11 best online health food stores in Singapore

We’ve compiled a list of health food stores that offer online shopping services to add more convenience to your healthy-eating journey

Text: Hui Yi Phua

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For those of us who love cooking and stocking up on healthy, delicious snacks, the pandemic has definitely hindered our weekly grocery runs. As much as we love refilling our pantry with nutritious food, making a trip all the way to our favourite health food stores across the city can seem like a real chore.  

Now that many brands have adapted to online shopping, if you are time starved and need a push in your healthy-eating journey, here are some of our top picks for health food stores in Singapore that offer online grocery shopping:

1.    The Living Café

The Living Café’s food centres around raw foods and organic ingredients to provide guests with healthy food and drinks that are affordable in price. Their house label, The Pantry, offers a wide selection of ingredients such as organic dressings, snacks, and even flours that the café uses in their dishes – which is ideal for all who wish to recreate their food in the comfort of your own home.

2.    The Source Bulk Foods

Originating from Byron Bay, a coastal town in Australia, The Source Bulk Foods has made its mark here as the first zero-waste store in Singapore. Driven by their mission to nourish families, community and the planet, this store has over 400 bulk food bins of various quality ingredients such as nuts, herb-spices, superfood, and grains for you to choose from. They also aim to cater to every individuals’ tastes and needs by ensuring that there is a good range of vegan-, paleo-friendly and organic options. For those who wish to find out more, you can check out their website page with detailed nutritional information of each of their products.

3.    Little Farms

This friendly neighbourhood market is big on providing you the highest quality and freshest all-natural and organic groceries. Each product at Little Farms is meticulously selected for their quality, taste and credibility to meet their – and their customers’ – high standards. From produce to meats to dairy, Little Farms is here to meet all your organic food needs.

4.    The Whole Kitchen

The Whole Kitchen was borne out of a collaboration between two Singapore-based Australians who wanted to make healthy, natural, and tasty food available to everyone. All of their products, which include granolas and baked goodies like breads, cakes and muffins, are made from 100% natural ingredients, gluten-free and are low or contain zero in natural sugars. Everything from this store is also baked fresh every day so you can have the highest quality of all their whole food products delivered right to your doorstep.

5.    Ryan’s Grocery

At Ryan’s Grocery, you’ll be able to shop for premium alternative gourmet, organic, gluten-, allergen- and preservative-free foods hailing from Singapore, the U.S., Europe and Australia. The store’s highlight is named Ryan’s Butchery, where organic, quality dry-aged meats prepared right in the store’s dry-aging chamber are available.

6.    Nature’s Glory

Nature’s Glory seeks to provide the right food and supplements to help prevent health issues and restore, maintain and build health, beauty and vigour. All their products have received 100% organic quality assurance by various certifications and standards, including Certified NASAA Organic. From dry groceries to health supplements, Nature’s Glory aims to be the name you trust for health.

7.    Brown Rice Paradise

Brown Rice Paradise has been around since 1994 and is one of Singapore’s premier specialty retailers of natural and organic products. They offer a wide selection of organic food items like healthy snacks and groceries that goes through strict production and labelling standards to be accredited as certified organic products. Shoppers will be able to make informed decisions through the different labels on their products’ packaging.

8.    UnPackt

Looking for a local food store to support? Shop at Unpackt, a home-grown social enterprise selling package-free bulk food and products. Founders Jeff and Florence established this store in hopes of building a greener and more mindful Singapore one community at a time. So besides your usual groceries, this store also offers a wide range of green products like beeswax wraps, cup carriers and other household products made of sustainable materials.

9.    ZENXIN Organic

The ZENXIN business started in Malaysia, when founder Mr Tai Kok Kong became intrigued with the fresh and nostalgic taste of organic produce. The name ‘ZENXIN’ denotes sincerity and honesty in Chinese, which are the core qualities of this organic food business. Their entire organic supply chain is fully certified by NASAA Australia and the International Food Safety Standards to give their customers a peace of mind when they purchase from ZENXIN.

10. Nature’s Superfoods

This store specialises in superfoods that are rich in nutrients (vitamins, minerals and antioxidants) and beneficial for your health. On top of the usual organic groceries and snacks found in most food stores, Nature’s Superfoods also offer a variety of protein powders. Their website also provides you with nutrition recommendations for specific health concerns like high blood pressure and prediabetes, which are educational for shoppers.

11. Sasha’s Fine Foods

Sasha’s Fine Foods is an online food company that offers a wide selection of high quality, ethically sourced ‘clean’ products. This online store was founded by Sasha, a food-loving mum of three who’s passionate about providing customers with the purest food on the planet. The team has since expanded to 35 staff and a huge warehouse in Jurong, where all their fresh products, including plant-based food, baked goods and various meats, are stored.

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