August 2011

Chocolate lowers heart disease risk

It seems that scientists in Cambridge have confirmed what we at Elements for Life have know for a while now, namely that chocolate is good or you!

raw chocolate hearts, good for your heartInvestigation into existing research studies, carried out by the University of Cambridge and published in the British Medical Journal (http://is.gd/fJRAso), has confirmed that increased consumption of chocolate decreased the incidence of cardiovascular events (including heart attack and stroke).

Notting Hill Carnival gets off to a chocolate-themed start

Just seen that performers at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival got things off to a sweet start yesterday, being covered in chocolate!

chocolate covered performers ay Notting Hill carnival

Now that would of been a feast for more than just your eyes.

Yummy Scrummy wins a GOLD award!

We've just heard that our Yummy Scrummy Raw Chocolate Brownie has been awarded a GOLD in the 2011 Taste of the West Awards!

Taste of the West AwardsAs you can imagine, we're over the moon with excitement that something we love so much and feel so passionately about has been given such recognition.

5 mins of fame on Radio Solent!

Don't know about you, but our Sunday was all a bit unexpected. Not that we didn't expect Sunday to follow Saturday, but more a case of doing the unexpected.

It all started off so well, with us deciding at the last minute to head down to the Great Dorset Chilli Festival at Kingston Lacy. The reason was that our good pals at The Wiltshire Chilli Farm had a stall there and between us we'd put together a special edition Chilli Raw Chocolate Making Kit, which was making it's debut.

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Wish us luck in the Taste of the West Awards

We have this morning sent off our sample of Yummy Scrummy Raw Chocolate Brownie to the Taste of the West Awards 2011. These prestigious awards are in their 18th year now and feature some of the best food producers in the region, so just to be entering is scary! But we love Yummy Scrummy and we get lovely feedback all the time, so we thought why not give it a whirl.

Yummy Scrummy reviews in the news

We're well in to high summer now and it's certainly been a warm one of late, definitely making up for recent years!

Daisy Green MagazineWhile summer may not be a natural time of year for chocolate for many people, we tend to disagree, but we would wouldn't we. Luckily for you then that we produce our fab Yummy Scrummy Raw Chocolate Brownie, which is great all year round. Seems we're not the only one's who love it, as July saw a couple of reviews published.