Food market in Finland

store, agricultural products, agricultural service, alcohol, alcoholic beverages, bakery, bakery products, beer, beverages, catering, catering, cereals, cheese, coffee, department stores, drink, eating out, ethnic foods, fast food, fast-food, food processing, food retail, food service, fresh fruit, fruit, fruit, fruit juices, healthy eating, hotel, hotels, hypermarkets, ingredients, meat, meats, newspaper, organic food, red meats, restaurant, restaurant, restaurants, restaurants, rice, seafood products, snack, snack foods, supermarkets, vegetables, wholesale, wine, wines,

required report public distribution date 04 05 2006 gain number fi6001 fi5000 finland exporter guide annual 2005 approved by margaret e thursland agricultural counselor us embassy stockholm prepared bettina dahlbacka marketing specialist highlights due to the severe nordic winters and relatively short growing season relies heavily on imported food products there are opportunities for high value which not produced domestically new market including ethnic healthy drink major current impediments sales include consumer resistance containing genetically modified gm ingredients includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled sw1 fi usda foreign service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page of 14 unclassified table contents section i overview 3 ii business tips local practices customs general tastes preferences 4 standards regulations 5 import inspection procedures iii sector structure trends 6 retail hotel restaurant institutional hri 8 processing iv best product prospects