Singapore Most Comprehensive Healthy Food Shopping Guide

updated as at 7 May 2023

This Singapore healthy shopping food guide has been put together after much travel up and down the island visiting farms and dairies in Kranji, delis in the East Coast, butchers in the West and supermarkets and specialist shops all over the island. Whilst its not perfect we hope that it will prove useful to you in quickly identifying the best quality food in Singapore. If its not on the list its very likely that it doesn’t make the cut or serves no additional purpose to the outlets already mentioned below. However in the event that you feel we may have missed something please do reach out to us.

There are only a few farms in Singapore (in Kranji mostly but they're bulldozing it soon) with a limited amount of veggies so you need to shop around for the full spectrum of vegetables. Feel free to contact us for individual advice on our personal favourites. In the last year Green Circle Eco Farm, Firelies Organic Farm and Eat Organic have closed down. 

For fresh (not frozen), certified organic, grass fed and finished, pastured lamb and beef we can recommend Cut Butchery and Ryan's Grocery. They also sell antibiotic free (AF)/hormone free (HF)/free range pork. The Butcher Box is also a great choice in the East which doesn't have certified organic produce but a very close second because their produce is from Tasmania where antibiotics, hormones and GMO feeds are all banned. Ryan's and Cut sell free range AF/HF/chlorine free chickens from Toh Thye San Farm in Johor as do some other specilist butchers. Fresh (not frozen) certified organic, pastured chickens fed on a natural diet do not exist in Singapore so these are the next best.

Most of the other specialist butchers will have some limited organic produce like organic mince beef, tenderloin and strip loin. Some will say they have 100% grass fed beef but after researching further you'll find that 100% grass fed can mean grass fed until the last 90 days when they are fattened up on a diet of grain before slaughter. This totally destroys the beneficially fatty acid profile of the animal and introduces a boat load of toxins from the grain feed that is normally certified unfit for human consumption but OK for animals - so be careful!

Seabass, parrot fish, red snapper and certain species of mackerel are often fresh and wild caught in Indonesian and Malaysian waters and you can buy them in many supermarkets and wet markets. Imported tuna is always wild but frozen/thawed. Some of the fish served at top end Japanese restaurants and in the Japanese supermarkets like Isetan is fresh from Japan but you will pay for it. It’s not always wild though so you need to ask. The Alaska Guys sell amazing fresh and wild salmon and halibut in season and other seafood.

Everything else is farmed (including 99% of the salmon in Singapore) so best to avoid. Some independent stores claim to sell healthy salmon but dig deeper and you'll find its farmed and fed on a diet of soy beans which destroys the beneficial O3 fatty acid profile of the fish and introduces all sorts of other deficiencies. Fish do not eat beans!

There are many stores which sell fresh farmed fish or great quality wild fish that’s frozen but unless they sell the holy duo of fresh and wild caught we didn’t include them in the list below.

The best milk in Singapore is the Paris Creek brand which is biodynamic in conversion, grass fed, unhomogenised but it is pasteurised. There is no raw milk available in Singapore apart from Viknesh and The Dairy Folks but you should visit the farm and check on the animals before making a decision about whether you want to drink that raw. You can, however, get some fantastic raw cheeses, butter and sometimes cream in the supermarkets in Singapore.

Cold storage often has the best selection of organic kefirs and yogurts.

The best eggs in Singapore are the Organic Feed Eggs, Golden Irish Organic Free Range Eggs, Frenz Organic Free Range, Daneg Organic Free Range Eggs. Organic eggs ensure that the chickens have only consumed an organic diet (so no glyphosate) and have not been subjected to GMOs, antibiotics and growth hormones. You can get these in many stores and supermarkets with limited predictability, so RedMart is often the best bet for consistent supply. You can get many varieties of "free range" or "kampong" eggs, but they are all from chickens kept in barns, with a roof, and a concrete floor and fed a non organic, grain based diet.

You can get organic grains, legumes/beans, nuts and seeds in most of the big supermarkets. Its very hard to find unpasteurised nuts in Singapore however the Pili Pushers are one of the few exceptions who supply a high quality soaked, sprouted and activated pili nut. Scoop is probably the king in town for organic dried grains, legumes, nuts and seeds.

There are increasingly more quality bakers popping up. In order to produce anything that resembles something vaguely healthy on the bread perspective the flour used must be 100% organic (no compromises) and the bread must be traditionally fermented i.e. sourdough. The best we have found so far are Micro bakery & Kitchen, Haubis and Bud of Joy which all do organic sourdough bread. There are many other places to get non organic sourdough. If you're not sure why it must be organic and fermented then read this post.

Unfortunately Singapore water contains both chlorine and fluoride (which has been banned in the EU). It can also can contain lead, pesticides and other undesirable elements. Ultrapure (www.ultrapure.com.sg) do some good systems but there are many other brands here. The best, however, are overseas. Remember its important to remineralise all RO water with sea salt and/or trace minerals. Here's a link to a useful three part blog on water: Should Singaporeans use water filters.

Butter as mentioned above. Organic virgin olive oils you can buy in most supermarkets. Organic coconut oils you can also buy in most supermarkets and specialist shops but its much cheaper to order online from sg.iherb.com. Likewise that is also the best source for organic grass fed ghee. Beef tallow, lard and suet you will have to DIYor check with your local butcher.

Wines (www.analoguewinemerchant.com), who are based in SPRMRKT at Robertson Quay, RVLT in Chinatown (winervlt.sg) have a huge selection of natural wines, Chopine (email Peter) and the Hop Shop (www.hopshop.com.sg) at Bukit Timah Plaza do organic and gluten free craft beers. The organic, natural and biodynamic wine KING in Singapore is Romain Cousot who set up Cogito Wines (cogitowines.com).

There are well over 10,000 restaurants and F&B outlets in Singapore but only a handful of organic ones. We've only included restaurants below where the majority of their produce (80% or more) is organic.

• COMO Dempsey
• GLOW SuperNature
• Sunnychoice
• Real Food Cafe
• Ci Yan Organic
• Nouri

Here are a list of online grocery stores that we have yet to research so if you have anything to say about them then feel free to email us.

• Mr. Farmer
• ShiokFarm
• SG Organic
• Nature's Glory
• Open Taste
• Best Organic Food