PRODUCT CORNER
Party pies sorted
Winter entertaining for vegans is sorted thanks to gourmet pie brand I Love Pies. Its range of vegan pies includes three varieties: Spiced Chickpea and Spinach, and Lentil Mince and Cheese, $5 each, plus a six-pack of vegan mini party pies, $7.50, which also have a lentil and cheese filling. The cheese of course is dairy-free. ilovefoodco.com
Wheat-free
Breadman Organic Bakery’s Rye Sourdough loaf, $6.90, is baked using whole grains freshly milled at the Christchurch bakery and made from only three ingredients rye, water and salt. Wheat- and yeast-free, it’s both healthy and tasty. breadman.co.nz
Protein plus
Rebel Bakehouse’s tasty wraps come in a variety of options including hemp seed and cricket flour. Crickets are high in protein and produce one per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cows do, as well as a fraction of the water and land space. rebelbakehouse.co.nz
Winter warmer
Matakana Superfoods’ new Hemp Chocolate Drink, $23.50, is part of a wider hemp range that also includes baking flour and hulled seeds. A healthy and sustainable choice for the whole family and guilt-free. matakanasuperfoods.co.nz
Pure gold
Not only is Puriti Honey UMF20+ 120g, $92, amazing to eat, it’s a great face mask too. Hauora spa at Wairarapa luxury lodge Wharekauhau Country Estate has teamed up with Puriti to offer a manuka honey facial, $255. The honey cleanses pores, has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties and when applied to the skin works to cleanse, heal and revitalise. puriti.com wharekauhau.co.nz
Vegan cream cheese
Dairy-free and delicious, Angel Food have launched a dreamy plant-based cream cheese that is also gluten-free and contains no soy or nuts. angelfood.co.nz
For tiny tots
Bluebell’s organic toddler milk is made in New Zealand using the best organic and highquality ingredients. Rich in essential vitamins and nutrients, these new milk powders help provide New Zealand toddlers with natural, balanced nutrition to promote healthy growth and development. The range includes a New Zealand-first, certified organic toddler milk as well as a goat toddler milk. The Bluebell milk powders are produced at a world-class facility in Pokeno, Waikato. Bluebell Organic is certified by AsureQuality. Find your local stockist at aotearoanutrients.co.nz.
Fibre and flavour
Upton’s Naturals heat-and-serve natural jackfruit is now available in New Zealand. The lineup, $12 each, includes: Bar-B-Que, Thai Curry, Chili Lime, and an unseasoned Original. 100 per cent vegan, Upton’s is completely free of cholesterol, gluten, soy, oil, GMOs, and artificial flavours.
Pure delish-ness
Pure Delish’s new organic oat-based granola range ‘oat-ola’ really is delish and comes in four flavours, $11 each: Strawberry & Cacao; Walnut & Maple; Apricot & Almond; and Coconut & Vanilla – handmade in-house by their own talented baking team.