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Why you should smell your chocolate first before you eat it.

Why you should smell your chocolate first before you eat it.

With a history reaching back over 2000 years, chocolate has been an important part of human history for longer than we can accurately record. Today millions of tons of the stuff are produced annually and here at UKVending we all have our favourite brands and like to treat ourselves once in a while. People 2000 […]
How cocoa could turn you into a brainbox

How cocoa could turn you into a brainbox

We all know that hot chocolate tastes great and is a warming comforting treat, but did you also know that drinking hot chocolate could also transform your higher brain functions? New research has indicated that drinking drinks, such as hot chocolate, high in things called flavanols, a nutrient found in plants, can help people achieve […]
The history of coffee

The history of coffee

As you sit back in your comfortable chair or sip your perfectly brewed cup of coffee, have you ever wondered why it is we love this drink so much or just how much history there is to it? Historians have argued long and hard about the history of coffee but most agree that the earliest […]
London Coffee Week

London Coffee Week

Coffee is the flavour of the month in April across the United Kingdom and it all kicks off with The London Coffee Festival for three days from 15 April. This annual event precedes the nationwide celebration of coffee that is UK Coffee Week, which runs until 18 April. Whether you like your mocha-choca, latte, Americano, Expresso or Macchiato there’s something […]
Klix Eco Cup: a cup like no other

Klix Eco Cup: a cup like no other

We all want to do more for the natural environment. We all want to reduce the amount of plastic we use and to recycle more, well here at UKVending these are words we live by and words that we are committed to. That’s why we are going to stock the KLIX Eco Cup. KLIX Eco […]
Should you ever give coffee to Children?

Should you ever give coffee to Children?

It is an age-old question: Is coffee good for children? The consensus has been that it is not, but the question might not be correctly targeted. Perhaps the question should be more along the lines of does coffee stop kids from growing? In this case, science does have an answer. Popular, if somewhat out there, […]
Why drinking filter coffee can cut heart risk

Why drinking filter coffee can cut heart risk

A cup of coffee is usually the answer when you’re feeling exhausted, sleepy and without energy. But fulfilling your daily caffeine fix also provides surprising health benefits. Drinking filter coffee could reduce the chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke. Just one to four cups a day cuts the risk of death from […]
Canderel: our kind of sweetener

Canderel: our kind of sweetener

When you place your next order for sweetener for the workplace, I bet you sometimes think about how this product came about and how it has almost completely replaced sugar in sweetening our teas, coffees, and other drinks. Today, we’ll look at one of UKVending’s range of sweeteners, our Yellow Canderel that comes in packets […]
UK and Recycling

UK and Recycling

Here at UKVending we pride ourselves on our commitment to the environment and our levels of recycling. As members of The Rainforest Alliance we have set standards that we adhere to and maintain every year. So, it is disappointing when we continue to see levels of recycling falling across the United Kingdom. Some of the […]

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