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Washingpool Producers’ Fest 2023

Thursday, November 16th, 2023

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THIS WEEKEND …………

Come and join us this weekend at Washingpool Farm’s Producers’ Festival. Lots of lovely things to try and special offers for the day.

A perfect time to stock up for Christmas!

Bridport, DT6 5HP



Wells Food Festival 2023

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023

Wells Food Festival 2023 …

What a fabulous day again at the Wells Food Festival. A beautiful setting, lots of great artisan food and the sunshine certainly brought out the crowds.

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Sturminster Cheese Festival

Thursday, September 7th, 2023

We are looking forward to taking part in the Cheese Festival at Sturminster Newton this weekend. Come and say hello!

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Great Taste 2023 Award News

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023

Three Gold Stars!!

We are delighted to receive the news this week that we have received three gold stars from Great Taste.

What is Great Taste?

Recognised as a stamp of excellence and actively sought out by food lovers and retailers alike, Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, values taste above all else. All products in the line-up for judging are blind tasted: every product is removed from its packaging so it cannot be identified, before entering a robust, layered judging process.

This year, judging took place over 89 days in Dorset and London, with a panel of more than 500 judges putting the products to the test. The line-up saw food and drink products submitted from an extraordinary 109 different countries across the world.

This year we received a gold star for our Cheddar Crunch Chickpea Crispbread, Fava Bean & Poppy Seed Cracker and Green Pea & Chia Seed Cracker … well done team.

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www.gff.co.uk



Symondsbury Summer Fete

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

Looking for a family day out in Dorset this week?

The SYMONDSBURY ESTATE in Bridport are hosting their SUMMER FETE on Wednesday 26th July with lots of family entertainment, live music, food stalls and much more. Come and say hello.

opens 10am until 5pm

Symondsbury Estate, BRIDPORT DT6 6HG

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June 2023

Thursday, June 15th, 2023

Eat 30 plants a week ….. #30AWEEKpreparing-chilli-in-our-kitchen-22

We are reading with interest the recent press coverage of the recommendation to incorporate 30 different plants into our weekly diet.

The magic “30” is a result of the American Gut Project a study published in 2018 which compared the gut microbiome of 10,000 volunteers. It showed that people who consume more than 30 different plant foods every week have a more varied gut bacteria than those who ate fewer than 10 and as we are becoming increasingly aware, more gut bacteria means a healthier gut microbiome and in turn means better overall health.

When we think about plant-based foods we include all foods that originate from plants .. so as well as fruit and vegetables think wholegrains, nuts, seeds, herbs, spices and of course …pulses (beans, peas and lentils). Foods can be fresh, dried, frozen and tinned but they must be the “whole food” and not refined which strips the food of essential nutritional benefits and fibre which is so important for a healthy gut.

We know that our chilled meal pots are packed with chunky veg, pulses, herbs and spices so out of interest we thought that we would add up just how many different plants goes into each of our recipes. In just one pot we counted a minimum of 11 different plant ingredients and our top scoring pot had a whopping 17 different plants!!

Since starting our Easy Bean journey back in 2008 our mission has always been to create food that is as delicious as it is healthy with the knowledge that eating a balanced diet of wholesome, natural food made perfect sense. Our meal pots are definitely an easy and delicious way to EAT MORE PLANTS.

Available to order from www.ocado.com



Fighting Food Waste

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

Fighting Food Waste – Food Waste Action Week 6 – 12 March 2023

As the Food Waste Action week organised by Wrap https://wrap.org.uk/ focusses our minds on minimising food waste at home with this year’s campaign “Win. Don’t Bin” we thought that it would be useful to think about how we manage food waste at Easy Bean.

Fortunately, we have very little waste, but where we do, we have taken action.

“Rescued” Chickpea & Butter Straws

When we bake our chickpea crispbread we save the waste edges and pack into 100g bags to sell at local markets and shows. We call them chickpea & butter straws and they make a great snack or as a nibble with drinks.

Sampling at shows

If we do have any breakages in the bakery then we bag these and keep for sampling at shows, encouraging our customers to try before they buy.

Partnering with Too Good To Go

At the end of last year having rescued a pallet of our crackers and crispbread from a wholesaler that went into administration we partnered with Too Good To Go, a fabulous App that allows us to sell food that is short dated or not quite perfect, direct to customers. We ran our first sale just before Christmas and the local community were able to buy a magic bag on the app and a discounted price and collect from the bakery. We have since repeated it with our chilled meal pots that whilst tasted great didn’t quite meet our quality standard visually.

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Finally our Easy Bean team are always happy to help out and minimise any food waste!!



January news …

Thursday, January 12th, 2023

JANUARY is VEGANUARY

To kick of the New Year and to celebrate VEGANUARY we have joined forces with Ocado and Wholefoods Market to promote two of our ranges.

Ocado are running a “save a £1.00 on our meal pots” until the 24th January and  Whole Foods Market are offering a 20% off our Bean & Seed Crackers.   We say …. buy whilst stocks last!!
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Our Chickpea Crispbread is getting a NEW LOOK

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Our Chickpea Crispbread is getting a NEW LOOK

Our Chickpea Crispbread is getting a NEW LOOK

Christina explains the changes …

“We launched the UK’s first Chickpea Crispbread in 2013 with a fabulous pack design that has certainly stood the test of time. However, with the introduction of the bean & cracker range and more recently an update to the chilled meal pot range we felt that the crispbread pack needed a new look and to be more in keeping with their style.

The new design features an illustrated chickpea patterned background which is used across all flavours. The carton has been designed with a smaller window to strengthen it and to prevent breakages. We have enhanced the flavour names eg Cheddar Crunch, Seeds & Black Pepper and added key messages handmade with Somerset butter and naturally gluten free. We have kept similar colourways for ease of recognition”.

The NEW LOOK will be phased in gradually as we run down the existing stocks of packaging.

We really look forward to seeing it on shelf soon.



Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

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Sturminster Cheese Festival - 10th and 11th September 2022

We are very excited to be back again at the Sturminster Cheese Festival this weekend.

It’s a fabulous day out for all of the family with lots of lovely cheese, artisan foods, crafts, real ale, live music and children’s entertainment.

The gates open at 10am and close at 5pm

Age 15 + £7.00/Age 14 and under - free entry

www.cheesefestival.co.uk