Norwegian foodprints

June 25, 2018

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The “Norwegian foodprints” badge helps you find high-quality Norwegian food, and guides you to carefully selected restaurants. Four chefs invite into their kitchens .

The passion for local food is on the rise in Norway, Restaurants with the “Norwegian Foodprints” badge serve home-cooked food with Norwegian ingredients, based on local produce and identity.

In order to become an approved Norwegian Foodprints restaurant there are strict criteria. The food must be made from scratch, and the restaurants must document that they use local, Norwegian products and that they have good knowledge of local food and dishes.

Local food the Norwegian way

The rise in use of organic food has been an important political target in Norway, and in the last few years sustainable food consumption has gotten a big breakthrough.

In addition, the word “kortreist” (locally grown) has found its way into Norwegian cooking dictionaries and restaurant tables. The word implies producing and consuming more local foodsthat don’t rely heavily on emission-inducing transport. Many of the producers combine ancient Norwegian food traditions with new scientific methods for developing the products in a safe environment.

The products can also be bought locally, or through the large supermarket chains that are focusing more and more on higher quality products from local producers.

Travellers will meet the Norwegian foodprints badge at places to eat in many parts of Norway, as showed if you scroll further down to the map and to the interviews with four of the chefs.