Bioforma

Bioforma is a Madeiran chain of health-food shops. It began in 1987 in Rua dos Netos, in Funchal, under the name A Seara, took the Bioforma name in 1997 and launched its own-brand product line two years later. Today it has shops in Funchal, Caniço, Machico and Ribeira Brava, on Porto Santo and in the Lisbon area. This entry points to the shop in Rua da Queimada de Cima, in the pedestrian streets of central Funchal.

The shops sell food, food supplements and natural cosmetics, much of it under the Bioforma brand. The organic food section includes cereals, flours, pulses, seeds, dried fruit and chocolate, and the brand's organic food products are controlled and certified by the certification body Certiplanet, whose code appears on each label. Supplements and wellness products make up a large part of the range, so this is a health shop with an organic section more than a full organic grocer.

Staff offer nutritional advice, and some of the shops include a café-restaurant. The Queimada de Cima shop is a few minutes' walk from the cathedral in the centre of Funchal and is easily reached on foot or by city bus.