People want Norwegian produced food

Of the factors that are important when buying food, the argument "produced in Norway" has become more important on Norwegians' checklist. As many as 53 percent say that the fact that the food is produced in Norway is something they emphasize when they buy food for themselves and their family, an increase of 5 percent since the last survey in 2019. It shows figures from Spisefakta which were published last week. - The numbers speak for themselves; people want Norwegian food. The government has a clear ambition to increase the degree of self-sufficiency. It is therefore very uplifting that Norwegian consumers so clearly show that they support Norwegian food production, says Minister of Agriculture and Food Sandra Borch in a press release. The most important factors when choosing food in the store are fresh, healthy, low price and produced in Norway. - Of these four factors, it is produced in Norway, which shows the largest increase by as much as five percentage points from 2019 to ...