Tutti Frutti

Customer service is great, deals all the time and excellent selection for any healthy home! I always spend way too much but I know I get value for money and the kind service of
friendly, helpful owners to boot!

There is no denying that it is a small space and you might find yourself in some intimate encounters doing the «switcheroo» if it is busy (not an experience I commonly encounter when visiting); I will also agree that it is jam packed, floor to ceiling, with product.
It might not be the most luxurious shopping experience, but I enjoy having to hunt for an item amongst other fun health things. Although, that isn’t really a problem after you know where to locate your desired item. They have a decent selection of supplements, and health food items. They also have a scoop your own spices, nuts, dried fruits etc section in the back. I would recommend checking it out if you haven’t already; It is worth stopping in to do some price comparing. There are supplements, teas, foods, and drinks that I haven’t found at a better price than Tutti Frutti.

I come here regularly to buy my vitamins and other «health food» stuff. the bulk bins are well priced and include much higher quality ingredients than at the mass market bulk bin stores. They also have a good selection of specialized food items such as gluten free, herbal, vegetarian, sugar free, etc.
If I am in the Kensington Market, this is a sure stop for me. Tutti Frutti is a little better priced on some items than Essence of Life, but in truth I shop at both places because of the selection in both.

So my bottle of 180 vegi-​caps of Advanced B Complex by AOR (good brand) at Tutti Frutti is $ 40.99. Same bottle at The Good Health vitamin store is $ 58.99. Almost $ 20 cheaper at Tutti Frutti. This should explain my 5 star rating!

Great health food shop. They have almost everything I’m looking for. Be warned that it is a tight space they have so much products everywhere friendly staff willing to help you around. Good pricing and they have weekly instore specials. I like everything here and shop here most of the time.

I’ve worked in 3 health food stores in my time, so I know the challenges of fitting inventory in often-​small storefronts. It may have been «disorganized» at another time, but these folks have got it down to a science. No produce here, but they offer just about everything else in an orderly, easily understood selection. They have staff working constantly to refill (climbing in an out of a 4-​foot-​high cubbyhole) and politely answer questions. Metro and the other big-​name grocery stores are much closer to me but I ride the subway an hour to get our everyday ingredients (baking powder, sorghum flour, dates and gluten free pasta) in bulk and save a ton of money. Most medicinal herbs I’ve wanted have been available.

I love Kombucha tea, and before I learned how to make it, I bought it at Tutti Frutti — best price in Toronto. It’s about one-​third cheaper than other stores. It’s just unfortunate that the location isn’t the most convenient for me but I love going there… always excited to see new things.
If you’re like me and love Kombucha, the cost adds up. You should consider brewing your own. It takes a bit of patience to start your first brew, but overall, it’s fairly easy. You should check out my post on step-​by-​step instructions on
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For most items, this is the best priced health food store in downtown Toronto. Spirulina, protein powders, bulk nuts,… all these are best prices I’ve seen.
Other things are the same as other places, I have never seen something more expensive.
Not as big as Essence of Life, but definitely worth checking in first. I’ve found some gems in their little sale bins at the edge of the isles too.

What an amazing little store. I wish, I knew about it years ago. The prices on their bulk products are very reasonable, the store is stocked well and the Asian owners are extremely helpful. I visited the place on Friday afternoon and it was packed with people. At the cash register they had packaged nuts and cookies. I’ve purchased the Fruit2Nutz cookie that was very tasty, made from spelt and loaded with pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips. I am planning to do a second visit soon, to stock up on things that I could not the first time.

I love this place. I come for food, not supplements, though they have both.
The selection and the prices are great. Great buys include BPA-​free, organic beans and canned tuna, teas, nuts and dried fruit. They also have a great selection of sauces and oils.
There is another, larger «health food» store down the street. I prefer Tutti Frutti as I find it easier to navigate and not as full of crap I’m not interested in. They’ve narrowed it down to the good stuff, I think.
It looses points only for being crowded and because, one time, the flour I bought from here sprouted weevils. Look them up… gross. Not sure if the store can be blamed or not.

Went literally all over Kensington Market to buy some organic energy bars to see which stores had it cheaper. Essence Of Life was TWICE as much expensiver so I left. Walked into here and immediately saw some Clif Bars and the lady working there was so helpful and nice. I picked up a few at only $ 1.29 each compared at $ 1.99 at Essence Of Life. Definitely go in and look around the store they are really helpful.
Awesome service.
Amazing prices.
GREAT selection on items!
I will definitely be back here often!

4 stars for this place because it has the cheapest Weleda products, hands down.
Weleda Skin Food here is around $ 12, and in other places I’ve seen it go up to $ 19 (Whole Foods).
They have the entire range of Weleda, and all the prices are well below the $ 20 mark, unlike other places (Whole Foods in Yorkville, Essence of Life around the corner, and even Herbs & Nutrition by Bloor/​Bathurst).
I don’t buy the bulk items but they have a nice range too. I’d say the selection for other things are limited, but then again, I was only looking at Weleda products because that’s what I buy. Still, it’s hidden so you might have to hunt for it.

Good selection of health and natural products. They usually have the lowest prices so I always check this place out first before I go to Essence of Life.

What a great place to buy bulk items. They have a great selection of veggie friendly stuff, too. It’s not a complete grocery store and a lot of the stuff are pricey, but the steal is in the bulk.
They sell a lot of local products, as well as top of the line veggie accompaniments.

I feel so bad for not reviewing this place sooner! I shop here frequently so it’s kind of ridiculous that I“ve only gotten around to reviewing it now. It’s a great little health food store and is bustling despite being located a mere hop, skip and a jump from the larger Essence of LIfe. I still often choose Tutti Frutti over Essence of Life, though, despite it being smaller and lacking the same selection of fresh foods. It feels like my little personal store.
They have a good selection of bulk items which are competitively priced, they somehow manage to squeeze in chilled and frozen foods and they have a myriad of vitamins, herbal supplements etc. Their prices for protein powder etc are great-​no need to pay over the odds if vegan protein powder is your poison of choice. They’re generally cheaper than most other places for my treats like nut butters, coconut butter, goji berries, cacao nibs etc. They were a few dollars cheaper than Noah’s for some of those items the last time I checked and they’re often slightly cheaper than Essence of LIfe. They’re also great for hard to find things like Cocovie coconut jam-​my new sugar fix.
The space around the cash registers is cramped but they’re actually really quick at serving everybody so you don’t have much time to linger and discover that they’re cheaper than pretty much anybody else if you want to buy Clif bars, Lara bars etc. I think it’s generally the owners on the cash and they’re very pleasant! All in all, it’s a big fat nut butter smeared thumbs up from me.

I’ve been shopping here as long as I can remember. If they were open in 1993, when I came to town, I was shopping there.
Three weeks ago I bought a Kombucha drink. I work in the market but by the time I got back to my work, a 2 min walk away, the bottle was leaking all over the place. So I brought it back for exchange. They were really rude about it, telling me that Kombucha «does that» and when I said there was no way to tell that the cap was on correctly and that I could get sick from it they said «you just don’t know the product.» Well I DO know that this isn’t some commercial soda. If the cap wasn’t on correctly I could seriously get sick off this fermented product. Anyway, I had to really act unfriendly which is not what I like to do, just in order to EXCHANGE the product.
When I got the new bottle back to work I shook it over the sink. Guess what, no leakage.
I will never shop there again. I was nice to them, it was a simple request, I had to mop all the floors at work because of the leakage, I have probably spent THOUSANDS of dollars there, and I get treated disrespectfully in return.
They’ve lost a very long time costumer over a stupid $ 3 drink.

Wow! I can’t believe I just discovered this place today! The prices here are great. If it stays this way I will definately be a regular at this place.
They are very well stocked in terms of health supplements and shampoos & soaps. The store is small but they seem to cram as much variety of everything they can into the place. Although this is a very small establishment, I found myself a little overwhelmed with so many things to look at (in a good way).
This seems to be a favourite for the locals around here. The store was pretty busy when I visited in the early afternoon. I don’t live in the area but can’t wait to come back again!
One thing to note is that although they take debit/​credit cards, there is a minimum purchase of $ 10 required, otherwise cash.

Another great grocery store in Kensinton. I usually pop into Essence of Life and Tutti Frutti to check prices when I’m shopping in this area.
So far I have found that they have the best price in the city beeswax candles. Their tea lights are 99 cents each! They have a great bulk section (better than EOL), and a pretty impressive beauty section as well.

I’ve been going to Essence of Life for months, not even realizing that its closest competition was merely 5 steps away! Wellsir, I set foot into Tutti Frutti for the first time today, and I DO DECLARE, it will become part of my weekly Kensington rotation FO REAL.
While slightly unorganized, there is much to love about this place. Prices of some bulk items run cheaper than Essence, so it will be customary for me to now buy, say, nooch at Essence and raw cashews at Tutti. I didn’t check hygiene products or supplements yet, so we’ll see how that stacks up!
Speaking of supplements, these bishes have a vunderbar selection. They’re just kind of… all over the place. I love their little nut snack packs at the cash register, and some green krispie squares (with spirulina) that I’ll definitely have to sample one day.
OH! I just remembered that their frozen berries are 3.79 per bag — cheaper than anywhere else I’ve seen so far (except for the time Whole Foods had them on special 2 for $ 5). Essence sells them for 4.99.
THIS JUST IN: Kat’s review says they have spirulina in bulk!!! *raises eyebrow* This place could raise to a 5, one day. Oh, yes.

Tutti fruitti is ok, but I have trouble being in here for long enough to find what I need because it’s just wee and I am forever feeling like people are running into me. Perhaps I should visit on a day when I’m not feeling so misanthropic.
They have a good selection of lots of things: bulk products, gluten-​free baking stuff, soaps/​laundry things/​shampoos, and about a gazillion bulk tea things. They seem to have all kinds of supplements, but those aren’t my bag, baby, so I can’t say any more about those. I recently purchased a bag of Dark Horse coffee here for almost $ 10 less than I’ve found it elsewhere.
I don’t love it, but I do return when I’m in the market and looking for bulk stuff.