Nice Comments

I only recently discovered your products and felt in necessary to tell you how much I enjoyed the dried banana slices that I purchased today. I have been searching for dried banana which has no added ingredients, as even health shops seem to stock only fried banana chips and was delighted to come across your 'sun dried banana'. It was even better to see that they are organic and that the people who produce them are payed fairly. I will definitely look out for more of your products in future,

S Williams

Can I say how totally heart-warming it was to read about your Afghan raisin project,- against so many odds and difficulties. Fantastic!

C Bower, Walthamstowe

I really, really love your banana chips. I actually hate bananas, so you can imagine this was a surprise for me, but nothing else comes close to making me as happy. I've still can't quite believe how addicted I am, so I keep testing them out on other people, and they go mad for them too. You've done something amazing here - we will never need potato snacks again!
Thanks again, you must have really great customer relations - I am one happy chappy

G Gibson, London

'I'm writing to you because me and my family had a chance to try your very tasty chewy banana chips when we visited France. Now we can't stop thinking about them.'

O Ploomipuu, Estonia

'I would like you to pass on this comment to the workers in Uganda. Your crop tastes delicious and you brought me sunshine in a bag of Banana Chips on a dull miserable day in the UK. Thank you for turning my day around, I will be a continuous buyer of your bag of sunshine fruits as they make me smile!'

N Rowe

'I have purchased the dried bananas for the first time and they are the best I have ever tasted, so sweet, I use them as a quick snack during the day in the office and its so much better than sweets or crisps. I have tried other cheaper brands and they are not good at all.'

D Hughes, Wigan

'I'm now addicted to bogoya, I no longer chew them in my mouth. I simply inject it into my veins. Damn you! I'm now a bogoya addict.'

Chris, South London

'One of my favourite snacks now are Tropical Wholefoods' Apricot Kernels - they're delicious, and because they're Fairtrade you can munch away knowing that the farmers in the Northern highlands of Pakistan are able to improve their lives too. The tamari roast flavour is completley moreish, rich and savoury yet still with the natural almondy tang of the kernel - whilst the chilli roast is great when you're in the mood for a slightly spicier kick. They're a great addition to any salad too! It woul dbe great if more shops stocked them - it's my only complaint at the moment, that they're just not that easy to find in store!'

B Crowther

'The chilli apricot kernels have leapt into my top 3 for beer snacks, and I'll be visiting your web shop in the next couple of days to get loads.'

C Davies

'Dear Tropical Wholefoods, I think your mango pieces are delicious. I go wild camping and so high carbohydrate and high protein snacks, which are also light in weight, are excellent. And being organic - taste is vital in tough-going mountain areas (and fair traded too) that's vital as well! Thank you for this product!'

A Gilbrenny

'I absolutely love your products. I volunteer at a food co-operative in South London and have an obsession with organic/fairtrade products and your chewy banana chips and pineapple are the best dried fruit products on the market..It's really inspiring to hear your story and hopefully I'll be able to get to Sunderland to meet you all some stage in the future.'

D Atkinson

'Just wanted to say what brilliant products you market. I have tried most of the dried fruits and the snack bars. It is such a pleasure to pick up a product in the supermarket and read the ingredients, which I normally do, and think yes, yes, yes. I also love the whole ethos of your company. I really do hope your business continues to grown and prosper.'

G Butterworth

'Thank you so much for such a quick and wonderful service. We received the goods today. Once again, thank you very very much - 5 star delivery!!!'

Vit and Ecaterina

'I purchased one of your fruit bars a while ago and really enjoyed it. The dense but chewy texture of all the tropical fruits in one healthy bar was really satisfactory. I then discoverd your apricot kernel bar which is now my most favourite bar ever. I love the juicy bits of apricot mixed with the crunchy kernels (which by the way I had never tried before I ate your bar). The bars really do hit the hunger spot, and knowing that they are only full of fruit and nuts and good stuff really helps. Keep doing what you do.'

V Baldwin

'I really like your fairtrade dried mango! I've tried loads of different mango products like this from other companies and I think I like this one the best. Keep up the good work!'

J Hildreth

'Rob and I decided to share a date and walnut bar to test run them... I almonst died!! of...PLEASURE OVERLOAD!! Oh my word why do anyone else bother making these bars, I have never tasted anything so sexy in my life...and I really don't like muesli/cereal/snack bars! The mothers getting the next set of packs will be in heaven! I hope sales go through the roof for you, a very very good product!'

Yzzy, Director of WAHM Ltd & Mama Pack Ltd

'I have really enjoyed Nora Kagimu's banana chips, not least because she is from Mbarara where I spent five happy years teaching at the High School'
J Nicholson

'I just wanted to thank you for what you are doing and to say how absolutely delicious it is to open one of your packs of mango pieces. The smell is wonderful - so fresh and fruity. I can actually feel this beautiful fruit doing me good. Thank you!'
H Banks

'I have just bought and enjoyed greatly my first bag of your dried fruit (pineapple). When I saw your products on the shelf in a local grocer's I felt a surge of positive energy (I'm a sensitive gal) and reading about your products on the packet and about some of the people in Uganda who contributed to my enjoyment of the pineapples made my heart sing'.
F Lamb

Just wanted to drop you a quick email to let you know how much I enjoy your organic dates. They are a great healthy snack, and taste so fantastic!!
C Kennington

'When I was in the UK in may I tasted some of the dried apricots from the Hunza Valley. They were sensational! So sweet and easy to eat'.
B Bard

'I enjoy long distance walking/running/camping and find your Snack Packs ideal for my events. One of those and a bottle of water keeps me fed/content for the day. I'm going to Holland for the Nijmegen 4 Day Marches and will certainly have some with me then. The texture/taste suits me much better than some of the other mixes that I've tried. I will 'pass the word' to anyone that asks me about what I'm eating!'
G Gilder

'I bought some apricot kernels in Wells in Somerset. They were lovely. I have bought these else where, but yours were the best'.
P McNaly

'The vanilla is exceptional!'
R Simon

'I've given a couple of bags of fruit to a friend who has just given birth to her second child, if she needs extra energy with a baby and toddler to run round after, then the dried fruit is a far better idea than coffee or sugary snacks... it so wonderful to find some one supplying dried fruit without chemicals and at prices we can afford...It would not do any harm for tropical wholefoods to conquer the world!'
E Knight

'It is so good to be able to buy the mango and the tropical mix without any added sugar -- and to know that they are 'organic fair trade' too. I will be recommending them to others'
R Elliot

'I am very keen on your 'sun dried pineapple,' I would eat it all the time if I could!'
M. Reeves

'If only more people like yourselves were to think in such a good and logical way - there would be enough resources and food for all the world and room left for nature & wild animals as intended. Well done.
K Stanley

'Tropical Wholefoods - Congratulations - a true dried food not pumped up with water - how honest. But best of all the taste - mango is lovely, grandchildren pinch it & I'll have to get some more!'
J Phillim

'I have just bought my first packet of dried mango and experienced a lovely taste explosion on sampling a piece'
J Swayne

'I recently visited my local Oxfam to donate, whilst there I noticed a stand with a selection of your products - and thought I'd try a few. I was extremely surprised - they were moreish- and tastier than the fruits I buy from my local health food store. I'm hooked!!! - It is also good to read that your products are 'fairly traded' - so the growers make more profits - good for you!
L Cooper

'Your organic dried mango is one of my favourite foods... my little brother and sister love your products and so do I. I have a piece or two every day before school. I was hoping you could give me more information about how your product is made and how it gets from a tree in Burkino Faso to my house in London.'
Max Crolla (aged 8)

'Every fruit from FM Foods has a happy tale to tell about the good it does in the country of origin'
Daily Telegraph

"Dried Organic Mango from Tropical Wholefoods is providing me with a fruit-bursting nibble between meals" Joanna Wilby in New Consumer

'FM Foods' work with African suppliers is inspirational'.
Sarah Forster, Programme Director for Local Economic Renewal in the New Economics Foundation, the organisers of the Inner City 100 Index

The growth of FM Foods in the last few years has been fantastic.
Northern Business Daily, The Journal

'Their success is a tribute to their enterprise and innovation and stands as a shining example to other companies and individuals looking to take advantage of the business opportunities that exist across the North East.
Alan Clarke, Chief Exec of the Regional Development Agency One North East - Business Portfolio, Sunderland Echo,

"After a morning watching Tropical Wholefoods at work in Uganda, I left deeply impressed at the example of how excellence and quality control really pays off."
(BBC World Service, The Farming World)

"An ideal project"
(BBC Radio 4 Food Programme)

"Tropical Wholefoods has transformed the lives of farmers across Africa, and their enthusiasm for improving lives through ethical trading is truly inspirational".
(New Consumer

"They live and breathe fair trade - a family business that works in partnership with African farmers and food processors."
(Out of this World, World News)

"Tropical Wholefoods are an outstanding entrepreneurial team....giving heart to people who would not normally aspire to a stake in the quality end of the food market of the developed world."
(World Aware Business Awards)

"It is so nice to see 'Ingredients: Pineapple' and nothing more."
(BBC Radio 4 Food Programme)

"Tropical Wholefoods" range of chewy banana chips, mango, pienapple and tropical mix are deliciously sweet, healthy, pesticide free and traded fairly."
(Health and Fitness Magazine)

"Only the memory of the taste of that pineapple dried in such a village drier is making my mouth water - such good quality...I love it."
(BBC World Service, The Farming World)

"Look out for Tropical Wholefoods' sun dried pineapple and mango. Both have a great concentrated fruit flavour....delicious."
(Good Housekeeping)

"Snacking can play havoc with our consciences but this is definitely not the case with Tropical Wholefoods' dried foods....with their naturally sweet and refreshing flavour."
(Vegetarian Living)

"Dried pineapple slices have an excellent bitter sweet flavour and make an addictive snack."
(Weekend Telegraph)