It's like Whole Foods! With the price tag to match!…read more You know how they refer to Whole Foods affectionately as 'Whole Paycheck?' Well, similarly -- As Nature Intended (me to be broke). I suppose. This mini-chain is very similar to my favored "The Grocery" up on Kingsland Road but I just so happen to be down by Spitalfields often enough that I've popped in to this market a few times for the (not-so) essentials. Let's face it, it's a bleak state of affairs down Commercial Street at Tesco Local. I can't even bring myself to go in there. The amount of plastic wrapping and pre-packaged foods just makes me want to barf, no joke. I just can't most of the time, I'd rather go anywhere else. So yes, while As Nature Intended is a bit pricier -- it's also a LOT nicer, has WAY better food things in it and if I want to pay 100 quid for a bag of (basically) snacks, so it shall be done. Sometimes one just wants to feel wholesome, right? Yes. Of particular interest here is their health and beauty section -- well stocked and comprehensive. They carry REN, which I adore and also full range of Wedela which I buy often for the little person in our house. The soups are great, and they have CO-YO (coconut milk yogurt) which is my favorite thing of 2015 thus far. Staff is friendly. You'll be broke but you'll be happy. Good organic food stuffs up in here.

I LOVE this shop it is probably my favourite on earth and as they say outside their shop "Wealth is…read morewell and truly health". It is fully stocked with healthy foods and goodies to help you get through the week and help you to feel like an amazing human being. To add the staff are super friendly and delightful whenever I visit, always displaying a smile on their face and asking if any help is required (it is always the small gestures that count). I can literally spend near to an hour browsing the nut butters, chocolate aisle and fruit pantry, and last but not least - they even provide a sink for you to wash your fruit and veg if you wish to consume it straight away. Also, if you are lucky you may be greeted with a sample of peanut butter or other tasty snack to help you through your shop. If you're a true foodie and health and fitness fiend like me, you'll fall in love with this place!

This place is stocked to the rafters with the sorts of things you'd expect from a health food shop…read more In fact, I'd almost say that's it's too well stocked, as it's pretty cramped and difficult to get around the aisles, and if you've got a pram with you, forget it! Still, it's a great place to find anything from seeds, breads, oils to organic shampoo, baby creams and Ecover refills. It has plenty of different brands, I've never not found what I'm looking for.

From the owner: We sell a wide variety of health foods including Infinity Foods Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Grains and…read moreFlakes. Flours; dry herbs & spices; bouillon; yeast flakes; sustainable tinned fish; Celtic Salt; honeys from around the World; fruit spreads; Tartex; Diabetic spreads and chocolate; Nut & Seed Oils; Seaweeds; Sosmix; Mueslis; breakfast cereals; Gluten-Free; Vegan; chocolates; snacks both savory and sweet; sourdough breads from two bakeries; Kimchis & Sauerkrauts; Sussex Dairy Cheeses; San Amvrosia hummus; frozen organic fruit & veg; some fresh fruits & veg; Bio-D refills; cleaning products; lots of soaps; supplements; and much more. Check Google website for extra closed days. (A view inside of the shop can be seen on Google pictures 360)

How is it possible that this place wasn't listed on Yelp when I visited?! It's one of several…read morehealth food shops on Broadway Market, possibly the best. Simply the friendliest service - ever! I stocked up on snacks for a picnic in London fields and found everything I needed, except booze. Great choice of olives and antipasti, organic houmous, sourdough breadsticks. This may sound hipster but happens to be my food of choice. Sadly I don't live in the area but urge all locals to give Organico a try, if you haven't yet been converted.

Great little independent health shop good range of supplements and health foods.read more

Tasty foodstuffs, great selection, genuinely warm and friendly staff, nice decor with the premium…read moreprice you would expect. I have never been disappointed by the taste and quality of the food from this shop. I recently went in to buy a load of energy bars, when I enquired about the price of a whole box of energy bars, I was offered a ten percent discount and told I could make my own box up with any of the flavours on offer. This contrasts nicely with the last visit I made to a completely different healthfood shop who told me I couldn't get a discount, I could have only one flavour and it would take a week for them to be ordered in. If they had a 10percent student discount then I would give them 5 stars.

A great health food shop that also has a cafe. The staff are really friendly and helpful and if…read moreyou're on any sort of special diet (vegan, gluten-free etc.) then this is the best place to get all your essentials plus some goodies too! Because it's not on the main high street it can be hard to find but there's usually a signpost to help you out.

Arjuna is one of Cambridge's finest institutions. It's primarily a wholefood co-operative, selling…read morea great range of organic, sustainable, fairtrade and green products. It's no ordinary shop though, you'll find locally-baked bread, ready meals, spices, rices, pulses and fresh local veg. They also have 'healing rooms' where various types of practitioners can give you therapies and alternative treatments. They also supply wholesale foods. They're not some new, trendy company, they've been slogging away since I was a kid in the seventies. Good luck to them and well done for surviving so long!

The best little food shop in Cambridge by far selling everything you could ever want including a…read morefarmers stall outside on Saturday, veggie sausages, Green People toiletries and take away food in the chiller cabinet at the back of the store. Their humous and breads are well worth a try. A bit pricier than the supermarket but worth it if you can afford it as the food is much tastier and you feel as though it might actually be doing you some good. The interior of the shop is very pretty but can often get crowded especially at the weekends. Rory McGrath shops here too!

The health food scene doesn't seem to be as prevalent here as in the States, and especially…read moreCalifornia, but there are a considerable amount of small and large stores catering to the health-conscious consumer. They can range from the moderately-priced to the exorbitant, and not all are worth what you pay. This little independent grocery store, however, not only has everything you need with quality you can trust, but the prices are actually worth what you get. They have a little bit of everything, with carefully-picked selections to satisfy even the staunchest vegetarian, vegan, and even Paleo-lover out there. From fine meats and cheeses, to super healthy drinks and take-away meals, and even a little something to satisfy that sweet tooth, (and yes, that's healthy for you, too). My favorites are the really hard-to-find items like the grain-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free granola and cereal options that are a bit pricey, but definitely worth what you pay for them, as a little bit will keep you going for hours, and tastes delicious. They have plenty of other yummy snacks like vegan coconut jerky and ready-made meals for on-the-go, including healthy juices and smoothies. They also carry unique and interesting beverages like maple and birch tree waters that are high in magnese, zinc, vitamin C, and other minerals. They even have black alkaline waters with activated charcoal that acts as a magnet for toxins in your body. Everything else from the bread to the booze also looks good, and while you may break the bank a little on a routine shopping trip, it will force you to spend your money well, invest in your health, and make it last. Enjoy, my fellow health nuts!

The Grocery is like the Shoreditch baby sister of Whole Foods. I really did try to resist this…read moreplace. But given repeated exposure (I get massages downstairs at My Treatment Rooms) -- it was just too hot to handle. I admit it, I like this place. A lot. It's just so damn appealing. And expensive. And...LOOK at this selection of tea. All the tea! And organic things. Many organic things. Homemade things! The soups in particular have very limited ingredients (read -- no crap) and are really great. Try the butternut squash/almond and split pea/ham. I'll be honest -- I can only take the bright lights of Tesco/Food Co-OP/Sainsburys for about 30 seconds before I want to expire along with all the fruit and veg that are hanging on to their last dying breath before some sucker takes them home. I might as well be on "Supermarket Sweep" -- sometimes I'm in and out so fast I barely know what I got. I just loathe the experience so much I want to be just as short as possible. This is the only grocery shop in London that I actually ENJOY. It's a nice, manageable size. The aisles are wide enough for 2 people to be in them at once. I enjoy looking at different products. The Grocery may be expensive, but as Steve B says -- "it sells nice things." And sometimes you've just had enough shrink wrap/pre-fab food from all those other crap supermarkets and you want some nice things and its worth the investment. Nice wholesome, diverse food. It's novel and it's nice. There, I said it! I tried to resist but sometimes (usually?) the hipsters are spot on when it comes to topics such as these. The Grocery is a winner. *takes cards. *there's a little takeaway coffee place right near the registers. *cash machines outside. Parent Fact: *this is one of the only places I've found that carries Nanny Care Goat's Milk Infant formula. Totally random, but I was quite happy to find this out! (I usually order from Amazon, but nice to know there is a local place to pick it up). Otherwise their baby food stuff is crazily overpriced, for the record!

Pure Health is not really a stand out sort of health food shop, just an a neighbourhood place where…read moreyou'll shell out 2 pounds plus for tofu. This store has a good dried legume section and sells Proavil soya for 99p. There is a health practitioner section in the back. The only draw back, I saw a woman wearing a white therapists outfit cleaning. Not cool if managment is so cheap here they won't get a cleaner. I would tell them where to put it.

I went in here looking for supplements. I wanted to get their prices and see what they stocked…read more When you first walk in you find a bunch of mainly Zolgar brand vitamins and minerals and then as you move along the isle it becomes food. I actually thought that was all they had in stock. It turns out that they have more supplements on the other side of the shop, a funny way to lay out your store when trying to compare varieties of the same supplement. So look around before making up your mind. They have a pretty good selection of dry non perishable foods. I found their vitamins pricey and the guy a bit pushy. I left the store.

There's something down to earth about Covent Garden that attracts a variety of healthy organic food…read morechains. Included in this trend is Holland and Barrett, a natural foods store that has everything from vitamins to trail mix. Acting almost as a hippy chic corner grocery store, Holland and Barrett is a go to place for those in the health foods know. They sell a variety of nutritional supplements that can be coupled with diet and exercise. The staff is very helpful and have a great knowledge of of the way the body is meant to function.

I like H&B because here you can find affordable prices for the same stuff that you get in Whole…read moreFoods (still, I love you Whole Foods) Nice nuts, dried fruits, vitamins, body oils and that clearspring miso soup that I cant live without.... Many 3x2 and BOGOF, check out for the offers!

Food For Thought is a great health food store, well worth a visit - even if you are not into health…read morefood, there maybe something in here which could tempt even the most meaty non -healthy individual. I come here to get all the ingredients for my speciality raw chocolate, which I make for friends birthdays. The ingredients are quite unique, and generally are hard to come by around this neck of the woods - cacao butter, agave syrup, maca powder. I can always get everything here. The staff are very knowledgable, which is lucky, because there always seems to be someone needing help. As well as the standard health food supplements; (Solgar, A. Vogel, Viridian )and homeopathy and health foods, they also have a wide range of make-up, toiletries (such as Dr Hausichka and the Jason range) and eco washing products. If that is all getting a bit hard core for you, then head over to the organic beer and wine section - I told you that there would be something for everyone!

I love food for thought. I am from a little hippy town in California and the moment I step in those…read moredoors I feel like I'm back at home. they have all my favorite foods I can't find other places, quinoa, Kombucha, medicinal teas, natural body oils, essential oils, homeopathic medicine and so much more. It is my home away from home.