen.
We rarely stop to ask where it came from, how it was handled, how fresh it is, or whether what is inside the pack is truly what we expect it to be.
And that's what made us think.
What is the point of choosing good ingredients for your meal if the very spices that bring them together are something you never questioned?
Spices may be a small part of a recipe, but they can influence the aroma, flavour and character of the entire dish.
That was the gap we wanted to understand — and eventually, help solve.
Ingredients
We choose carefully.
Spices
They deserve attention too.
The recipe may be yours.The ingredients make it possible.
Start with ingredients
Fresh, thoughtful choices create the foundation.
Bring in the spice
A small ingredient can make a remarkable difference.
Create the meal
When good ingredients come together, flavour follows.
Quality isn't a word on the packet.It's a way of thinking.
Our approach comes from years of asking one simple question: what makes an ingredient genuinely good?
Origin matters
We believe understanding where a spice comes from is the first step towards understanding its quality.
Details matter
Maturity, size, colour, aroma, drying and handling can all influence the character of a spice.
Freshness matters
Spices may last a long time, but lasting longer does not always mean tasting better.
People matter
Behind every ingredient are farmers, producers and people whose work deserves respect.
The difference is often closer than you think.
During our journey through India's spice-growing regions, we started looking at familiar ingredients differently.
Take cardamom. Its appearance can tell you something about maturity and handling, but the story doesn't stop there. Size, aroma and the character of the seeds matter too.
The same happened with black pepper. We learned that a pepper berry can become different forms depending on when it is harvested and how it is processed.
The more we learned, the more we realised: you have to look beyond the label.
Cardamom
Black Pepper
Whole Spices
From the Source
Founder
Sanskar Takkamore
Nagpur → Bangalore → VIA
Some people inherit a family business.I inherited a way of thinking.
Growing up in Nagpur, Sanskar spent much of his childhood around construction sites with his father, a civil contractor. His earliest lessons about quality came not from a classroom, but from watching buildings take shape.
He learned that what you build is only as strong as what lies underneath. That lesson followed him into engineering, where quality became a discipline of details, responsibility and avoiding shortcuts.
Cooking was another constant. From making biryani to learning recipes from family, food was always something he enjoyed understanding.
Then came a family trip to Kerala in 2023. A simple cup of traditionally prepared coffee, followed by encounters with tea, coffee, honey and spices, changed the way he looked at ingredients.
He stopped looking only at the finished product and started asking what happened before it reached the kitchen.
“Quality doesn't begin on the shelf. It begins at the source.”
For Nirali, spices were never just ingredients.They were a connection to home.
Nirali grew up in a family where business, resilience, food and tradition were part of everyday life.
Her father introduced her to the fundamentals of business, financial responsibility and perseverance. Her mother and grandmother gave her something equally valuable — a deep connection to Indian food and the ingredients behind it.
When she began living independently at 17, cooking started as a necessity and gradually became a passion. Her grandmother's lessons about balancing spices and preserving authentic flavours stayed with her.
Later, while living in Portugal, she found herself missing the spices she had grown up with. The flavours she knew from home were difficult to recreate.
That personal experience became the beginning of a much bigger question: why should authentic Indian flavour be so difficult to find?
Founder
Nirali
Mozambique → Portugal → VIA
Two journeys.One conversation.
Sanskar was researching spices, sourcing and the possibilities of building something around better ingredients.
Nirali was living in Portugal and had experienced the difficulty of finding spices that reminded her of home.
When Nirali had a 24-hour layover in Mumbai before returning to Portugal, Sanskar travelled from Bangalore to meet her.
A conversation became a plan.
The plan became VIA.
Mumbai
Where the idea became real.
From source to kitchen.
Our responsibility doesn't begin when the packet reaches the shelf. It begins much earlier.
Source
Know where it begins.
Select
Look beyond the label.
Handle
Respect the ingredient.
Pack
Protect its character.
Serve
Put it on your table.
We want the product to earn your trust.
Not because we tell you that VIA is different. But because every time you open a pouch, cook with it and taste the result, you experience the difference for yourself.
India → Portugal → The world
We started with Portugal.Our ambition is much bigger.
Portugal became the starting point because that is where our personal experience revealed the gap. But VIA is being built with a larger vision — connecting authentic Indian ingredients with kitchens around the world.
We're not just asking for a place in your pantry.
We're asking for a place at your table — and we know that has to be earned.
Because when you cook for yourself, your children, your family, or the people you love, what you choose matters.
The ingredients you choose shape the food you serve. We believe the spices that bring everything together deserve the same care.
Discover VIA SpicesThoughtfully sourced Indian spices for the food you love to make.