“For too long we’ve stood by and let big companies dictate: what we should be eating, how it should be produced, where it should come from. We have let ‘good food’ be redefined, twisted, and distorted until the bare minimum we should expect has been rebranded as ‘finest’ – and we accept this as a treat?”

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100% Natural Foods was started in a small family kitchen in Brighton, by mother and daughter team, Charlotte and Jess. It all began when Charlotte started making raw chocolate brownies for her children, who were intolerant to wheat, dairy and sugar. Before long, all their family and friends became so obsessed with these delicious raw treats, they knew they were on to something big. Eventually, Charlotte and Jess decided to start selling to local shops. 4 years and over 46,000 handmade brownies later, with demand for their homemade raw brownies at an all time high, they now outsource production to a factory in the Cotswolds, which uses 100% renewable energy.