Appleseeds is a good all round health food store…read more It caters for people with food intolerances such as gluten free and lactose free diets. In addition they sell naturally based remedies and food suppliments. I love the real peanut butter from here, and the bread is good. I would recommend coming to the very bottom of Market Street, where you will find not just these goodies, but friendly and helpful staff.

This is my favorite health food shop ever - it has tons of great stuff…read more I've just been to the store today so everything that's good about it is fresh in my mind. This shop seems to have lots of things that the other health food stores locally don't stock. There is always a great selection of baking ingredients, tins, sauces, snacks, treats, fridge items, frozen items, oils, medicines, herbs, cleaning products, spices etc etc. They also have fresh fruit and veg and a cheese counter. Oh, and the stock lots of items for making your own wine. I am a veggie who has lots of allergies including dairy, root veg and a few other random things. Whilst I am well used to this, I can still get frustrated at my restricted diet. So shops like this one are my idea of heaven. Today my basket contained pea soup (root veg free), dairy free chocolate spread, veggie sausages, dairy free 'cheese', nut luncheon (sounds horrible but looks good), gram flour and rock salt. I can't think of any other shop where I could have purchased such a diverse selection in one place. I did ponder for some time over the 4 different flavours of dairy free ice cream and dairy free cornettos in the freezer but decided chocolate spread was treat enough for one week! The people in the store are friendly and helpful and always seem pleased to see how thrilled I am finding new products. Another thing that is good about this store, they always seem to be trying new products instead of going in to the same old same old every time. They also stock some local items which I always think is a good thing. The only thing that stops this store getting a 5 star rating from me is the fruit and veg. Whilst everything else is fabulous, the fruit and veg always looks a bit past it's best. This was the same today when I noticed some poorly looking lemons shriveled up in a basket. I am sure the store are just trying not to waste food as they are clearly very ethical. However, this does put me off buying those items a little. Having said that, it doesn't put me off the store at all. Well worth a visit. NOTE - This store stocks Sheese (dairy free cheese). Until recently I had no alternative to cheese in my diet as the products on the market tasted like cardboard! However, I have recently discovered Sheese from Bute Island Foods and it is awesome. This store often has a small selection from the range and is worth visiting for that alone.

brilliant place for folk with food allergies, or those who simply want to buy quality wholefoods…read more The staff are great in this family run shop

Best shop for the healthier options. Do most of my shopping here. Very helpfull and friendly staff…read more Great place to visit if you are looking for something different.

When I moved to Dumfries I was over the moon to see a large health shop in the centre of town. This…read morehealth shop has a variety of alternative medicines, foods, nuts, seeds, chilled goods, eco cleaning products etc. The staff are nice and friendly and the store is really large in comparison to most health food shops. My only slight criticism would be the lack in variety of food stuffs. For the size of the store I think too much space is given to medicines and not enough to food. This could of course be planned. However I would rather buy my 'special' items from a good local business than have to go to Holland and Barrett or Tesco. I can get some things there but not as much as I would like. More chilled goods, veggie staples etc please.

really good selection of health and wholefoods, some of them local produce from the beeswing…read morecreamery nearby. the staff are fairly friendly, but in my opinion this place is no where near as good as sunrise wholefoods in nearby castle douglas which is 25 miles away, and much better.

Good little shop to find herbs and spices, nuts, pine nuts, sweets and endless variety of japanese…read morerice crackers, bombay mix. You can also find unusual ingredients such as angelica, vanilla pods etc. It often has special offers.