About The MayaNut Company

Bringing MayaNut™ Flour & Powder to a broader audience.

The MayaNut Company was founded on October 4, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida by August Kokus to bring MayaNut™ Flour & Powder to a bigger, broader audience.

The company exists to make MayaNut™ feel clear, useful, and beautiful as a modern food product while pointing people back to the living source: the Maya nut tree, Brosimum alicastrum.

August Kokus, founder of The MayaNut Company
August Kokus, founder of The MayaNut Company.
Mission

Sustain the species through the product.

The number one goal of The MayaNut Company is to help sustain and expand Brosimum alicastrum through the commerce and business of its product, MayaNut™ Flour & Powder.

For August, a product is not only something to sell. It is a mechanism for creating demand, awareness, planting, and long-term care for the species behind it.

The story

A company built around a tree, a food, and a future.

August started The MayaNut Company to bring MayaNut™ Flour & Powder into the modern food world as a distinctive ingredient for baking, drinks, smoothies, bowls, oatmeal, and everyday recipes.

The product is branded as MayaNut™, while the phrase “Maya nut” may refer more broadly to the botanical and common-name context around Brosimum alicastrum. Other names connected to the species include ramón, ramon, ojoche, ochoche, ojite, capomo, apomo, guáimaro, guaimaro, ujuxte, masica, and breadnut.

Florida

A future Florida Maya nut orchard.

Brosimum alicastrum has deep Mesoamerican history, yet for some reason it has not become a cultivated food tree in Florida in any meaningful public way. August plans to help change that.

One long-term goal is to help establish Florida’s first Maya nut orchard, beginning with sustainable agriculture practices, careful growth, and a public example of what this species can become in warm-climate food systems.

Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture with a species-level purpose.

The MayaNut Company is focused on sustainable agriculture practices, responsible product presentation, and long-term expansion of Brosimum alicastrum where the tree can grow well.

The business exists to create a practical bridge between food commerce and biological continuity: more people using MayaNut™, more people understanding the Maya nut tree, and more reasons for the species to be planted and cared for.

Inspiration

Music, beauty, and doing something new.

August was inspired by Scriabin’s Second and Third Symphonies, which raised his consciousness toward the idea of doing something special in the world.

He also admired Isaiah 43:19 and its image of doing a new thing. The MayaNut Company is his attempt to bring something new and beautiful into the world through a product, a species, and a long-term agricultural direction.

Name

Why The MayaNut Company?

The name is direct because the mission is direct. The company exists to make MayaNut™ Flour & Powder easier to recognize, easier to understand, and easier to use.

The brand helps separate the company’s product presentation from the broader common-name phrase “Maya nut,” while keeping the product connected to Brosimum alicastrum and its wider cultural and botanical history.

Contact The MayaNut Company

For questions about MayaNut™ Flour & Powder, product use, sourcing, future Florida cultivation, or collaboration, contact us at info@mayanut.com.

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