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Award Winning Hiya!!

We are so happy to tell you that we were successful this year in winning Best Vegan Snack Bar Brand – UK (in the second annual Global Vegan Awards 2022, hosted by LUXlife!).   We also won Vegan Snack of the Year 2022 (UK) for our cacao bar. This is fantastic news for us and we are so grateful to […]

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Hiya autumn

We love autumn and all it has to offer. It can paint nature and our environment in the most radiant colours. After the summer greens the earth around us slowly turns yellow, orange, red, these warm colours warm and stir our hearts. Our favourite October things are beautiful walks and making new things with pumpkins! […]

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Hiya sustainability

For us sustainability and living a ‘hiya life’ go hand in hand! We started Hiya with the single desire to bring our food heritage to our modern western lives. We want to do this in the most positive way that we can. This means fantastic taste, wholesome and healthy food whilst taking care of ourselves […]

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Great Taste Award for Hiya fennel bar -‘unique and tasty making for a healthy, nutritious snack’

Woo hoo – we won a Great Taste Award for our fennel bars!!! What the judges said: ‘This product is unique and tasty making for a healthy, nutritious snack’ ‘In texture, it is light and crumbly, on the palate rich, toasty and aromatic. We particularly enjoyed the length of flavour from the toasted seeds and […]

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Best snacks for running

A few years ago, I used to run around 8 miles a day. I loved it! There was nothing like getting my trainers on, playlist at the ready and trainers on. The weather never phased me – in fact, some of my most enjoyable long runs were in the rain! As a new year’s resolution, […]

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Snacks for cycling

Did you know that our love for getting out and about on our bikes as a nation has grown hugely over the last decade. More and more of us are choosing to cycle to get around, or just to explore the countryside. and with this is the added benefit of increasing your fitness and improving […]

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Chickpea snack bars

Did you know that chickpeas have been used since 6790 BC? Wow, that’s a long time, but not surprising as this is such a good wholesome food! It has great health benefits like boasting low G.I, which means that your body absorbs and digests them slowly helping control blood sugars. They are also full of […]

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One year on – Healthy snacking

This week marks a year since the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic and how our lives have changed! We have lived in some form of lockdown since then. This has meant the home office is our new norm. Donning Sweaty Betty with dumbbells in hand and the home workouts have become our outlet. Dressing […]

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Healthy snacking and mental health

Mental health is now beginning to take a prominent place in our lives and as a society we are talking about the importance of this to our overall wellbeing. There is a lot of research emerging looking at how a well-balanced and healthy diet ties into the way we feel. The age old saying of […]