Monolith
From a Grandmother's Health to Your Pet's. A 25-Year Journey in Medicinal Mushroom Science.
The story of Monolith begins in 1998, when founder Moro watched his elderly grandmother search for a way to stay healthy without relying on medication. The answer — Cordyceps, a rare medicinal fungus revered in Eastern wellness tradition for centuries — would change the course of his career.
Her results confirmed his instinct. So he committed: studying Cordyceps ecology from 1998, developing cultivation methods from 2000, launching a human supplement in 2007, and by 2009, extending that same expertise to pets with Cordy — Japan's first and only Cordyceps supplement produced in a GMP-certified cultivation facility.
What sets Monolith apart is an obsession with source integrity. Wild-strain Cordyceps are hand-harvested across Japan for roughly 100 days each year, because their own research — validated with a University of Tokyo-affiliated venture — confirmed that repeated sub-culturing weakens potency. Every batch undergoes DNA identification testing to verify strain purity, plus full safety trials at OECD-compliant institutions.
No fillers. No shortcuts. Pure powder in pharmaceutical-grade plant-based HPMC capsules, using the whole cultivation — mycelium, fruiting body, and secondary metabolites — because Monolith believes nothing produced in the process should go to waste.
At Pettomono, we carry:
- Cordy M — Cordyceps-based immune and wellness support for dogs and cats
- Krill Oil — for joint, kidney, and cardiovascular health
More time together. That's the whole point.
https://naotta.jp/blogs/contents/cordial