Croatian brands
The following products could be described as hallmarks of Croatian trade. Every year, the Croatian quality (Hrvatska kvaliteta) seal is awarded to the best Croatian products.
Wines
(vino, pl. vina)
Croatian wines certainly belong to some of the best wines in the world. They are, however, not widely known so far. It is a matter of the growing Croatian economy to make those wines more popular in the world, and it is up to Croatian wine producers to start large-scale production for international markets.
White wines
- Graševina
- Malvazija
- Kutjevački rizling (Riesling from Kutjevo)
- Žilavka
- Žlahtina from the Island of Krk
- Traminac
- Kujundzuša from the region of Imotski
Red wines
Beers
(pivo)
Apart from the great abundance of imported international beers (Heineken, Tuborg, Gösser, Stella Artois, etc.), you will find some tasty home-brewn beers in Croatia. (Real fans need to now that the brewery in Split produces Bavarian Kaltenberg beer by licence of the original brewery in Germany.)
- Karlovačko beer: brewed in Karlovac [1]
- Ožujsko beer: brewed in Zagreb (the name refers to the month of march) [2]
- Pan beer
- Osječko beer: from Osijek
- Staro Češko beer: Czech beer from Daruvar (home to a Czech minority), brewed in Croatia
- Riječko beer: from the large seaport city of Rijeka on the northern Adriatic coast
- Kaj beer: a beer which is producing in Croatian region Zagorje
Liqueurs and spirits
- Maraska Cherry Brandy [3]
- Travarica
- Šljivovica
- Lozovača
- Drenovac
- Pelinkovac - Vermouth
- Kruškovac - made from pears
Coffee
- Franck coffee
Mineral water
Regarding its water resources, Croatia has a leading position in Europe. Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world. Due to a lack of established industries there have also been no major incidents of water pollution.
- Jamnica – Winner of the Paris AquaExpo (the so-called Eauscar) for best mineral water of 2003 [4]
- Lipički studenac
- Jana – also belongs to Jamnica, best aromatized mineral water (Eauscar 2004)
- Cetina – water from the river Cetina, which flows through the Dalmatian hinterland [5]
- Bistra – produced by Coca Cola
Juices
Meat products
- Gavrilović – high quality meat products [9]
- various "PIKs" (agricultural industry, usually meat processing), as e.g. PIK Vrbovec, PIK Bjelovar, PIK Rijeka, PIK Đakovo, etc.
Milk and cheese
- Lura - Dukat milk products [10]
- Zdenka – cheese
- Vindija – milk products, the most quality milk in Croatia
Salts and herbs
Fish products
Sweets
- Podravka jams [13]
- Kraš – Chocolates, sweet jars, famous životinjsko carstvo (Animal Kingdom) chocolates, Kiki caramels, etc. [14]
- Koestlin cookies, sweets [15]
- Ledo ice cream [16]
Other
- Končar – electronics [17]
- Pliva – drugs [18]
- Borovo – shoes [19]
- Tvornica Duhana Rovinj (TDR) – cigarettes [20]
- INA – Croatian oil, natural gas and fuel producer [21]
- TOZ-Penkala - biros, coloured crayons [22]
- Varteks - textiles [23]
- Petrokemija - chemical industry [24]
- Efke - photographic films, papers, and chemicals
- Generalturist - Croatia travel specialist since 1923 [25]
- Croatia baterije - industry of batteries [[26]]