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Uk Ingredients

ElfwinElfwin
in Food Preparation

Hello people,

I'm just starting my journey into raw food & i was wondering where people in the UK get their food from? Obviously you can get veg & fruit from the supermarket or farmer's market, but what about the more specialist items? I know i've seen Quinoa in Asda! Had a look in Holland & Barrett the other day & couldn't really see anything apart form nuts & i couldn't figure out if they were raw!

So, any help would be greatly appreciated, coz i don't know where to look!

Thank yoooou!

Peace

x

Comments

  • jaynerjayner

    Hi Elfwin

    In my limited experience the nuts and gojis etc in the supermarkets as far as I know are not raw - I would also like to know if any do though. A lot of the dried stuff in Holland & Barrett also contains sulpher dioxide, so its worth checking the label, if you want to avoid it.

    There are a loads of websites that r good though and do sell raw stuff - Dextoxyourworld (Shazzie's site), Rawliving (Kate Magic), Funky Raw and also Kiemling all sell loads of raw stuff (including nuts) and have lots of info about how to use ingredients, recipes etc. (But do shop around for the best price and there are more springing up all the time!).

    I have ordered from the first two frequently with no probs, fast delivery, good quality and they both have tons of info to get started especially rawliving. Also check if there is a raw food group in your area (on meetup.com) as they can be good sources of local info too. (eg. I found out that I could get young thai coconuts locally at one meetup!! ).

    Anyway just a few suggestions by no means exhaustive! - would also love to hear from other folk where they get their ingredients from too!

    Luv & Light

    J x

  • violet Deletedviolet Deleted

    Yes, I think that local health food shops are the best places to check. I'm slowly seeing more and more raw products appear the shelves in shops near me but I still have to order a lot of specialist items (chia seeds, raw nuts etc.) online. I really like haverawcakeandeatit and the fresh network, as mentioned above.

    Plus if you like chocolate try these: http://www.consciouschocolate.co.uk/the-conscious-shop.php

    sv3: I went to a raw food talk last year at Eighth Day and it's a great shop. I wish we had something like that in Sheffield.

  • jaynerjayner

    Eighth Day sounds great , wish I had something like that nearby!! They don't do mail order by any chance?!!!! :-)

    I hope things are changing. I also noticed our local organic deli is stocking more raw produce - which is great! Hoping it will continue.

    VIVA LA RAW-VU-LUTION!!!

    The consciouschocolate site looks fab - am definitely going to try some!!!!

    J x

  • ElfwinElfwin

    Wow, thanks for for all the info peeps, i'll defo have to scout around me nearest Tescos for some stuff. Unfortunatley i live in rather un-cultured Thanet, and i'm not sure they have any independant health stores, but i'm gonna check online, it'd be great if there was raw food group round here.

    I will check out all those websites, esp the chocolate one!

    Thanks a lot guys!

    Peace

  • RawKarenRawKaren Raw Newbie

    V. useful thread. The site I use the most is www.detoxyourworld.com Reliability and service wins hands down. However I can't seem to source chia seeds here in the UK. Some sites show them, but normally as out of stock! Clues anyone? Shazzie if you are reading this, pleeeze can you source us some chia seeds??

  • jaynerjayner

    Raw Passion:- I think Kate Magic's site Rawliving has both Chia and Irish Moss at the mo! x

  • UK RAW FOOD NETWORKUK RAW FOOD NETWORK

    Hi,

    I just want to say that where i live in Somerset, we are lucky enough to have a good health food shop in Glastonbury.

    However, for the best Coconut butter, and hand picked nuts etc, I use a company called Tree harvest.

    Unfortunately they are not online ass such, if you google them they have their contact number. just call and order, and they deliver anywhere in the UK, but seriously the quality is fantastic.

    there are a few places mentioned on our forum at UK RAW FOOD NETWORK :) might be worth having a look.

    http://forum.ukrawfoodnetwork.co.uk

    Please ask if you require more specific info about where to buy raw food :)

    All the best,

    James Alexander :)

    P.S: most super markets and holland & barrat etc, are Not Raw!

    I have a nice little article about oils on the forum: http://forum.ukrawfoodnetwork.co.uk/forum/topics/whats-wrong-with-margarine

    the same principle applies to nuts...

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