{"id":285460,"date":"2026-02-07T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285460\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:31:08","slug":"first-look-inside-new-leicester-healthy-eating-cafe-aiming-to-make-wellness-delicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285460\/","title":{"rendered":"First look inside new Leicester healthy eating cafe aiming to make \u2018wellness delicious\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of protein bowls, wraps and juices are on the menu<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_Dupe-located-in-Francis-Street-Stoneygate.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Dupe, located in Francis Street, Stoneygate.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Dupe, located in Francis Street, Stoneygate.(Image: Saffiya Kasak \/ Dupe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The founder of a new healthy eatery in Leicester is planning to offer a variety of <a aria-label=\"food optionsLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">food options<\/a>, with the goal of making \u201cwellness delicious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Dupe, in Francis Street, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/all-about\/stoneygate\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Stoneygate<\/a>, opened its doors on Friday, February 6. Its aim is to deliver \u201cwholesome and tasty\u201d food which promotes a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/all-about\/health\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">healthy lifestyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On its menu are a range of bowls, as well as sandwiches and wraps. Customers can order an acai bowl, as well as matcha and vanilla protein bowls, which feature fresh fruit, chia seeds, and peanut butter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chicken, steak, and sweet potato are among the other bowls offered, which will contain rice and greens, among other ingredients. For those looking for a sandwich or wrap, there are choices of steak, chicken, or tuna.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Inside-Dupe-which-is-centred-around-healthy-fast-casual-food.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Inside Dupe, which is centred around healthy fast-casual food.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Inside Dupe, which is centred around healthy fast-casual food.(Image: Saffiya Kasak \/ Dupe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As well as hot drinks, Dupe also has several shots and juices on the menu, including a \u201cglass skin\u201d juice which is made with green apple, kiwi, celery and cucumber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Its shots include &#8220;collagen&#8221;, made with beetroot, orange and carrot, as well as \u201chot shots\u201d such as &#8220;ginger iced cube which consists of ginger, cayenne pepper and lemon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The eatery also sells &#8220;protein treat balls&#8221;, made with protein powder and other ingredients. They are available in the following flavours &#8211; Oreo, Snickers and Biscoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/all-about\/food-and-drink\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dupe<\/a> describes itself as healthy and fast-casual food which is made fresh and caters for high protein, keto and gluten-free diets. It hopes to create convenience for busy schedules, a post-workout refuel and those who are seeking feel-good meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Saffiya Kasak, founder of Dupe, said: \u201cOur philosophy is that wellness should be delicious, powered by real food. Our health-forward menu aligns perfectly with the lifestyle our customers value most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A selection of protein bowls, wraps and juices are on the menu Dupe, located in Francis Street, Stoneygate.(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5471,103,1350,61,1002,60,446,137273],"class_list":["post-285460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-food-and-drink","tag-health","tag-healthy-eating","tag-ie","tag-in-the-news","tag-ireland","tag-nutrition","tag-stoneygate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}