The Cruelty Free Guide to Edinburgh
Vegan-friendly places to eat, shop and stay in Scotland's capital
GrassRoots Health is a shop cum cafe in Tollcross and a handy place to pick up Cool Jerk vegan pies or vegan donuts supplied by the Doughnut Family. Its primary purpose is to offer their own brand of specialist products including a range of cruelty free plant based soaps, shampoos, lotions and nutritional supplements.
Just a shop at this Earthy Foods in Portobello (for now), but the branch manager and assistant manager here are both long-term vegans. Tips on vegan baking a speciality at Earthy Portobello as the manager here used to run the Ms Cupcake vegan bakery in London. Disabled access.
Extensive wholefood shop and deli at the Canonmills junction.
The smaller of the two shops belonging to Edinburgh’s largest retailer of health and wholefood products, much of which is organic. They have a very good range of organic bread, for which all ingredients are listed. They are leading the way in stocking and clearly presenting a range of vegan and organic alcohol.
Edinburgh’s largest retailer of health and wholefood products, much of which is organic. They have a very good range of organic bread, for which all ingredients are listed. They are leading the way in stocking and clearly presenting a range of vegan and organic alcohol.
Award winning organic farm shop and vegetarian cafe just outside Falkland in Fife. Excellent range of fruit, vegetables and wholefoods. They also offer a vegetable box delivery service. See web site for more information.
The One World Shop has returned to its usual home under St. John’s church at the West End. Since it started trading in 1984, the shop’s aim is to reduce poverty in poor areas of the world through trading fairly. They sell foods and gifts which are produced by fairtrade farmers and craft workers. It is … Continue reading “One World Shop”
This shop has been running for many years as a workers’ co-operative. There is a spices alcove (a section with loose herbs and spices that people can take as much as they want in their own containers or in plastic/paper bags provided by the shop), a whole section with loose wholefoods (grains, beans, dried fruit, muesli, … Continue reading “New Leaf Co-op”
The products at Neal’s Yard are cruelty free, completely natural and organic where possible. They stock a wide range of vegan toiletries and cosmetics (although some contain beeswax and propolis, staff will be happy to assist if in doubt).