When it comes to the food in your pantry, we've been conditioned to think that more ingredients mean more value. But with nut butter, the opposite is true. The very best jar you can buy is the one that contains exactly one thing: the nut itself. At Whole Food Earth, we believe that a single-ingre...

A recipe asks for coconut milk. The cupboard holds a tin of coconut cream, a hard white block and a carton from the chiller. Will any of them do? Some will, with a little adjustment. One definitely won't. They're all made from the same nut, but they're made in different ways, and the difference i...

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...

Cutting down on sugar is one of the most common health goals, and the shelves are full of alternatives promising to help. But not all sweeteners are created equal, and some of the "healthy" ones are less different from sugar than the marketing suggests. Here is an evidence-based look at which swe...

Some ingredients earn their keep quietly, and raw organic virgin coconut oil is one of them. It sits in the cupboard looking unassuming, then turns out to be one of the most useful things you own. You can fry with it, bake with it, stir it into a morning coffee, or rub it into dry skin at the end...

We've all been there: it's 6:00 PM on a Wednesday, you want a proper, healthy dinner, but the idea of peeling ginger, pounding lemongrass, and balancing spices feels like a mountain you're not ready to climb. Usually, the "quick" option in the UK is a supermarket jar of curry sauce, but those are...