Croatian brands

The following products could be described as hallmarks of Croatian trade. Croatiastreet awards its own quality seal (Hrvatska kvaliteta) to the best Croatian products every year.

Wines[]

Croatian wines (vino, pl. vina in Croatian) have gained in quality, but are still largely unknown to the world wine market. It is a matter of the developing Croatian economy to make these wines more popular in the world, and it is up to Croatian wine producers to start large-scale production for international markets.

White wines[]

• Bogdanuša
• Debit (grape)
• Graševina
• Grk Bijeli
• – from the region of Imotski
• Malvazija Istarska
• Pošip
• Traminac
• Vugava – from Vis Island
• Žlahtina – from the Island of Krk

Red wines[]

• Babić
• Crljenak Kaštelanski – also known as Zinfandel
• Dobričić
• Drnekuša
• Plavac mali – includes regional variations Dingač and Postup
• Teran

Dessert wines[]

• Prošek

Beers[]

Apart from the great abundance of imported international beers such as Heineken, Tuborg, Gösser, and Stella Artois, homebrewn beers (Croatian: pivo) can also be found in Croatia. (Fans already know that the brewery in Split produces Bavarian Kaltenberg beer by licence of the original German brewery.)

• – brewed in Buzet, Istria
• – produced in the Croatian region of Podravina by Carlsberg Hrvatska (kaj means "what" in Croatian in Kajkavian dialect)
• Karlovačko – brewed in Karlovac^[1]
• – from Osijek
• Ožujsko – the name referring to the month of March; brewed in Zagreb^[2]
• Pan – produced by Carlsberg Hrvatska (formerly known as "Panonska pivovara")
• – Czech beer from Daruvar (home to a Czech minority), brewed in Croatia
• – the name referring to King Tomislav; brewed in Zagreb
• Velebitsko – brewed in Pazarište, Gospić
• – brewed in Vukovar, Syrmia

Liqueurs and spirits[]

• Kruškovac – made from pears
• Maraschino^[3]
• Pelinkovac
• Šljivovica
• Travarica
• – made from herbs

Coffee[]

• Franck

Mineral water[]

Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world, and has a leading position in Europe with regard to its water resources. Due to a lack of established industries there has also been no major incidents of water pollution.

• – produced by Coca-Cola
• – water from the river Cetina, which flows through the Dalmatian hinterland^[4]
• Jamnica – winner of the Paris AquaExpo (the so-called ) for best mineral water of 2003^[5]
• – also belongs to Jamnica, best aromatized mineral water ( 2004)

Juices[]

• Badel 1862^[6]
• Cedevita – sherbet with vitamin C^[7]
• Jamnica juices – To sokovi
• ^[8]
• Vindija juices – Vindi sokovi

Meat products[]

• Derma d.d. Varazdin with Derma spices and Derma artificial and natural casings (hogs, sheep, etc.^[9]
• high quality meat products^[10]
• Koka Varazdin with "Cekin" and "Vindon" brands (Koka is part of the Vindija food corporation)
• Various "PIKs" (agricultural industry, usually meat processing), e.g. , , ,

Milk and cheese[]

• – milk products^[11]
• Vindija – milk products^[12]
• – cheese

Salts and herbs[]

• Sea salt from the Island of Pag, from Peninsula of Pelješac Ston, and from Nin near Zadar^[13]
• Vegeta – herbal salt produced by Podravka^[14]

Fish products[]

• Mackerel and sardines from the Island of Brač

Travel agents[]

• – Croatian online rentals market with more than 13,000 private-owned holiday accommodation units (apartments, studio apartments, rooms and villas). ^[15]
• – first private Croatian ferry line company and one on the biggest Dalmatian travel agents^[16]
• Anna Tours - holiday rentals in Croatia since 1994.

Sweets[]

• Koestlin – cookies, sweets^[17]
• Kraš – chocolates, sweet jars, - famous chocolate tea biscuit Bajadera – famous praline, Životinjsko carstvo (Animal Kingdom) - famous chocolates, Kiki - famous caramels, etc.^[18]
• Ledo ice cream^[19]
• Podravka jams^[20]

Other[]

• Adriatica.net – a leading Croatian online travel agent^[21]
• BioGnost – pharmaceuticals and biomedicine^[22]
• ^[23]
• – shoes^[24]
• – boutique hotel, restaurant and winery in Novalja, Pag^[25]
• – batteries^[26]
• Croteam – game making company
• – electrocompany of trams and train vehicles
• Crotram – Croatian consortium for production of tramways
• – luxury hotels and resorts in Dubrovnik^[27]
• Efke – photographic films, papers, and chemicals
• – Croatian travel specialist since 1923^[28]
• Ghetaldus – eyewear
• – clothing and underwear^[29]
• – city hotel in the Zagreb business district^[30]
• – bed and breakfast hotel in the heart of Zagreb^[31]
• HS Produkt – firearms manufacturing company; HS2000, VHS assault rifle
• – luxury hotels, business hotels and city hotels in Zagreb^[32]
• INA – oil, natural gas and fuel producer^[33]
• KONČAR Group – electronics^[34]
• – insurance and bank conglomerate
• – streetwear clothing^[35]
• – hotel in the Zagreb city centre^[36]
• Petrokemija – chemical industry^[37]
• Pliva – pharmaceutical drugs^[38]
• – database with Croatian products and brands^[39]
• Rimac Automobili – electric car and technology company
• TOZ-Penkala – biros, coloured crayons^[40]
• (TDR) – cigarettes^[41]
• – Croatian online travel agent^[42]
• – hotel and resort management company^[43]
• Varteks – textiles^[44]

See also[]

• Croatian cuisine

References[]