Forget Superfoods—Support Total Body Wellness With Surthrival Colostrum, Nature's Complete Whole Food
Surthrival Colostrum offers a pure, high-potency colostrum supplement optimized for human health at all ages
BIDDEFORD, Maine (June 15, 2023) – We’ve long heard about the health benefits of the colostrum found in breast milk. Study after study shows that colostrum is packed with nutrients that are key for the development and survival of baby humans and other mammals. Because it’s often the first nutrition infant humans receive, colostrum contains more than 90 compounds our bodies and brains need to develop and thrive.
But colostrum’s health benefits aren’t just restricted to infants. Thousands of published studies show colostrum can optimize health at all stages of human life. That’s why Surthrival, a Maine-based company dedicated to providing dietary supplements that support peak nutrition and optimal wellness, is proud to offer a highly potent, responsibly sourced, non-GMO colostrum dietary supplement designed to be consumed by people of all ages.
Surthrival Colostrum is the only colostrum dietary supplement optimized for human health. Research shows that supplementing with Surthrival Colostrum powder or capsules can:
Balance immune function
Promote healthy digestion and overall gut health
Improve cognitive function
Increase endurance and lean muscle mass
Maintain healthy joints, cartilage and musculature
Shorten recovery time after exercise
Considering all of these health benefits, is it any wonder that Surthrival Colostrum is referred to as “immune milk” and the “first food for second chances”?
Surthrival's natural, ethically harvested colostrum
Research shows that colostrum is a complete food packed with all of the essential amino acids used to build protein, immunoglobulins that play a key role in immune defenses, prebiotics that help protect the gut microbiome, and major growth factors that can help increase lean muscle mass and the body’s fat-burning capacity. Colostrum is also an excellent source of vitamins A, B, D, E and K, along with key minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.
Because most of the compounds in bovine colostrum are functionally identical to those in human colostrum, Surthrival Colostrum is ethically harvested and sourced from cows raised on dairy farms throughout the United States. Colostrum is vital for a newborn calf to thrive into adulthood, as it contains all of the immune factors necessary for the calf to survive. Consequently, Surthrival Colostrum is collected only after the newborn calf consumes all of the colostrum it needs.
To transform this colostrum into a dietary supplement, it must be processed from a liquid into a powder. But unlike other colostrum powders on the market today, Surthival Colostrum retains its whole-food form after processing. This ensures that Surthrival Colostrum contains all of its bioactive nutrients in their purest forms—just as nature intended.
No excipients or fillers are ever added, and Surthrival Colostrum is transported to and processed in a U.S. GMP-certified facility using strict refrigeration protocols. The end result is a clean, high-potency colostrum dietary supplement optimized for human health.
The sumptuous health solution
Surthrival Colostrum comes in two easy-to-use versions: a shelf-stable powder (6.5 ounce, 1 kilo or 2 kilos) or 180-count capsules. Rich and creamy-tasting, it’s available unflavored or in three naturally sourced flavors:
Chocolate, made with organic, unroasted cacao powder
Strawberry, made with real strawberry juice powder
Vanilla, made with organic vanilla bean extract
Simply blend 1 teaspoon of unflavored Surthrival Colostrum Powder into your favorite smoothie recipe twice a day to support and sustain your daily life. Flavored Surthrival Colostrum Powder is water soluble, so your twice-daily teaspoon can be blended into a smoothie, water, juice, or even coffee.
Whether you’re working your movement game hard or trying to build a healthy baseline, Surthrival Colostrum is your “Plan A” to “level-up” along your journey!
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About Surthrival
Based in Biddeford, Maine, Surthrival was founded in 2008 by LeighLon Anderson and Daniel Vitalis, star of the Outdoor Channel’s WildFed, to provide powerful, regenerative nutrients to support peak nutrition and optimal wellness. In addition to its best-selling bovine colostrum powder, Surthrival’s products include sustainably foraged black walnut protein powder, elk antler concentrate, reishi mushroom extract, vitamin D3/K2, and CBD for pets and people.
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Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
Outdoor Channel’s WildFed Season 3 Emphasizes Modern-Day Hunting and Gathering, Ecology, Wild Foods and Culinary Adventure
WildFed host and Surthrival co-founder Daniel Vitalis helps people deepen their connection with the natural world.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (March 27, 2023) – WildFed, the wild-food culinary adventure series that offers a fresh take on outdoor television, is currently airing its third season on the Outdoor Channel and the Frndly TV app. In its biggest and best season ever, WildFed 2023 includes 10 shows highlighting adventures like prairie dog hunting in the Dakotas, the iconic alewife run in Maine, feasting with the world-renowned foraging expert Sam Thayer, hunting invasive species on the rugged island of Molokai and more.
WildFed, which airs on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. ET as part of the Outdoor Channel’s “Taste of the Wild” block, takes a thoughtful, artistic approach to modern-day hunting and gathering, with a strong emphasis on ecology. Every episode ends with a beautiful and delicious meal made with hunted, fished or foraged ingredients.
“We’ve been working hard to create a new niche in the hunting and outdoor media space, with a focus more on wild foods than hunting specifically,” says WildFed founder and host Daniel Vitalis. “We emphasize culinary adventure, ecological literacy, relationship with the landscape and great storytelling about species, people and food.”
After learning to hunt, fish and forage as an adult, Vitalis created WildFed to inspire others to start their own wild-food journeys. Along with his work with WildFed, Vitalis is a Registered Maine Guide, writer, public speaker, interviewer and lifestyle pioneer who co-founded the supplements and superfood company Surthrival in 2008.
Surthrival’s products, which include sustainably foraged black walnut protein powder, elk antler concentrate, bovine colostrum powder, reishi mushroom extract, vitamin D3/K2, and CBD for pets and people, are designed to help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things.
“I think of it as ‘empowerment fuel’ for performance, health, recovery and peace of mind,” Vitalis says.
Both Surthrival and WildFed are key parts of Vitalis’ mission to help people reconnect with wildness, both inside and outside themselves. For instance, in WildFed Season 3 Episode 10, “Snowshoe Hare and Black Walnuts,” Vitalis and Chef Tony Seichrist chase snowshoe hares with beagles across the frozen landscape, and then prepare a feast made with the snowshoe hares and black walnuts Vitalis harvested in Missouri alongside members of a family company devoted to wild food.
WildFed’s Season 3 lineup includes:
Episode 1 - Turkey and Brackenfern
Episode 2 - Alewives and Birch Syrup
Episode 3 - Black Buck and Wild Salad
Episode 4 - Prairie Dog and Prairie Turnip
Episode 5 - Wisconsin Crayfish, Berries and Cattails with Sam Thayer
Episode 6 - Axis Deer and Tropical Fruit Foraging
Episode 7 - Swordfish and Maryland Fish and Crabs
Episode 8 - Archery Deer, Mackerel and Mushroom
Episode 9 - Sea Duck and Autumn Olive
Episode 10 - Snowshoe Hare and Black Walnuts
Previews for each episode are available on the Outdoor Channel website, and all episodes are streamed on the Frndly TV app.
You can also deepen your connection with the natural world through hunting, fishing, foraging and, of course, food, via the WildFed podcast — which one user called “the most forward (yet backward) thinking hunting show out there, presenting the most well-rounded approach to being a human that is possible in the 21st century.”
About WildFed
WildFed is a show, podcast and lifestyle brand that integrates hunting, fishing, foraging and ecology with nutrition, cooking, community and outdoor adventure. Hosted by lifestyle pioneer Daniel Vitalis, co-founder of supplements and superfood company Surthrival, WildFed is designed to reconnect people with wildness through food. WildFed is dedicated to modern-day hunting and gathering methods that support healthy lifestyles for both people and the planet and that help sustain our wild future.
About Surthrival
Based in Biddeford, Maine, Surthrival was founded in 2008 by LeighLon Anderson and Daniel Vitalis, star of the Outdoor Channel’s WildFed, to provide powerful, regenerative nutrients to support peak nutrition and optimal wellness. In addition to its best-selling bovine colostrum powder, Surthrival’s products include sustainably foraged black walnut protein powder, elk antler concentrate, reishi mushroom extract, vitamin D3/K2, and CBD for pets and people.
Follow Surthrival on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For wholesale inquiries, contact wholesale@surthrival.com.
Media Contact
Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
From Native American to Modern Tradition, Black Walnuts Are One of the Last Wild-Foraged Foods in America
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At 17g of pure, complete protein per serving, Surthrival’s new Black Walnut Protein Powder is sustainably foraged from wild-grown, native North American Black Walnut trees.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (February 21, 2023) – Most of us are familiar with the common walnut we grew up eating throughout the year. Those walnuts, available widely in grocery stores, come from the English Walnut (Juglans regia), cultivated primarily in commercial orchards from trees that originated in the UK and Europe.
But what many people may not realize is that the prized Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is native to North America, where it can only be found growing wild in the eastern United States. From the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico east to Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Black Walnut trees sustained Indigenous peoples, including the Cherokee, Delaware, Chippewa, Iroquois, Meskwaki and others, for thousands of years.
Those Native American tribes, like the European settlers after them, valued the tall, stately Black Walnut for its bark, wood, natural dyes, medicinal value ... and food. For millennia, foragers have sought the nutmeats of the wild-grown Black Walnut, rich in nutrients, essential fatty acids and protein, as an important and delicious food source – a tradition that continues to this day.
In fact, it can be said that Black Walnuts are one of the last wild-foraged foods in America today!
Foraging Black Walnuts: A Longtime Tradition
Surthrival’s new Black Walnut Protein Powder is sustainably sourced exclusively by foragers of wild Black Walnuts. For about six weeks each October and November, foragers, families and friends gather to collect Black Walnuts by hand from fields, forests, farms and yards.
Then, in bags, buckets, trailers and even truckloads, they bring them to buying stations in garden centers, feed stores and grocery stores set up seasonally throughout the Midwest, where the foragers are paid by the pound for their harvest. Once the Black Walnuts are collected, sorted, husked and hulled by a third-generation, family owned business based in Missouri – the heart of Black Walnut country – for Surthrival, the nutmeats are turned into an exquisite, high-quality, fully absorbable protein powder that is ideal for smoothies, blended drinks, and to fortify baked goods and other recipes.
“Black Walnuts grow wild in fields and pastures across the Midwest and are hand-harvested by locals every year. They grow naturally, watered by the rain, and are produced without the chemicals or pesticides often used in commercial orchards. They’re also gluten-free, creating an ideal ingredient for any consumer concerned with food additives and the growing process of the foods they choose,” says Daniel Vitalis. Vitalis is a passionate hunter, forager and wild food cook, co-founder of Surthrival, and creator and host of the Outdoor Channel’s WildFed television series, now in its third season.
“Black Walnuts have been growing here wild since the first humans set foot in North America, and they’re still wild today. They are incredibly sustainable – they naturally reproduce and continue producing Black Walnuts for over 50 years. Black Walnuts have been, and always will be, a completely wild, all natural, un-processed product,” Vitalis says.
Supporting 'Eco-Culture' and Wild Food Sheds
In sourcing its Wild-Foraged Black Walnut Protein Powder from local collectors, Surthrival is supporting what Vitalis refers to as “eco-culture," a more ancient and sustainable alternative to agriculture. "With the right shifts in landscape management, viable wild food sheds that can be maintained on a large scale are possible," Vitalis envisions.
“It’s a win-win – as the customer gets a healthy, sustainable wild food, foragers prosper from providing the raw materials. Supporting foragers, companies and suppliers in this way move us toward a newer – or perhaps an older – way of engaging with the landscape for our food needs,” says Vitalis. “In doing so, we can create a viable market for a wild food sustainably for decades to come.”
Daniel Vitalis, co-founder of Surthrival.
As a naturally available food source, Black Walnuts have a long history of recipes and uses. Indigenous peoples mixed the crushed nuts in breads and puddings. The nutmeats were also an important ingredient in corn soups and several other traditional native dishes. The fresh nuts were crushed and boiled to make a beverage. “There is even a story about a bread recipe the original explorers Lewis and Clark developed in the early 1800s when their expedition traveled through Missouri and Black Walnut country,” Vitalis relates.
Black Walnuts: The Highest Protein Content of Any Tree Nut
Black Walnuts contain the highest protein content of any tree nut and are an excellent alternative for health-conscious consumers seeking to add more high-quality, plant-based protein to their diet, according to WebMD.
To create its Black Walnut Protein Powder, Surthrival uses an exclusive, ultra-clean CO2 extraction process to draw out the plant-based protein from its wild-foraged, sustainable harvest – with 17 grams of protein per 1⁄4-cup (30g) serving. The company is proud to be the exclusive distributor of this path-breaking product, which it says is the first of its kind.
Surthrival’s Black Walnut Protein Powder, available in 16-ounce pouches, comes from wild-grown, North American native Black Walnut trees. Unlike other proteins, Black Walnut is habitat-friendly – no agricultural land is used or irrigation required, since the trees aren’t “grown” like traditional crops. Moreover, no fertilizers or toxic chemicals are involved, “only wholesome, healthy, wild nature. It’s wild nutrition you can feel great about,” says Vitalis.
About Surthrival
Based in Biddeford, Maine, Surthrival was founded in 2008 by LeighLon Anderson and Daniel Vitalis, star of the Outdoor Channel’s WildFed, to provide powerful, regenerative nutrients to support peak nutrition and optimal wellness. In addition to its new Black Walnut Protein Powder, Surthrival’s products include its best-selling bovine colostrum powder, elk antler concentrate, reishi mushroom extract, Vitamin D3/K2, and CBD for pets and people.
Follow Surthrival on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For wholesale inquiries, contact wholesale@surthrival.com.
Media Contact
Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
Surthrival Announces Launch of the World's First Wild-Foraged, Plant-Based Protein Powder
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Surthrival Announces the Launch of the World’s First Wild-Foraged, Plant-Based Protein Powder
Surthrival Black Walnut Protein Powder is made from 100% USA wild-grown, sustainably foraged & processed black walnuts. A sophisticated, ultra-clean CO2 extraction process produces this powerful source of plant-based protein – with 17 grams of protein per serving.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (January 3, 2023) – Surthrival is pleased to announce the launch of Black Walnut Protein Powder, the world’s first sustainable, wild-crafted protein powder sourced from black walnuts collected by foragers in the American Midwest.
Co-founded in 2008 by Daniel Vitalis, the creator and host of the Outdoor Channel's WildFed television series, Surthrival produces a range of potent, regenerative dietary supplements inspired by Vitalis’ study of our early ancestors and the vast range of foods they consumed.
“We should look to hunter-gatherer communities to see what they traditionally ate to see how we can supplement our modern diets to support optimal health,” says Vitalis, a passionate hunter, forager and wild food cook. “When I started Surthrival, I was looking at all the health problems our modern lifestyle and diet are creating. We wanted to produce uncompromising products – superior-grade, efficacious dietary supplements that can provide what’s lacking in modern diets.”
Black Walnuts Contain the Highest Protein Content of Any Tree Nut
Black walnuts contain the highest protein content of any tree nut and are an excellent alternative for health-conscious consumers seeking to add more high-quality, plant-based protein to their diet, according to WebMD. To create its Black Walnut Protein Powder, Surthrival uses an ultra-clean CO2 extraction process to draw out the powerful plant-based protein from its wild-foraged, sustainable harvest – with 17 grams of protein per ¼-cup serving. The company is proud to be the exclusive distributor of this path-breaking product, which it calls the first of its kind.
Surthrival’s Black Walnut Protein Powder, available in 16-ounce pouches, comes from wild-grown, North American native black walnut trees. Unlike other proteins, black walnut is habitat-friendly – no agricultural land is used or irrigation required, since the trees aren’t “grown” like traditional crops. Moreover, no fertilizers or toxic chemicals are involved, “only wholesome, healthy, wild nature. It’s wild nutrition you can feel great about,” says Vitalis.
Surthrival’s Black Walnuts Are 100% Sustainably Wild Harvested
Each fall, when ripe wild black walnuts fall to the ground, they are gathered by foragers – individuals and families – who bring the nuts to hulling stations around the Midwest, where the foragers are paid by the pound for their harvest. The nutmeats are then turned into an exquisite, high-quality, fully absorbable protein powder that is perfect for smoothies and blended drinks – and even to fortify baked goods.
“When you use Surthrival’s Black Walnut Protein Powder you’re voting for wild lands and wild species, for fair wages for foragers, and for a healthy habitat,” says Surthrival co-founder LeighLon Anderson.
Key Elements of Surthrival’s Black Walnut Protein Powder
100% wild-foraged
Ethically and sustainably harvested
100% USA sourced
Your only source of wild-crafted Black Walnut Protein Powder
Vegan and vegetarian
Paleo friendly
Non-GMO
Gluten free
About Surthrival
Based in Biddeford, Maine, Surthrival was founded in 2008 by LeighLon Anderson and Daniel Vitalis, star of the Outdoor Channel’s WildFed, to provide powerful, regenerative nutrients to support peak nutrition and optimal wellness. In addition to its new Black Walnut Protein Powder, Surthrival’s products include its best-selling bovine colostrum powder, elk antler concentrate, reishi mushroom extract, Vitamin D3/K2, and CBD for pets and people.
Follow Surthrival on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For wholesale inquiries, contact wholesale@surthrival.com.
Media Contact
Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com