Hi, I'm Gemma. Mum of three. Nice to meet you.
A bit about how we got here.
Over 11 years ago, I started learning about nutrition for myself. Balanced whole diets. Specific vitamins, minerals, nutrients. The quiet difference they make day to day.
It transformed my own life.
And the more I learnt about how it applies to kids, the more I knew I wasn't doing the same for mine. The basics weren't always in place before they walked out the door for their busy school days.
Not because I wasn't trying. The morning window is tight. And a six-year-old has firm views about breakfast. You know how it goes.
One morning, I stood in the kitchen and thought: this problem is solvable. Someone hasn't solved it yet.
So I made it myself. Two years. Thirty versions. Nutritionists, food scientists, one very opinionated chocolatier. Version twelve got a full dramatic gagging performance from my own kids. We respected the feedback. Thanks, kids.
We kept going. Eventually, they asked for seconds.
That's how 9am Saint came to be.
I'm glad you're here.
Why our name is 9am Saint
Alot of people ask us, so let us tell you.
The saint is you.
Not the kids. Not us.
You. The parent.
You're the one making breakfast, packing the bag, finding the things, holding it all together before 8:30am. Quiet work that doesn't get applause but matters more than anyone says.
And 9am? That's when they're out in the world without you.
Today, a school desk. Tomorrow, the school gate. One day, a sleepover. The first day of secondary. A train to university. Their first flat with a kettle they bought themselves. Them, living their lives.
That's the 9am moment.
What you did before that door closed travels with them.
Why Breakfast
Breakfast has more say in a child's day than most of us realise.
Not any one breakfast. The daily one. The one that keeps happening.
Focus when the lesson gets hard. Energy that lasts the morning. The reserve to handle a tricky friendship. Something left at the end of the day.
That's the wish. A good day.
A lot goes into a good day. Sleep. Mood. A teacher who sees them. A body that's been fed well.
Most of those are out of our hands. The breakfast bit? That's where we come in.
Where POW!DER fits
Let us introduce POW!DER. Our first product. We made it to help with the breakfast bit. A daily chocolate drink for school-age children.
One serving alongside whatever breakfast is already happening. Or stirred into a smoothie, overnight oats, or yoghurt. Shake, stir, done. Fifteen seconds.
High in protein and prebiotic fibre. For growing bodies and healthy guts.
21 premium vitamins and minerals. Covering the nutritional fundamentals that children's diets can miss.
A rainbow of whole plant ingredients. Beetroot, broccoli, spinach, berries, roots and plant fibres.
What we believe
A variety of whole foods are the best thing you can give your kids.
POW!DER doesn't replace that. It sits alongside, for the mornings that don't go to plan.
We won't fix fussy eating or promise calmer mornings. We can't make anyone like broccoli. Child number one can confirm that.
The packed lunches, the sock crisis, the negotiations. That's all you.
What we hope for is a Tuesday morning, a few weeks from now. Your child, out the door, breakfast done. You, standing in the kitchen with something close to certainty. That it was enough.
Breakfast, with a lot of backup. That's our bit.