Covid-19 has hit the food-to-go industry hard across the board. As consumer eating habits are changing on a daily basis, manufacturers and retailers are being forced to make regular decisions about how to adapt. From reducing ranges on supermarket shelves to the quantity of items being produced, all companies within the industry are facing the […]
With Real Bread Week upon us, we thought it would be a great time to highlight the importance of simplicity when it comes to making bread. Bread doesn’t need to be ultra-processed – it’s been enjoyed for over 10,000 years for the simple reason that it’s the perfect blank slate on which to base a […]
Christmas shopping, parties and spending time wrapping presents leaves very little time for lunch or even lunch making. Zinda Foods have created a new range of lunch options. The AirWrap® is a wrap base, uniquely handcrafted using; natural ingredients, no preservatives, no palm oil and it’s leaner, lighter and softer than traditional tortillas. Filling and tasty, they currently come […]
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On July 26 Anishya Kumar of Zinda Foods won Businesswoman of the Year at the British Indian Awards 2019. We were delighted to hear this news, as our co-founder, Mecca Ibrahim, had interviewed her for our very first Female Food Founders series in May. We returned to her AirWrap factory in West Drayton to find out more about what we could learn from […]
Thanks to Mariela of Healthy Nibbles who featured our founder Anishya Kumar as part of thier Healthy Talks series. Mariela said in her introduction: “Our new Healthy Talk is live and is all about pioneering. A woman who set out to revolutionise the food industry by selling thousands of AirWraps to the UK’s largest supermarket, filling […]
We are delighted to announce that Zinda Foods are a category finalist in the Future Food Awards 2019. The Future Food Awards celebrate, support and offer invaluable opportunities to trailblazing food companies and highlight the ‘best of the best’ in British food and drink. A team of dedicated food lovers and innovation-seekers sifted through hundreds […]
Recently we featured in a a double page spread in The Guardian dedicated to the lunchtime offerings in Tesco. Tired of soggy sandwiches? Looking for lunchtime inspiration? Head to Tesco for these delicious ideas to make your mid-day break something to really look forward to. Here is is the section dedicated to our AirWraps® It’s […]
What makes sandwiches or wraps taste good? Did you know that our tastebuds are affected by factors such as heat, cold and even high altitude? We look at the science behind the sandwich. Food expert Barry Smith has been working with London Stansted Airport and luxury food outlet, Not Always Caviar to create a […]
Zinda AirWraps A New-Kinda WRAP in Town It’s time to re-think your wrap. Londoners head to your closest Tesco to taste Zinda Foods AirWraps®. Made with a unique handmade AirWrap® base – it’s thin, light and airy! The no preservatives & palm-oil free wraps are nutritious and bursting with fl avour. A far healthier & tastier […]
We have no palm oil in any of our products “All wheat & whole wheat flour tortillas have palm oil because it’s like butter and helps in hydrogenation & oxidative stability of the tortilla, which leads to a long shelf life when combined with preservatives”. “The industry wants this & we cater to our customers […]
Anishya Kumar with her daughter Miel For Mother’s Day, our Founder and Managing Director Anishya Kumar, wrote a piece for Entirely Food about the importance of passing on skills such as cooking and buying food. Her concern with the processed foods she saw in UK supermarkets and how wanting her child to have a healthy […]
Our founder and Managing Director Anishya Kumar has been thinking about “healthy” food in chiller cabinets and on supermarket shelves for some time as it’s at the cornerstone of our business. Recently she wrote an opinion piece for Entirely Food where she asked “Whatever Happened to Real Food?” questioning why so much healthy food is […]
Zinda Airwrap on the left, conventional wrap on the right So, while we celebrate “Real Bread Week” we want to look at the very essence that made us at Zinda Foods question the entire “bready” landscape. Bread & wraps, are perhaps part of all our weekly shopping lists. From a food-to-go perspective, it’s almost a […]
We were delighted to be featured in TrendHunter in their report on Healthy Wraps. They said “Convenient, health-conscious foods are experiencing a surge of growth as time-poor consumers seek out delicious ways to stay fueled like with the Zinda AirWraps. Created by Anishya Kumar, the sandwiches are made with wraps that are much thinner than […]