An Edinburgh mum has left her previous role supporting women’s rights in conflict zones across the world to launch the first of its kind oat milk business - Three Robins.
Karen Robinson, 44, from Murrayfield, says that she made the change after she felt that the travelling involved with her previous role was not compatible with family life. She had worked in areas experiencing war in West and Central Africa as well as South Asia alongside the UN, EU and UK government, with a special focus on policy supporting women's rights in those regions for twenty years.
The mum of three boys, Alasdair, nine, Christopher, seven and William four, spotted a gap in the market for oat milk that could meet all of the complex needs of a family. Her middle child Christopher is lactose intolerant and as a result has relied upon plant based milk from a young age.
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But Karen says that her family would have three to four milks in the fridge in order to accommodate different needs. She says that oat milk has traditionally been designed for baristas and cafés but that there was not a product that would also work for things like cereal.
