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Gunna drinks. Alcohol free but by no means soft

Gunna has taken one of the oldest so-called soft drinks, lemonade, and had remade it into a fantastically refreshing drink and taste experience. 

It's absolutely ideal for drinking at a Christmas and New Year party, with your lunch, your evening meal, whilst on a train journey or whenever you feel the need for a refreshing drink with a bit more punch than you might be used to. But all in a non-alcoholic format. 

What flavours are available? Ginger Lemonade, Tropical Lemonade, Raspberry Lemonade, Lemonade with a hint of mint and  Lime Lemonade. There's also Cola and Ginger, too.

Gunna is amazing because it is a craft drink maker and they are lower in sugar are all vegan friendly and contain only 73 calories per can. 

They are also campaigning to stop the use of single use plastic bottles for soft drinks. The link to their petition to the government is on their site and they say “Ban single-use plastic bottles in the manufacture of soft drinks for the UK market. We want the Government to take action to cut down plastic pollution by banning single-use plastic bottles in the manufacture of soft drinks in the UK."

So, what do the drink taste like? Like absolute heaven. They taste delightfully fruity, are delicately carbonated and will be the life and soul of your party. Or the life and soul of your trip to a trade show at the Birmingham NEC? Actually those cans made a very fraught and dreadfully overcrowded train journey to the V Show at the NEC just that little bit more pleasurable than it might have been!

It's our suggestion that you lay in a couple of crates for Christmas and the New Year. 

You can buy them online at https://gunnadrinks.com/collections/retail.

They are available from a variety of retailers and they are looking out for other retailers to stock their drinks so please take a look at https://gunnadrinks.com/pages/wholesale.

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Real Good Tomato Ketchup. It's real good and it's gluten free

Real Good Tomato Ketchup. It's real good and it's gluten free.

As well as being gluten free it also contains 75% less sugar and 78% less salt. But those of us who have tasted it can guarantee that it tastes 100% good, too! And the container is recyclable, too.

What's it good for? Absolutely everything and anything.

I have used it whilst making a fresh pizza (we had accidentally ran out of tomato puree!), added it to soups and stews, lasagne, spaghetti bolognaise, both meaty or non meaty, employed it as a condiment with sandwiches and cooked meals, etc.

It's also a good ingredient for all sorts of good, home cooking. 

Recipes on their website include Pumpkin and Tomato Soup, Smokey Sweet Potato Hash Brunch, Real Good Pumpkin Pie, Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, Vegan Chocolate & Avocado Mousse, Red Pepper and Sun-Dried Tomato Chickpea Shakshuka with Cashew Cream, Red Berry Cobbler, Crispy Tofu Wraps with Spinach and Beetroot, Roasted Garlic and Tomato Hummus with Butternut Squash Dippers, Smokey Chickpea Burgers with Mint & Beetroot Dip, Bloody Mary, Festive Tomato & Lentil Stuffed Butternut Squash with Chestnuts, Thyme and Garlicky Tahini and Real Good Cranberry & Raspberry Relish.

Looks like we'll need to be buying it by the crate, with all those recipes! Especially some of the Christmas seasonal recipes! 

And they also have other flavours of ketchup/sauces, too.

https://realgoodketchup.com.

Liberate Crumpets 100% free from 100% taste!

Liberate Crumpets are guaranteed to be plant-based, vegan, free from and also delicious, too!

They are certified to be gluten free, free of wheat and free from oats, egg free and dairy free, have no yeast, contain no added preservatives.

Also, they have no tree nuts and are guaranteed to be free from soy and are also non-GMO, too. And are FODMAP friendly, too.

Ideal for people who are diagnosed with coeliac disease and with allergies to wheat, soy, gluten and tree nuts. And they are award-winning, too.

You can check out their website at https://liberate-foods-uk.myshopify.com.

And you can join the CrumpetClub UK, too.

Smashed produce alcohol free drinks. Ideal for Christmas parties

Smashed is a great British brand that produces a wide range of alcohol free drinks.

There is a Pale Ale, a Lager, a Shandy, a Cider and a Berry drink.

They are gluten free, guaranteed to be vegan. And are available in 330ml bottles and cans.

There are no artificial colourings, no sweeteners and no preservatives.

How do they produce guaranteed zero alcohol drinks? First they begin the process with their exclusive 5.7% abv premium beer, lager or cider.

They then give it a tiny amount of steam heat treatment for just a few minutes, which removes the alcohol but is such a gentle process that it leaves all the good tastes.

I have tasted all of the above drinks and they do have the taste and feel of their alcoholic cousins, but with none of the alcohol! Ideal if you want tp make sure your Christmas guests who can't drink alcohol will not feel left out. And that there will be no morning after hangovers!

To learn more visit https://drynks.store.

You can buy them online or at selected retailers. 

Moo Free Chocolates but not taste free!

Moo Free Chocolates may well be "moo" free, but they are most certainly not taste free.

When I tasted Moo Free Chocolates there was absolutely no way that I could tell that it was not dairy free. It has an excellent bite, an excellent level of mouthfeel and an utterly dreamy and very creamy taste to it.

Also Moo Free work very hard to be a "green" brand using only the choicest Rainforest Alliance and organic cocoas, only sourced from suppliers who make absolutely certain that employment standards are adhered to and that no child workers are exploited.

Incidentally they are justifiably proud of their employment policies, employing a wide mixture of people including people with autism and dyslexia because they believe in giving everyone the opportunities they deserve.

And their packaging is recyclable and their plastic is 100% recycled. Also if you buy online the package filler they use are made from corn and are biodegradable.

www.moofreechocolates.com.

We feel that Moo Free will make excellent Christmas presents for the lactose intolerant and the vegetarians and vegans in your life.  

In The Mixx Cakes

Wouldn't it be great to be able to quickly and safely bake a cake at home knowing that it was 100% vegetarian or 100% vegan?

And even though many supermarkets are now taking free from requirements more seriously than ever, what if you don't happen to have such a supermarket near to your home?

Then you need the In The Mixx Cakes Company.

Because they specialise in supplying bake at home cake mixes for their home market.

You can try their Vegan Cookie Mix, their Vegan Cupcake Mix or their Vegan Brownie Mix.

https://www.inthemixxcakes.co.uk.

Incidentally they also offer catering for corporate events, cater for parties, weddings, etc. Just email them at inthemixxcakes@gmail.com.

Mighty M.LKology

Mighty M.LKOLOGY is a recent and wonderful development in the world of plant-based drink options.

The design team had some pretty firm briefs: To create the most realistic plant-based that could be developed.

The result? A product that is creamy, tastes good yet is 100% vegan and guaranteed to be (obviously!) lactose free.

So this means that M.LKOLOGY is ideal for people who are vegetarian or vegan or for those who have a lactose intolerance.

They have created a milk replacement that is quite similar to dairy milk and has the same type of viscosity and mouthfeel and a similar taste, too.

And it comes in different versions including Whole, Semi and Barista.

Plus there are delicious shakes, an Oat variety of milk, protein powders, etc/

To learn more please visit them at https://www.mightydrinks.com