Our story
We grew up in Johannesburg. Like most city kids, our idea of "fresh juice" came from a carton on a supermarket shelf — pasteurised, preserved, and produced two months ago.
Then we went to the farms just outside the city. The fruit was extraordinary. And nobody was bringing it to our street.
The question
We asked that question a lot. Every convenience store stocked shelf-stable juice. Every restaurant poured from concentrate. Speed had come at the cost of everything that made juice worth drinking.
97%
of commercial juice is heat-treated, stripping nutrients before it reaches you
2mo+
Average age of supermarket OJ from pressing to your hands
0km
Between the closest farm and Johannesburg's city bowl
24hr
From cold-pressing to your door. That's the Chanta promise.
How we got here
The realisation
A friend's family owned an orange farm 40 minutes from Sandton. We went out one weekend and tasted juice pressed on-site. It was incomparable — nothing like what we'd been buying. We drove back to the city in silence, already thinking.
The mission
We weren't building a slow food movement. We wanted the opposite — we wanted fresh produce delivered with the speed and convenience of fast food. If someone can get a burger to your door in 20 minutes, why can't you get real juice from a real farm?
The build
Direct relationships with local growers. Cold-press on our side. No middlemen, no warehouse delays, no compromises to shelf life. Pressed today, with you tomorrow. That's the whole model.
Right now
We started with one juice because we wanted it to be right before we made it bigger. Our orange is just the beginning. The farm has a lot more to offer — and we're going to bring all of it to you.
The model
No warehouse. No distributor. No retailer markup. No shelf life window. Just the shortest possible distance between the fruit and you.
Local farm
Direct from grower
Cold-pressed
Same day
Bottled
No preservatives
Your door
Within 24hrs
