About Us
Like many of you, we wanted better snacking options — something that tasted good and had a short list of ingredients we could read. Most of what we found in the aisle had a list on the back we could not read to the end.
That is how Healthy Bites was born. We started rolling bites in our own kitchen, for our own family, and then for friends who kept asking for more. Today we make four recipes in small batches, twice a week, in Evere.
It started after the gym
Hungry at nine at night, reading the back of a protein bar and not reaching the end of the list.
That was most evenings. Everything in the shop promised a lot and tasted of very little, or tasted fine and was mostly syrup. We kept buying them anyway, because what else was there.
Then it occurred to us that we already knew the answer. We grew up on ladoos — jaggery, ghee, nuts, rolled by hand. Food that carried people through long days for generations, on four ingredients and no explanation.
Nobody was making them here. So we started.
First in our own kitchen in Evere, after training. Then for friends who kept asking. Then for their friends, which is roughly when we registered with the food agency and bought a bigger pan.
We still roll every bite by hand, twice a week. And we still will not add anything to make a pack last longer than ten days, because the whole point was to make the thing we could not find.
If you have ever put a bar back on the shelf after reading it, this is for you.
What goes in
Nuts, dates, whole wheat, palm jaggery and ghee we clarify ourselves from butter. That is the whole list. Nothing is machine-pressed, nothing sits in a warehouse, and nothing is added to make it last longer than it should.
Because there are no preservatives, our bites keep for ten days at room temperature, away from moisture, or four weeks refrigerated. We would rather make less, more often, than make something that keeps for a year.
How we work
- Twice-weekly batches. We roll on fixed days and send out within 48 hours, so what reaches you is days old, not months.
- Everything by hand. Wheat is slow-roasted in ghee for twenty minutes, stirred by hand, until the raw flour smell turns nutty. There is no timer for it. Every bite is rolled by hand.
- Registered and inspected. We are registered with the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV/AFSCA) and work to a HACCP-based hygiene plan.
Allergens, plainly
Across the range we use tree nuts (walnut, almond, cashew), milk (in our ghee) and wheat. Every pack lists its own ingredients in full. All four recipes are made in one kitchen, which also handles sesame, so we cannot guarantee that any product is free of an ingredient it does not list. If an allergy matters to you, please ask us before you order.
Corporate gifting
We make hampers for Diwali, weddings and office gifting from 25 boxes upward, with your own note card in each. Ask us for a quote and we will come back with one, usually the same working day.
Made with love. Shared with care.