Acayu plant based foods was born out of friendship, and the common vision of Raz Swissa and Moti Nagar. Born and raised in Israel, both their love for food and health started early. Their travels took them on food and healing adventures from Tel Aviv to India, to London New York and LA. Their accumulated knowledge in fermentation, sourdough, mushrooms, ayurveda, reiki and elite food creation has left an impression in every kitchen they ran. 
Moti studied cooking in high school and became extremely passionate about food in his first travels to India in 2002. He owned and developed the menu for his first restaurant, Blackbird in Brooklyn, NY in 2010, and later opened a vegetarian kitchen in a Greenpoint out of the Goodyoga studio.

He began studying Ayurveda and later developed his own raw vegan line in Israel specializing in raw vegan "cheese", desserts and snacks intended to dazzle the palates of his fellow vegans. After perfecting his recipes, Rama Raw Food made its way into small privately owned health food stores throughout Israel as well as offering this line to Gabriel Cousins (the founder of Tree of Life) during his Juice fast retreats. Moti later took on the task as head chef at Alegria, a vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv. Later moving to Los Angeles Moti developed desserts and vegan products for Matthew Kenney's Plant Food and Wine, and offered private home vegan cooking and classes as well as small intimate private events.