Vegan Future currently purchase the majority of our products from Essential Trading.
About Essential
Essential Trading is a Bristol worker co-operative established in 1971. Essential strives towards creating a truly ethical company, and believe this has a positive impact along the entire food chain. They wholesale, manufacture and distribute sustainable organic wholefoods across the UK and beyond. Over 6000 lines of healthy options, quality nutrition and products that all make a real difference.
Proud of their co-operative roots, they aim to be a model employer and strive to apply their ethical beliefs inside Essential as well as in the local community and out in the wider marketplace.
The Essential brand contains no colours, flavours or modifiers. Their tinned pulses contain no sugar or salt, their fruits are packed in fruit juice, their muesli is made with 100% whole ingredients. Everything is traceable, wholesome, packed with goodness and nothing else. Essential specialises in Demeter bio-dynamic produce which guarantees strict organic principles and is a truly sustainable and visionary step towards a more equitable world. Essential is a guaranteed 100% vegetarian and vegan company and they ask all their suppliers to sign a non-GMO declaration.
Products
At their warehouse in Bristol they have a large organically certified manufacturing and packing facility from which they produce an extensive range of goods on their Essential label. Sizes range from 125g retail packs to 5kg to 25kg.
Additionally, they work with numerous manufacturers and organic farms in Europe and beyond to offer an ever expanding and competitively priced range of Essential branded goods. They believe in full traceability and their products are a unique selection of items developed in accordance with biodynamics, ethical and local considerations. All are organic, guaranteed GMO free, contain no unnecessary additives and are not available in your local supermarket.
Essential also stock Redwood's products who specialise in producing delicious foods that are totally free from animal ingredients. From tasty, kinder alternatives to meat and fish to dairy-free ‘cheeses', they're passionate about creating the very best in natural plant-based foods. Foods that help protect not just animals but also people and the environment. Foods that are free too from hydrogenated fats, eggs, GMOs, cholesterol, artificial colours and preservatives. Products include fish-style fingers, smoked salmon pate and spicy falafel to meat-free ‘bacon', nuggets and Schnitzels - they're so good they've even won a few awards! Visit their website here to find out more.
For a full list of the products available from Essential Trading please visit their website.
