Kokova Magazine

We absolutely love it when the postman brings us chocolate. I mean, real chocolate, on our doorstep, for us to try. So, super-excited to get not one, but four bars of Raw Halo to try.

Every so often a product pops up on the radar - again and again - and we love to see emerging companies still growing a few years on from the first meet and greet. Well, Spice Drops® has certainly grown since we first met them a few years ago and when you see what their range covers, it is easy to see why.

Last month Jo and I ventured up to the BBC Good Food Eat Well Show, in search of new and exciting products. We expected to find a lot of 'energy' balls, breakfast bars, dried fruit and free-from treats. What we didn't expect was to find, and try, a range of insect snacks, including crickets!

The Paleo Diet has become hugely fashionable over the last few years and involves going back to basics; the simple version is along the lines of eating only meat, fish, vegetables and fruit - and excluding most dairy, cereal products and processed food from the diet. So what to eat when it comes to breakfast?

As a Paleo eater I must admit, the thought of meat substitute food really doesn't get me excited but after a week of Fry Family Food I have to say the resulting meals were not quite what I expected.

Last year a selection of health-focussed, energy bars made with cricket flour was launched nationwide. Crobar is the first food product to retail in the UK that uses insects as an ingredient and the bars are billed as a healthy source of vitamins, antioxidants and protein - as well as being gluten, soy and dairy-free.