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Supporting Scottish Producers

At Real Foods we love all things Scottish. We want to support local brands by selling products that are made right here in Scotland. We know that many of our customers are keen for us to do this too.

Here we share with you some history and philosophy from behind some of our best loved Scottish brands.

Understanding COP26

You have probably heard a lot about COP26, which is being held in our neighbouring city of Glasgow. Whilst the headlines are compelling, what does it all really mean?

New Products at Edinburgh Real Foods

Check out this blog post for new products we've got in that you may not know about!

Enjoying The Edinburgh Festival

Love it or loathe it the Edinburgh Festival will soon be upon us along with the many thousands of visitors from all around the globe. Real Foods has been in Edinburgh for 45 of the 62 years the festival has been running and we want to share with you our ideas on enjoying the festival season.

Celebrating 40 years of our Tollcross store

This year we celebrate 40 years of our Tollcross store. Opened 5 years after our Broughton Street store, and 7 years after our original store on Morrison Street, the Tollcross store bought wholefoods to the Meadows and beyond!

Meet the Producer Pukka

A quick introduction to Pukka, purveyors of fine herbal teas and supplements. Find their products here in our webshop

Competitions at Real Foods

Have a go at winning some great prizes at Real Foods, and in the ubiquitous style of Jim B, 'Take a look at what you could win' P.S. no naff plastic figurine for losers here!

Solgar Essentials for Life

Introducing Solgar - our 'Meet the Producer' for September.

Meet the Producer Greenscents

This month our producer is Greenscents, a brand behind which are Peter and Christina Hawkes, who started with a passion to provide a more ethical range of household cleaning options and have succeeded in bringing the very comprehensive and environmentally friendly Greenscents range of household cleaning products to the market.

Meet the Producer Breadshare Community Bakery

Meet Breadshare, our Producer of the Month. Breadshare are a community interest company located in Portobello, Edinburgh, they were originally started in 2012 at Whitmuir Farm in Lamancha (around 16 miles from central Edinburgh) . Their mission is to serve and involve the community by making excellent bread using organic ingredients and distinctive local products, helping to create a more sustainable and health-enhancing food system.

Meet the Producer Almighty Foods

Almighty Foods was founded in 2015 by health advocates Josh and Molly. It was created with the intentions to help nurture the earth and its inhabitants. This means that they not only provide organic, nutrient-dense foods, but also support ethical and organic farming practices. These practices protect the natural habitats of which our food and medicines are grown.

Real Foods and the Soil Association

So you can be confident about what you will find in our organic goods, we are licensed by the Soil Association, the UK's leading food and farming charity and organic certification body.

Early Bird Discount

Visit our Edinburgh shops early in the day for 10% off your full price shopping

Meet the Producer OptiBac Probiotics

OptiBac Probiotics' range consists of twelve different supplements containing live cultures - all natural, and with no added colourings, flavours or preservatives. The range includes supplements suitable for infants, pregnant & breastfeeding mothers, for vegetarians, vegans, coeliacs, and for those who are lactose intolerant.

Meet the Producer Stoats

Stoats are passionate about ‘all things porridge’. They take great pride in sourcing premium Scottish oats and working on different blends to give the best texture to their range. They use unrefined, wholesome ingredients to create delicious snacks, pots and bars.

Meet the Producer TreeVitalise

Meet the Producer Roots Soda Co

Meet our producer of the month in August 2016 - Roots Soda Co, a local business providing sodas packed with fruits and vegetables and using minimal levels of cane sugar... You can find their products here in our webshop

A real village in the city

Meet Irene, one of our loyal customers, and hear what she has to say...

PROMOTIONS

Grab a bargain Take a look at our special offers and promotions

Multinational Real Food

Real Foods answer to the question that apparently stumped a multinational supermarket giant

A Food Lovers Emporium by Ben Raffles

Meet Ben, one of our managers at Real Foods

An Aladdin's cave for food lovers and cooks

Find out what Jenny has to say about Real Foods...

Willie's Cacao Range

Willie’s Delectable Cacao Grating Blocks & Chocolate Bars range are available in both our Edinburgh branches and the full range is available in our Chocolate shop here. The blocks are great for adding an unrivalled depth of flavour to cooking, while the bars are simply delicious.

Events at Real Foods

Real Foods regularly runs fun and informative events and here we have listed all past and future events. If you would like any further information on events at Real Foods, please email [email protected] . If anyone is interested in hosting or running a collaborative event with Real Foods, please do contact us.

Meet the Producer Over Langshaw Farm

It takes a great deal of hard work and dedication to be an organic supplier, so when it comes to finding a good local organic and free-range egg, it's not quite so easy, you must have heard the expression 'rare as hens teeth'. So can you imagine our joy when we discovered the lovely folk at Over Langshaw Farm, who not only produce free-range organic eggs for us, they also make their own very delicious luxury ice-cream which you'll be able to try for yourself in both our Edinburgh stores in June.

Meet the Producer Kwan's Kitchen

Kwan’s Kitchen have been running Chinese restaurants in the Scottish Borders for over 35 years using traditional family recipes, They’ve now branched out to create restaurant quality foods, using authentic and easy to use Chinese ingredients, without artificial additives and suitable for vegetarians. Find their products here in our online webshop.

Meet the Producer Chain Bridge Honey Farm

Chain Bridge Honey Farm produce beautiful honeycombs, delicious honey and are a fount of information on bees!

Meet the Producer Pacari Chocolates

Meet the Producer Equal Exchange

https://www.realfoods.co.uk/shop?search=Equal%20ExchangeThe origins of Equal Exchange stretch back to 1979 when three voluntary workers returned to Edinburgh after working on aid projects in various parts of Africa. Along with a sister organisation in London, Campaign Co-op, they started buying instant coffee from Bukoba on Lake Victoria in Tanzania. As a result Campaign Coffee was born.

Meet the Producer Mara Seaweed

Have you been thinking about including seaweed in your diet, but you are not sure about which type or how to prepare it? Read about this month's spotlighted producer: Mara Seaweed.

Meet the Producer Pickled in Scotland

Ever heard of fruit cheese? Find out all about it and our local producer - Pickled in Scotland.

Meet The Producer The Raw Chocolate Company

Meet The Raw Chocolate Company, our producer of the month. All of their products are vegan, most are Fairtrade and Organic and their factory is renewably powered.

Meet the Producer Eteaket

Based just up the road from us in Real Foods, eteaket have been shaking up the world of tea with fresh ideas, amazingly high quality teas and an innovative approach to tea inspired delights.

Meet the Producer Mani Organics

This February, Real Foods is happy to introduce a new addition to our range of olives. MANI takes their name from the Mani Peninsula in Greece where their business is based.

Meet the Producer Mungoswells

Mungoswells are based just north of Haddington near Edinburgh. Their products are made from crops grown, harvested, milled and packaged all within 5 miles, resulting in quality local produce with unrivalled traceability.

Meet the Producer Provamel

Now that we are into the beginning of May we will be turning our attention to a current supplier who is launching several new and really interesting products at Real Foods. Find Provamel's exciting range of dairy free drinks and yoghurts here

Meet the Producer Tiphereth In a Jar

With the month of April usually comes rain, daffodils, and here at Real Foods, jam!

In order to brighten up everyone’s Spring a bit, this month’s Meet the Producer spotlight is turned to local Edinburgh social enterprise, Tiphereth and their ‘In a Jar’ line of organic jams and marmalades.

You can find their Jams and Marmalade here in our webshop or if you're in Edinburgh, pop into one of their tastings...

Meet the Producer Plant n Grow

Find out more about Real Foods' March Meet the Producer: Plant 'n' Grow

Meet the Producer Pudology

The subject of our March Meet the Producer is 'Pudology' and the woman behind that concept, Lucy Wager. Visit our stores this month for a chance to sample Lucy's delightful range of dairy-free desserts and follow our Facebook page for an indepth look at the products, and for a chance to win some of these delicious sweet treats for yourself.

Meet the Producer Chilli Papas

In February, our Meet the Producer event will feature local father-of-four Darren Mollan, founder of Chilli Papas. Chilli Papas spice mixes make child's play of cooking Mexican fare and tasty curries. The mixes are fat-free, gluten-free and vegan and use an oil free cooking method. In this article Darren gives you his account of how it all began...

Meet the Producer Mother Nature

It’s organic September, so we thought we should meet the producer of ALL of our organic produce…. Mother Nature!

Meet the Producer Plan Bee

Meet the Producer Plan Bee. Find their products here in our webshop.

Happy 50th birthday Real Foods

Get ready for a celebration! On 7th September we'll be marking 50 years of natural, healthy, ethical shopping.

Real Foods from 1963 to the present day

You may not have realised but Real Foods has been serving it's customers for over 50 years. Here's a potted history of our business since trading began back in good old 1963.

Real Foods Packaging

Did you know that most of our own brand products are packed in cellulose which is plant-based and 100% biodegradable? If you'd like to know more about our product packaging, read on.

Plastic Free at Real Foods

There's been a lot of talk recently about how to recycle, refuse, re-use and otherwise reduce our consumption of plastic. Here at Real Foods, we sell loose fresh fruit and vegetables, bulk and wholesale goods and provide packed down sizes of a huge array of dried goods. We use cellulose bags for the majority of our prepacks and are happy to have you bring your own containers into the store for refills. Read on for our guide to Plastic Free living...

Helping to keep our customers healthy for 40 years

Allergen Labelling at Real Foods

This is a guide to the Allergen labelling policy at Real Foods, the legislation regarding labelling and how to ensure you are buying the right product for your diet.

Why shop with us

55 years of serving the community
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Sell over 10,000 items online and instore
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We are Scotland's longest serving retailer of Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian, Fairtrade and Special Diet foods

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Web Shop T: +44(0)131 556 1772 E: [email protected] Mon-Fri 08:30-16:00 Broughton Street Branch 37 Broughton St, Edinburgh, EH1 3JU T: +44(0)131 557 1911 Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00 Sat 09:00-18:30 Sun 10:00-18:00 Tollcross Branch 8 Brougham Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9JH T: +44(0)131 228 1201 Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00 Sat 09:00-18:00 Sun 10:00-17:00