Christmas usually consists of enjoying lots of food and yummy treats with your family and friends, although it can be hard for those who are restricted to special diets. Evergreen caters for all your needs and has the widest selection of gluten free, dairy free, vegan, vegetarian, organic, Fairtrade, sugar free, yeast free, and nut free snacks available in Ireland. It stocks the most popular ‘free from’ brands such as Green & Blacks, Doves Farm, Kallo, Kelkin, Nakd, and Pulsin’. These can be perfect stocking fillers for all the family and can help ensure everyone will be able to enjoy a treat or two over the festive period.
Here are some of our favourites:
Treats for children
Bear nibbles
Bear is dedicated to making healthy eating a whole lot easier and a whole lot tastier. The company makes a wide range of products specifically designed for children. Many of the products contain one of the five recommended fruit and vegetable a day, making them a guilt-free choice for parents that children will just love.
Moo Free
Moo Free organic dairy free milk chocolate is the perfect delicious dairy free, gluten free, and vegan alternative to regular chocolate. All Moo Free chocolate is manufactured in a completely dairy free environment, an ideal stocking filler for any loved one who is lactose intolerant, vegan, or gluten intolerant.
Treats for specialised lifestyles
Deliciously Ella
Deliciously Ella energy balls taste as delicious as they sound. With five flavours to choose from there is one to suit everyone. Plant-based, gluten free, and vegan friendly, they are the perfect guilt free treat.
De Bron Lifestyle Candy
De Bron Lifestyle Candy is a company that specialises in sweet stuff for speciality diets, including sugar free, lactose-free and gluten free. The brand includes a number of delicious sweets such as cookies, toffees, wine gums, marshmallows and liquorice.
Vivani
Vivani chocolates are lovingly created with inspiration and passion for healthy living at the base of all its ideas and ranges. Each natural ingredient is chosen carefully to tickle the taste buds. A brand that stands for sustainability and artistic pleasure in 50 countries across the world unified by a love of chocolate.
Eat Real snacks
Eat Real's food concepts are very simple, but very important — taste, nutrition, and real ingredients. It makes a number of chips using lentils, quinoa, hummus, and veggie and kale. The company aims to produce enjoyable, healthy, alternatives to standard snack and confectionery items.
Quench that thirst
Belvoir
All of Belvoir's drinks are made using real and natural ingredients with nothing artificial added. A perfect treat for over the silly season, great for cocktails and entertaining friends and family.
Holo Organic Kombucha
Holo Sparkling Organic Kombucha is a fermented tea and sugar drink. This drink is full of goodness and is highly rich in enzymes, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, bacterial and amino acids. It is certified organic, raw, and non-GMO and suitable for vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and dairy free diets.
To find out more about Evergreen's snacks range, call into your nearest Evergreen store or visit evergreen.ie