Kosterina’s high-polyphenol Olive Oil Shots just launched at Whole Foods and Sprouts in 650+ locations. Here’s what the product is and why it matters.
There’s a shift happening in the supplement aisle.
Quietly, steadily, consumers are walking past the protein powders and synthetic capsules and reaching instead for something older. Something recognizable. Something that comes from a farm, not a lab.
Kosterina is betting on that shift; and Whole Foods and Sprouts just validated the bet.
The New York-based Mediterranean pantry brand announced today that its Olive Oil Shots are now available at select Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market locations nationwide, marking the first time the product has reached retail shelves. The rollout covers more than 650 grocery doors, a significant opening footprint for a format that didn’t exist in retail until now.
The shots themselves are straightforward by design. Single-serve portions of high-polyphenol extra virgin olive oil, cold-pressed and sourced directly from early-harvest olives in southern Greece. No additives. No synthetic compounds. The ingredient list is exactly one item long.
That simplicity is the point.
Kosterina founder and CEO Katina Mountanos built the brand around the Mediterranean diet’s core premise — that food, eaten intentionally, is medicine. The olive oil shot format takes that premise and fits it into a modern wellness routine: something you take in the morning alongside your coffee, not something you count out of a pill bottle.
The timing is deliberate. Olive oil shots have been building visibility across wellness culture and social media for the past two years, showing up in celebrity morning routines and functional food conversations. Kosterina was early to the format online; the Whole Foods and Sprouts launch is the move from early adopter culture into mainstream accessibility.
Founded in 2020, Kosterina began as a premium EVOO brand focused on direct sourcing from Greek farmers. It has since expanded into vinegars, organic olives, and olive oil-based beauty products — a cross-category Mediterranean lifestyle company built around a single ingredient philosophy. The olive oil shots are the clearest expression yet of where that philosophy leads when it meets the functional wellness moment.
The shots are available now at select Whole Foods Market and Sprouts locations. Additional retail expansion is planned for later in 2026.
There’s a longer story here worth watching. When Whole Foods and Sprouts allocate shelf space to a single-ingredient olive oil shot alongside traditional supplements, they’re signaling something about where their customers are going. Away from synthetic. Toward ancient. Toward food that has been doing this job for centuries without needing a clinical study to explain it.
Kosterina didn’t invent olive oil. They just understood the moment.
FAQs
Q: What are Kosterina Olive Oil Shots?
A: Kosterina Olive Oil Shots are single-serve portions of high-polyphenol extra virgin olive oil sourced from early-harvest olives in southern Greece. They’re designed to be taken as part of a daily wellness routine — a food-based alternative to synthetic supplements, rooted in the Mediterranean diet tradition.
Q: Where can I buy Kosterina Olive Oil Shots?
A: As of June 2026, Kosterina Olive Oil Shots are available at select Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market locations nationwide, across more than 650 retail doors. Additional retail expansion is planned for later in 2026.
Q: What are polyphenols and why do they matter in olive oil?
A: Polyphenols are naturally occurring antioxidant compounds found in plants. In extra virgin olive oil, high polyphenol content is associated with greater health benefits — including anti-inflammatory properties — and is considered a marker of quality and freshness. Kosterina sources early-harvest olives specifically to maximize polyphenol levels.
Q: Are Kosterina Olive Oil Shots a supplement or a food product?
A: They are a food product. The single ingredient is extra virgin olive oil — no additives, no synthetic compounds. Kosterina positions them as part of a food-as-medicine philosophy rather than a traditional supplement regimen.
Q: What is Kosterina as a brand?
A: Founded in 2020, Kosterina is a Mediterranean pantry brand that helped pioneer the premium EVOO category in the United States. The brand sources directly from farmers in southern Greece and has expanded into vinegars, organic olives, and olive oil-based beauty products alongside its core olive oil line.
