Hi, my name is Bianca. Welcome to Vital Pantry.
Vital Pantry is an online grocer for “better for you” foods. I want to change the grocery landscape and remove all those things we’re putting into our bodies that are just not good for us.
I’m a mum of two little girls with a legal background. We have always lived what we thought was healthy. However, I turned “crunchy” when my dad was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is cancer from asbestos exposure. This is a cancer that is situational and could have been avoided. So, I began to wonder what other health problems can be avoided and how.
I’m not a medical professional, and by no means am I saying that you won’t get sick if you only eat organic fruit and vegetables for the rest of your life. But I’m trying to make small changes in our household to minimise the risks.
You’ll see my kids with glass containers, which hasn’t always ended well. You won’t see me wearing AirPods. We only use cast-iron frying pans. The more you read into it, the worse it gets. The list really does go on.
The biggest change I have made, however, is buying food without emulsifiers, seed oils, excess sugar and salt, and other unnecessary ingredients that are added for cost-saving purposes instead of quality.
Health is wealth, and so I’m willing to spend a little extra on what I eat, and what my kids eat, to try and minimise the risks.
Vital Pantry collates a list of grocery staples that I give my kids and would eat myself. They’re not all “perfect,” because in an ideal world we’re all baking sourdough fresh every morning and our kids are only eating organic, uncooked broccoli sprouts. But this isn’t reality. We’re all busy and need to balance being busy with our desire to try and live a healthier life.
We plan to expand with weekly and fortnightly subscriptions, more bundles, fruit and vegetables, dairy products, and meat.
My vision is to give you a Vital Pantry app for all your grocery needs, delivered to your door at your convenience, just as you would shop at any major grocer.
We are open to feedback. If there are brands you want to see that you love, let me know. We want to work with the community to change the lunchbox landscape!