Your Organic Wholefood Shop

Pick up a jar of quality coconut oil and the label often reads like a little string of promises: raw, organic, virgin, cold-pressed, unrefined. They sound impressive, but what do they actually mean, and do they make any real difference? As it happens, they do, and understanding each one tells you exactly why a good coconut oil is worth choosing ...

Year after year, the Mediterranean diet is ranked among the healthiest ways to eat in the world. It is not a fad or a strict regime, but a simple, generous way of eating built around real, whole foods, and at its heart sit some of the humblest ingredients of all: beans and pulses, one of the best plant-based proteins around. Here is what the Med...

Every good kitchen needs a hero it can rely on, and few earn that title as quietly as a tin of beans. It sits in the cupboard costing very little, keeps almost indefinitely, and turns into dinner at a moment's notice. Nóstimo is our own Mediterranean pantry range, built around exactly this kind of honest, useful food: organic beans and pulses, c...

There is a reason so many of us remember our grandmothers' cooking so fondly. It was not fancy, and it rarely followed a written recipe, but it was made with care from real ingredients, and it stretched a modest budget a very long way. Cooking grandma style is less about any particular dish and more about a way of thinking. The good news is that...

Picture your grandmother's kitchen table. Now picture the contents of a typical shopping trolley today. In the space of a few generations, the British plate has changed almost beyond recognition, and not entirely for the better. It is worth looking closely at what was on that older plate, what is on ours now, and what happened in between, becaus...

One of the biggest myths about eating well is that real food is a luxury. It is easy to believe when a shiny "healthy" ready meal costs more than a takeaway, and when the cheapest calories in the shop are usually the most processed. But the truth is that some of the most nourishing whole foods are also among the cheapest things you can buy. Eati...

We already know that ultra-processed foods are linked to problems like weight gain and heart disease. Now a large study has added the brain to that list, connecting a diet high in ultra-processed food with a greater risk of stroke and of memory and thinking problems. It is worth understanding what the research actually found, what it does and do...

Ultra-processed food is everywhere in the headlines, and plenty of us have decided we would like to eat less of it. There is just one problem: when it comes to actually pointing at a product and saying whether it counts, most people are stumped. A recent UK study put this into sharp focus, and the findings are surprisingly reassuring. If you are...