Get to Know Us: This is Awde

Awde: noun /äd/ pronounced “odd”; different from what is usual or expected

As our world becomes increasingly modernized—convenience and speed as the status quo—we lose the personal touch and one-on-one interactions of the services we need and love.

Looking back on the halcyon days of Old-World apothecaries and chemists, we saw the thoughtful customization and connection that’s lacking today. Picture this: the door chimes as you step into your local pharmacy on the street corner. You’re greeted with a smile from a chemist who knows you by name, rows of carefully arranged tonic and tinctures lining the shelves behind their counter. You watch as they thoughtfully curate the contents of your personalized prescription (the one they know by heart), compounding the vitamins, elixirs, and other health concoctions by hand—right before your eyes.

Prescription pick-up looks quite different these days—hurried, impersonal—and an overflow of synthetic, low-quality, low-priced vitamins and supplements fill aisle after aisle of big box stores. There’s no custom dosing, no chemist consultation. But when it comes to our bodies—our home—we should never choose convenience over treating ourselves with the best.

So, we thought: what if we could have both? The thoughtful, personalized wellness services of eras past, without losing modern-day convenience? That was our guiding vision, and we’ve made it a wellness routine in reality.

This is Awde Alchemy.

Awde Alchemy was founded by a collective of like-minded health professionals, determined to redefine the wellness industry.

We’re bringing the retro apothecary into the modern era and transporting that friendly local chemist into the virtual world. We offer all the personalized benefits of bygone times, while still utilizing the convenience of direct-to-door delivery.

Here’s how it works.

We’re ditching the dust.

The excessive fillers and preservatives that keep today’s supplements shelf-stable are entirely unnecessary for our health. They’re added only for long-life convenience, serving a mass market of customers with the same formula and potency that dwindles exponentially month, after month, after month.

We believe in shortened expiry windows for peak freshness and nixing the unnecessary ingredients that turn to “dust”—they do nothing for your health or the efficacy of your supplements.

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

Our vitamins and supplements are thoughtfully crafted in small batches for maximum freshness. We meticulously hand-select all of our ingredients with purpose, each remaining potent, pure, and highly effective when it arrives at your door. That means no filler, additives, or shelf stabilizers in sight. Just like in the good old days, you can trust what you’re putting in your body because it was specially crafted just for you. 

We’re local and trusted, just like that friendly Old-World chemist.

That old-school pharmacist knows more than just your name: they know your specific health needs, they prescribe with an individual point of view, and they craft each product with intention.

In days past, you’d seek a chemist’s advice when it comes to your health, so you can make the best, most informed decisions for your body. Awde Alchemy brings this local chemist into the fast-paced virtual world.

Start your wellness journey with our comprehensive health assessment to completely personalize your experience. It’s our version of the local pharmacist who knows you by name—because you’re an individual, and your unique wellness needs matter.

We’re Canadian crafted, from day one to delivery.

Our founders, a collective of wellness professionals from Canada, keep the local spirit flowing through our Made in Canada ethos.

Awde Alchemy is headquartered in Canada with local production in Ontario, and all aspects of our business remain Canadian-crafted—from our founding members to filling facilities, designers to packaging manufacturing, we like to keep things close to home.