Amazing Artisans: Raw Foodies - Featuring Stefan, Bee Mercy, and Soph, Raw Nibbles

Following a Raw Food diet is not only great for your health, but can be really delicious too. A raw food diet means eating uncooked, unprocessed foods which makes for a healthier diet that is free from toxins, more easily digested and more natural. We caught up with our amazing artisans (and lovers of all things raw) Stefan from Bee Mercy and Soph from Raw Nibbles. They opened our eyes to the world of raw foods, and got chatting about how their launched their products in a market that continues to gain a lot of popularity and publicity. Remember, you can read Soph and Stefan's interviews, along with all our other Amazing Artisans, on our website.

Soph - Raw Nibbles

Soph is one half of the husband and wife team behind the fab raw snack brand Raw Nibbles. They love being in the kitchen creating, experimenting and preparing good-for-you treats that are super-scrumptious and healthy, too. All their treats are gluten, egg, soya, and dairy free, and don't contain beet or cane sugar either. Soph wanted to create a delicious product that could satisfy her sweet tooth, without the guilt of a regular chocolate bar. One raw chocolate making kit later, and both she, and her husband, Ian, were hooked. They couldn't wait to start experimenting with other raw ingredients, and, combining Ian's ten years of professional chef experience with Soph's sweet tooth, Raw Nibbles was born. Soph says that 'working for yourself and answering to yourself' is the best part of being an entrepreneur. She loves that she 'can also take the business in any direction that we want to - it is our decision and ours alone.' She thinks our ideas are awesome, too, which is great to hear - we love supporting artisans and their stories and think Soph's concept is great.

Read the interview in full on our website, here. If you feeling a bit peckish and want to pick up a raw guilt-free treat, then head over to the Raw Nibbles website here, or you can always find them tweeting here, @RawNibbles.

Stefan - Bee Mercy

It was great to chat to Stefan and find out more about his business with a big heart. Bee Mercy Honey started life as a gift to an ill friend in hospital on recommendation that raw honey might help to improve his condition. Surely enough, it worked, and his friend began to get better. Stefan said that the business grew from there. Although he doesn't like to see himself as an entrepreneur, Bee Mercy continues to help people with their illnesses, as well as 'highlighting the plight of the bees, and the co-operation between mankind and nature.' Stefan thinks our ideas are 'very good', and would like to see a food hub that would 'focus on a core message and ethos - not just about taste, [but] more about education and food choices. [We want to see] more education on the hazards of foods we see in the supermarket and the impact on world economies and other lives.'

You can read the interview in full on our website here. If you're interested in finding out about Bee Mercy's fab concept and the work that they're doing, head over to their website, or catch them tweeting @beemercyuk.

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