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How to Buy Fair Trade Foods

Where to find what you want:

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Wholefoods

Chutney Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Buy "Geo" Mango Chutney from Sainsbury's or Traidcraft plc. (or even better, from the One World Shop).

Pickles

Eswatini Swazi Kitchen make the most delicious chutneys and relishes imaginable. And the sweetness goes as far as providing work for the women in the kitchen and education for a growing number of orphans. Import into UK is via The Coach House, Balmore, Torrance, Glasgow. G64 4AE. 01360 020 742.
For more information about Eswatini click Eswatini flyer
Products include:

  • Lime Pickle
  • Swazi Fire
  • Chilli Sauce
  • Kumquat Atchar (A sort of cross between Lime Pickle and Kumquat Marmalade)

Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Cashew Nut Butter Fairtrade Label

Cashew Nut butter is available from Equal Exchange
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Hazelnut Butter Fairtrade Label Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Traidcraft are now selling Hazelnut butter, and very good it is too.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Sainsburys, Traidcraft plc.

Peanut Butter Fairtrade Label

Peanut butter is available from Equal Exchange.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Tahini

Tahini is available from Equal Exchange
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Couscous

(Excellent) Fair Trade couscous is available in UK from Zaytoun
. Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Fruit Juice Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

A limited range of Fruit Juices are now Fairtrade labelled including tropical (mixed) fruit, a breakfast juice (orange and grapefruit) and orange juice.
Check out Fruit Passion.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Sainsburys, Traidcraft plc.

Fair Trade Nuts

Almonds

Zaytoun, are importing Fair Trade Almonds into UK from Palestine.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Brazil Nuts

Equal Exchange and Suma Wholefoods now market FAIRTRADE labeled Brazil Nuts from Peru Peruvian Flag .
Buy from Fair Trade Shops and Tesco.

Cashew Nuts

Equal Exchange now market FAIRTRADE labeled Cashew Nuts.
Liberation Nuts now have an extra flavour set of Fairtrade labeled cashew nuts.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Peanuts

Liberation Nuts now have an extra flavour set of Fairtrade labeled peanuts.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.
The co-op has started to sell peanuts from Malawi.

Walnuts

Buy fairly traded nuts from Traidcraft plc.

Herbs and Spices

There is no labelling scheme for herbs.

A number of spices bearing the label are beginning to appear.
The list stands at (August 09):

  • cardamom
  • cinnamon
  • cloves
  • ginger
  • mace
  • mixed spice
  • nutmeg
  • pepper
  • turmeric
  • vanilla

Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Health food shops, online.
Check out www.steenbergs.co.uk/fairtrade.php
Some Suma Fairtrade labelled spices are also available.

Honey Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

A range of Honeys is now Fairtrade labelled and there are also some Fairly Traded honeys.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft, Holland and Barrett, and certain specific brands in the supermarkets.

Jam Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Strawberry jam is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
A wide range of exotic jams is available from Swazi Kitchen.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft.

Marmalade Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Orange Marmalade is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
A wide range of exotic marmalade is available from SWazi Kitchen.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Olive Oil Fairtrade guarantees a better deal for Third World producers

Olive Oil from Palestine is available via Equal Exchange, and from Zaytoun .
Buy from Fair Trade Shops.

Pasta Fairtrade guarantees a better deal for Third World producers Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

There is no labelling scheme for Pasta. However, Traidcraft have 2 different pastas available, Fusilli, and Penne made from flour derived from Quinoa (for which a sceme exists).
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, and Traidcraft.

Pulses Suma Wholefoods Ingredient

There is no labelling scheme for Pulses. However, Suma have 3 different Fairly Traded dried pulses available:
Aduki beans
Black beans
Soya beans.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops including Hull One World Shop .

Rice Fairtrade guarantees a better deal for Third World producers Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Fairtrade rice is widely available in supermarkets.
Basmati Fair Trade rice is available from Traidcraft and Traidcraft reps and distributors.
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, Traidcraft

FLO International has a labelling scheme in place for Rice and FAIRTRADE rice is being traded.
Suma Fairtrade labelled rice is available from the Hull One World Shop .

Rice Cakes Fairtrade guarantees a better deal for Third World producers

Rice Cakes with salt, or without salt, but both with the Fairtrade Label are now available. Buy from Fair Trade Shops including Hull One World Shop .

Quinoa Fairtrade guarantees a better deal for Third World producers

Both red and white quinoa are available via Suma Wholefoods.

For more information on quinoa visit Quinoa, Soul Food of the Andes
Suma Fairtrade labelled quinoa is available from the One World Shop .

Sugar Traidcraft Fine Foods Fairly Traded

Several different sugars are available including, Caster Sugar, Raw Cane Sugar, Demerara Sugar and that dark brown stuff. Steenbergs now also offer a range of flavoured sugars, cinnamon, lavendar, rose, lemon and vanilla.
Give them a try: www.steenbergs.co.uk/fairtrade.php
Buy from Fair Trade Shops, The Co-op stores, Health Food shops, Traidcraft. Tate and Lyle have converted all of their sugar to Fairtrade, including icing sugar.

Seeds

There is no scheme available for seeds at the moment, and many are UK sourced anyway.
Buy from Health Food shops.