Sunnybrook Health Store – gluten free products in Ormond
Sunnybrook Health Store is a fantastic mini supermarket / health food store specialising in products for special dietary requirements. They have a huge gluten free range, as well as low FODMAP, dairy free, onion free, nut free, vegan and more!
They are located on North Road, Ormond, a south eastern suburb in Melbourne that is easily accessible from the bayside suburbs as well as suburbs surrounding Chadstone shopping centre. If you can’t get there, you can order online for delivery around Australia.
Products overview
Before supermarkets routinely stocked gluten free items, Sunnybrook was one of the few places in Melbourne that had a good range of gluten free products. They remain a gluten free one stop shop with a wide variety of products and those harder to find flours or Christmas items. The picture below shows some brands from my Christmas shop last year.
You will find well known brands such as Schar, Well & Good, Orgran, Genius, Eskal, Bob’s Red Mill and Amy’s Kitchen, as well as smaller brands such as FODMAPPED and Foddies.
Some of the shelf stable products stocked include bread, cereals crumpets, biscuits, baking items, sauces, pasta and noodles, snacks and sweets. Fresh and frozen products are available from many Melbourne gluten free bakeries. The freezers have both sweet and savoury products e.g. donuts, puff pastry, pies, sausage rolls, dim sims, ice-cream as well as frozen meals from Foddies, Syndian and more.
Dietary requirements labelling
To make shopping easier, the shelf labels have the following scheme so you can identify what is suitable for your dietary requirements.
Some of the product range
Below are some other items you can get from Sunnybrook, such as travel size Brookfarm muesli, onion and garlic free sauces and frozen donuts. They also stock organic fresh fruit and vegetables.
They stock a couple of brands of gluten free crumpets – you can see a review of the Liberate crumpets here.
One of my favourite items to buy as a treat is the Gluten Free Bakery honey roll – so delicious if you have a sweet tooth!
I always get my Christmas goodies from Sunnybrook as they have such a good range of Christmas puddings, mince pies and other seasonal items, such as panforte cake.
Online shopping
If you are shopping online, their website has filters by dietary intolerance (e.g. gluten free, dairy free, soy free, low salt etc) or other requirements such as vegan or kosher. Please note that they are sometimes having to close the online shop when demand is high due to Covid-19.
It is worth keeping an eye on their Facebook page for new products and recipes. It is well worth a visit to this gluten free one stop shop to see the number products available!
553A North Rd, Ormond VIC, 3204
Mon – Fri 8:30am – 6:30pm, Sat 8:30am – 6:00pm (Closed Sundays and Public holidays)
All of the Melbourne bakeries stocked at Sunnybrook are on the Melbourne 100% gluten free listing
