SOURCING INGREDIENTS TO SAVE YOU MONEY
High-quality raw food ingredients if purchased retail can get pricey so during the last 5 years of running my online culinary school, I have created an extensive worldwide sourcing list to help save you costs and source high-quality raw vegan ingredients. If you were to purchase organic raw nuts for example from the bulk section of your local organic grocer, you’re more than likely going to pay triple the price than that of online wholesale suppliers.
Only students of our certification programs have had access to this valuable resource, but with rising living costs and inflation, I wanted to make this public to help you source the best ingredients for the lowest prices. I include wholesale, bulk and nonbulk suppliers in many regions. I hope you find this resource helpful.
*I only recommend suppliers that myself or my students have had experience with. If you have a supplier to be added to the list, please email me at info@crystaldawnculinary.com
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CANADA
Real Raw Food – Bulk nuts, seeds, raw food essentials, superfood powders, coconut products, dried fruit, herbs and spices, including best quality raw cacao and coconut nectar at wholesale prices.
Organic Matters – Best online supplier for all things organic bulk essentials such as: nuts, seeds, dried fruit, grains, legumes, cacao, oils, coconut products, seamoss chickpea miso, coconut aminos, culinary herbs, spices and more.
Nut Hut – Freshest organic nuts and seeds in bulk at great prices. They supply truly raw cashews.
U-RAAW – Fresh bulk selection of nuts, seeds, birch-derived xylitol, dried fruits, superfoods, fruit powders, coconut products, cacao nibs and buckwheat.
Jiva Organics – If you live in the lower mainland of BC, they are a wholesale supplier for commercial businesses but if you run a business from home you can create a wholesale account. (They do not deliver to residential addresses, pick up locally only.)
Smoov – Natural color superfood powders.
Unicorn Superfoods – Natural color superfood powders.
Rawnice – Natural color superfood powders.
Young Coconut Meat – Frozen young coconut meat is not available in Canada at this time except only seasonally from Upaya Naturals and if you are able to pick it up. Young coconuts are found in Asian supermarkets and organic stores. Using a coconut opener tool is simple. Purchase a good quantity of young coconuts, open them, freeze the meat, and thaw when ready to use.
USA
Seamoss Kulture – Wholesale seamoss and high quality seamoss products.
Santa Barbara Chocolate – High quality, high flavanol and third-party tested for heavy metals. They have a ton of chocolate products, you can purchase in bulk or get a wholesale account.
Terrasoul – Great for bulk nuts, seeds, and raw food essentials, including best quality raw cacao at wholesale prices. Apply for a wholesale account.
Blue Mountain Organics – Organic bulk nuts and seeds, superfood powders, cacao products, coconut products and sprouted ingredients at bulk prices.
Copra Organics – Bulk, frozen organic coconut meat at bulk pricing – one case contains 10 one-pound bags.
Copra Organics – Bulk coconut nectar (my favorite sweetener of all time!)
Markus Rothranz Products – Best source for natural sea moss and other health supplements
Jedward’s International – Bulk coconut nectar
Essential Organics – Best quality online supplier for all things organic bulk essentials such as nuts, seeds, dried fruit, grains, legumes, cacao, oils, sea moss chickpea miso, coconut aminos, culinary herbs, spices and more. Small businesses like Essential Organics which provide amazing quality organic ingredients may be a little more cost-wise than Costco and Amazon because it is very difficult to compete with the prices that large multi-national companies can provide in some cases.
Nutstop – Bulk organic superfoods, nuts, and seeds at great prices.
Nuts.com – Nuts, dried fruit and freeze-dried fruit
Nut Hut – Freshest organic nuts and seeds in bulk at great prices, they also supply truly raw cashews. (They are Canadian but ship to the US)
Organic Fruits and Nuts – Bulk nuts, seeds, dried fruits, grains, flours, and sprouting equipment.
Sunfood – Bulk organic premium superfoods, nuts, and seeds at moderate prices.
Tigernuts USA – Huge selection of tigernut products.
Suncore Foods – Natural color superfood powders.
Unicorn Superfoods – Natural color superfood powders.
Rawnice – Natural color superfood powders.
Navitas Organics – Natural color superfood powders.
UNITED KINGDOM
The Coconut Company – Bulk coconut products including coconut nectar! They have free shipping in the UK.
Real Food Source – Tigernuts, nuts, dried fruit, herbs and spices, cacao, coconut, seeds, grains, cold pressed oils, sweeteners.
Buy Wholefoods Online – Nuts and seeds, tigernuts, herbs and spices, dried fruit, cacao, coconut, superfoods, sweeteners
Tree Harvest – Dried fruit powder, nuts, seeds, dried fruits and more.
Raw Living – Bulk organic nuts, seeds, superfoods and dried fruit.
Red 23 – Dried fruits, sweeteners, nuts, and seeds.
Superfoods Wholesale – Bulk organic nuts and seeds, superfoods, dried fruit, and sweeteners at wholesale prices.
Healthy Supplies – Bulk organic nuts and seeds, superfoods, and dried fruit.
Detox Trading – Mesquite powder, superfood powders, sweeteners, cacao products, coconut products, and dried fruit.
The Organic Lab – Superfood color powders such as butterfly pea flower, blue spirulina, beet, pink pitaya, and more!
Koro – Ships to EU and UK – click on the link and select your country. Bulk supplier of freeze-dried fruit, nuts, seeds, superfoods, nut butters and more.
IHerb – Iherb ships almost anywhere in the world. They are not wholesale but have great prices. They have a huge selection of raw ingredients including nuts and seeds and sweeteners such as erythritol and xylitol.
EUROPEAN UNION
Real Food Source – Tigernuts, nuts, dried fruit, herbs and spices, cacao, coconut, seeds, grains, cold pressed oils, sweeteners. International shipping for EU.
Nuturally – Organic and Non-organic bulk dried fruit nuts and seeds. Located in Italy and ships to EU countries.
Buy Wholefoods Online – Nuts and seeds, tigernuts, herbs and spices, dried fruit, cacao, coconut, superfoods, sweeteners. International shipping for EU.
Nuts in Bulk – Largest wholesale and retail supplier of nuts, seeds, dried fruits, herbs and spices in Ireland. Also ships to EU countries.
Vehro – Netherlands, and Belgium – Organic wholesale nuts, dried fruit, supplements, superfood powders, cacao and more.
The Organic Lab – Superfood color powders such as butterfly pea flower, blue spirulina, beet, pink pitaya, and more!
Koro – Ships to EU and UK – click on the link and select your country. Bulk supplier of freeze-dried fruit, nuts, seeds, superfoods, nut butters and more.
AUSTRALIA
Honest to Goodness – Lots of organic ingredients including coconut oil, nuts, seeds, superfood powders, nut butter, herbs, spices, and more. And they have wholesale available.
The Source Bulk Foods – Nuts, dried fruits, superfoods, coconut nectar, coconut aminos, coconut oil, and much more!
Naturally Hooked – Nuts, seeds, dried fruits, superfoods, cacao, oils, and grains. And they do wholesale.
Weigh n’ Pay – Cacao products, spices, superfood powders, dried fruit, nuts, and coconut products including coconut nectar.
Go Raw Organics – Nuts, seeds, cacao, sweeteners, and much more.
IHerb – Ships almost anywhere in the world. They are not wholesale but have great prices. They have a huge selection of raw ingredients including nuts and seeds and sweeteners such as erythritol and xylitol.
DENMARK/SWEDEN
Tasty Coconut – Thai young coconuts
Raw Food Shop – Raw food ingredients and equipment. They deliver to Europe, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
IHerb – Iherb ships almost anywhere in the world. They are not wholesale but have great prices. They have a huge selection of raw ingredients including nuts and seeds and sweeteners such as erythritol and xylitol.
NORWAY
Norganic – wholesale supplier for dried fruit, spices, oils, sweeteners and more.
Vitalkost – wholesale supplier for health supplements and probiotics.
Kinsarvik Naturkost – wholesale supplier for health supplements and probiotics.
Sunrise Food– wholesale supplier for health supplements and probiotics.
MEXICO
My US.Com – one of our students in Mexico has successfully used this shipping service to order ingredients from the US to Mexico. Refer to the US sourcing list for options; Organic Essentials is popular.
CROATIA
Tvornica Zdrave Hrane – Cacao, coconut sugar, buckwheat, oats and more.
Terra Organica – sunflower lecithin powder and supplements
Futunatura – Probiotics and superfood powders
SOUTH AFRICA
For these suppliers, contact them and ask for a wholesale account. We have included the bulk wholesale pricing lists for 2022.
Souring Free Superfoods – Superfoods, cacao products, hemp seeds, chia seeds, dried fruit Soaring Free BULK Prices AUG-2021.pdf
Manolis Munchies – Nuts, dried fruit, seeds, grains, superfoods, spices, sweeteners Wholesale 1kg – September 2021 – MOST RECENT – PDF.pdf
HONG KONG & MACAO
Hu Organics – Superfood powders, nuts, seeds, cacao products, coconut products, grains, psyllium, medicine flower flavor extracts, oils, vinegar, equipment, nutmilk bags and more!