The following products could be described as hallmarks of

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

n 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 Bogdanuša is a white grape variety, which is grown on the Croatian island of Hvar, where it originated on the Stari Grad Plain. Wines from this grape tend to be dry with a green-yellow to golden color and from 12% alcohol on up. Premium quality ...

* Debit (grape) * Graševina *

Grk Bijeli Grk Bijeli or Grk is a white grape variety used for wine. It is in particularly found in the village of Lumbarda on the island of Korčula in Croatia, where it is used to make ''Grk'' wine. The Croatian word ''grk'' means 'bitter', but the wine ...

* Kujundžuša – from the region of Imotski * Malvasia Dubrovačka * Malvazija Istarska *

Pošip Pošip is an autochthonous white wine grape that is primarily grown in the Dalmatian region of Croatia on the island of Korčula, although small amounts are also being grown on the Pelješac Peninsula. While found in many areas around the Kor� ...

* Pušipel * Traminac *

Vugava Vugava (also known as Bugava) is a white grape variety mostly cultivated on the Croatian island of Vis (island), Vis in central Dalmatia. Vugava is often compared to Viognier due to its aromatic profile, but it has been genetically proven that the ...

– from Vis Island
Žlahtina
– from the Island of Krk

Red wines

Babić Babić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бабић) is a Croatian, Bosniak and Serbian family name. It is the 3rd most frequent surname in Croatia and is derived from the common Slavic word for grandmother or old woman: baba. Geographical distribution As of ...

* Crljenak Kaštelanski – also known as

Zinfandel Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. The variety is grown in over 10 percent of California vineyards. DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kaštel ...

* Dobričić * Drnekuša *

Plavac mali Plavac Mali (), a cross between Crljenak Kaštelanski ( ancestral Zinfandel) and Dobričić grapes, is the primary red wine grape grown along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The name refers to the small blue grapes that the vines produce: in Cr ...

– includes regional variations Dingač and Postup * Teran

Dessert wines

Prošek Prošek is a sweet dessert wine that is traditionally from the southern area of Dalmatia, Croatia. It is made using dried wine grapes in the passito method. Good quality Prošek is usually much more expensive by volume than other wines due to a ...

Beers

Apart from the great abundance of imported international beers such as

Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Febr ...

Tuborg Tuborg is a Danish brewing company founded in 1873 on a harbour in Hellerup, an area North of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 1970 it has been part of the Carlsberg Group. The brewery's flagship, the Tuborg pilsner, was brewed for the first time in ...

Gösser Gösser () beer is the main brand of Göss Brewery in Leoben, one of the largest and most-well known in Austria. The brewery is part of Brau Union, the largest Austrian brewer, whose majority shareholder is the Dutch brewing company Heineken. His ...

, and

Stella Artois Stella Artois ( ) is a pilsner beer, first brewed in 1926 by Brouwerij Artois in Leuven, Belgium. In its original form, the beer is 5.2 per cent ABV, the country's standard for pilsners. The beer is also sold in other countries like the UK, Ire ...

, homebrewn beers ( hr, pivo) can also be found in Croatia. (Fans already know that the brewery in

Split Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Places * Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia * Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay * Split Island, Falkland Islands * Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua Arts, enterta ...

produces

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

n ''Kaltenberg'' beer by licence of the original German brewery.) * Favorit – brewed in Buzet,

Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...

Kaj Kaj may refer to: Places in Iran * Kaj, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari * Kaj, Hamadan * Kaj, Isfahan * Kaj, Qom * Kaj, Razavi Khorasan * Kaj, Sistan and Baluchestan Other uses * Kaj River, a river of Afghanistan * Kaj (name) * A fictional frog on the D ...

– produced in the Croatian region of Podravina by Carlsberg Hrvatska (''kaj'' means "what" in Croatian in

Kajkavian dialect Kajkavian (Kajkavian noun: ''kajkavščina''; Shtokavian adjective: ''kajkavski'' , noun: ''kajkavica'' or ''kajkavština'' ) is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and nort ...

) * Karlovačko – brewed in

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...

* Osječko – from

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

Ožujsko Ožujsko (fully '; lit. March Beer), also known and marketed as , is a Croatian brand of lager beer (5%). It is the flagship brand produced by Zagrebačka pivovara, the biggest brewery in the country which is a part of Molson Coors Brewing Company ...

– the name referring to the month of March; brewed in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

* Pan – produced by Carlsberg Hrvatska (formerly known as "Panonska pivovara") * Staro Češko – Czech beer from

Daruvar Daruvar ( cz, Daruvar, german: Daruwar, hu, Daruvár, sr, Дарувар, la, Aquae Balissae) is a spa town and municipality in Slavonia, northeastern Croatia with a population of 8,567. The area including the surrounding villages (Dar. Vino ...

(home to a Czech minority), brewed in Croatia *

Tomislav Tomislav (, ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, that is widespread amongst the South Slavs. The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the Old Slavonic verb "'' tomiti''" or "'' tomit" meaning to "''languish ...

– the name referring to

King Tomislav Tomislav (, la, Tamisclaus) was the first king of Croatia. He became Duke of Croatia and was crowned king in 925, reigning until 928. During Tomislav's rule, Croatia forged an alliance with the Byzantine Empire against Bulgaria. Croatia's strug ...

; brewed in Zagreb * Velebitsko – brewed in Pazarište,

Gospić Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje). Gospić is the ...

* Vukovarsko – brewed in

Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...

Syrmia Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...

Liqueurs and spirits

* Drenovac * Kruškovac – made from pears * Lozovača *

Maraschino Maraschino ( , ) is a liqueur obtained from the distillation of Marasca cherries. The small, slightly sour fruit of the Tapiwa cherry tree ( ''Prunus cerasus'' var. ''marasca''), which grows wild along parts of the Dalmatian coast in Croatia, le ...

Pelinkovac Pelinkovac is a bitter liqueur based on wormwood ( Croatian and Slovenian: ''pelen'' or ''pelin''), popular in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria as well as in Slovenia, where it is known as pelinkove ...

Šljivovica Slivovitz is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy). If anyone else has a dictionary of some Slavic language that translates your word for slivovitz as "plum brandy", please a ...

* Travarica * Vlahovac – 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. * Bistra – produced by

Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta ...

Cetina Cetina () is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of and its basin covers an area of . From its source, Cetina descends from an elevation of above sea level to the Adriatic Sea. It is the most water-rich river in Dalmatia.Naklada Naprijed ...

– water from the river

, which flows through the

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

n hinterland * Jamnica – winner of the Paris AquaExpo (the so-called Eauscar) for best mineral water of 2003 * Jana – also belongs to Jamnica, best aromatized mineral water ( Eauscar 2004) * Lipički studenac

Juices

Badel 1862 Badel 1862 d.d. is a Croatian alcoholic beverage company headquartered in Zagreb. Today's Badel originated following the Second World War, after the communist government nationalized the companies Pokorny, Patria, Arko, Marijan Badel, and Bade ...

* Cedevita – sherbet with

vitamin C Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits and vegetables, also sold as a dietary supplement and as a topical 'serum' ingredient to treat melasma (dark pigment spots) an ...

Dona Dona may refer to: * Feminine form for don (honorific) (Spanish: doña, Portuguese: dona; Italian: donna), a Spanish, Portuguese, southern Italian, and Filipino title, given as a mark of respect * Feminine form for dom (title), titled nobility in ...

* Jamnica juices – ''To sokovi'' *

Maraska Maraska is a Croatian company best known for its maraschino, a liqueur obtained from the distillation of Marasca cherries. History In 1759, Francesco Drioli, a Venetian merchant, began industrial-scale production of maraschino in Zadar, Croati ...

* Vindija juices – ''Vindi sokovi''

Meat products

* Derma d.d. Varazdin with Derma spices and Derma artificial and natural casings (hogs, sheep, etc. *

Gavrilović Gavrilović (Cyrillic script: Гавриловић) is a predominantly Serbian and to a lesser extent Croatian surname, derived from the male given name " Gavrilo" (Gabriel). It may refer to: * Andrija Gavrilović (born 1965), Serbian-Italian baske ...

high quality meat products * Koka Varazdin with "Cekin" and "Vindon" brands (Koka is part of the Vindija food corporation) * Various "PIKs" (agricultural industry, usually meat processing), e.g.

PIK Vrbovec Pik may refer to: People * Pik, name used by comic creator Léo Quievreux as a musician * Fong Chong Pik (1924–2004), Malaysian politician * Pik Botha (1932–2018), former South African politician * Tzvika Pick (1949–2022), Israeli compose ...

, PIK Bjelovar, PIK Rijeka, PIK Đakovo

Milk and cheese

* Lura – Dukat milk products * Vindija – milk products *

Zdenka Zdenka or Zdeňka () is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian, originally a short form of Zdeslava. Notable people with the name include: * Zdenka Badovinac, Slovenian art critic * Zdenka Braunerová, Czech pai ...

– cheese

Salts and herbs

Sea salt Sea salt is salt that is produced by the evaporation of seawater. It is used as a seasoning in foods, cooking, cosmetics and for preserving food. It is also called bay salt, solar salt, or simply salt. Like mined rock salt, production of sea sa ...

from the Island of Pag, from Peninsula of Pelješac

Ston Ston () is a settlement and a municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located at the south of isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula. History Because of its geopolitical and strategic position, Ston has had a rich history since ant ...

, and from Nin near Zadar *

Vegeta ( ), also referred as is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appears in chapter #204 "Sayonara, Son Goku", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on November 7, 1988, seeking ...

– herbal salt produced by

Podravka Podravka d.d. is a Croatian food company based in Koprivnica. Founded in 1934, today it is one of the largest food companies in Southeast Europe. History 1934–1990 The brothers Marijan and Matija Wolf founded the company on 14 June 1934. A ...

Fish products

Mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

and

sardine "Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century, a folk etymology says it comes from the Ital ...

s from the Island of

Brač Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's talle ...

Travel agents

* Adriatic.hr – Croatian online rentals market with more than 13,000 private-owned holiday accommodation units (apartments, studio apartments, rooms and villas). * Croatiatourbook.com * Split Tours – first private Croatian ferry line company and one on the biggest Dalmatian travel agents
Anna Tours
- holiday rentals in Croatia since 1994.

Sweets

* Koestlin – cookies, sweets *

Kraš Kraš () is a Croatian food company based in Zagreb, specializing in confectionery products. In 2012, Kraš was, after Podravka, the second largest Croatian exporter of food. History The company traces its origins from two factories from the e ...

– chocolates, sweet jars, '' Domaćica'' - famous chocolate

tea biscuit A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also ...

Bajadera Bajadera () is a Croatian layered nougat with almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts, invented and produced commercially by the Kraš confectionery company from Zagreb, Croatia. In Poland, the term ''bajadera'' refers to a rum ball __NOTOC__ Rum balls ...

'' – famous praline, ''Životinjsko carstvo'' (''Animal Kingdom'') - famous

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...

s, ''Kiki'' - famous

caramel Caramel ( or ) is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard. The process of caramelizatio ...

s, etc. * Ledo ice cream *

jams

Other

* Adriatica.net – a leading Croatian online travel agent * BioGnost –

pharmaceuticals A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and rel ...

and

biomedicine Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

* Bluesun Hotels & Resorts * Borovo – shoes * Boškinac – boutique hotel, restaurant and winery in Novalja, Pag * Croatia baterije – batteries *

Croteam Croteam is a Croatian video game developer based in Zagreb. The company was established by Davor Hunski, Damir Perović, Roman Ribarić and Dean Sekulić, four former classmates, in late August 1992. Croteam is best known for ''Serious Sam'', a ...

– game making company * Crotram Končar TVŽ Gredelj – electrocompany of trams and train vehicles * Crotram – Croatian consortium for production of tramways * Dubrovnik Riviera Hotels – luxury hotels and resorts in Dubrovnik *

Efke Efke is the brand name of photographic films, papers, and chemicals that were manufactured by ''Fotokemika Zagreb d.d.'', a company located in Samobor, Croatia. Products description The Efke films are black-and-white films with high silver co ...

–

photographic film Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin photographic emulsion, emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The sizes and other characteristics of th ...

s, papers, and chemicals * Generalturist – Croatian travel specialist since 1923 * Ghetaldus – eyewear * Goto International Split – clothing and underwear * Hotel International – city hotel in the Zagreb business district * Hotel Jadran – bed and breakfast hotel in the heart of Zagreb *

HS Produkt HS Produkt d.o.o. is a Croatian firearms manufacturing company, best known for design and production of the HS2000 and XDM series of semi-automatic pistols, which are sold in the United States market by Springfield Armory, Inc., under their XD ...

– firearms manufacturing company;

HS2000 The HS2000 (''Hrvatski Samokres'', ) is a series of semi-automatic pistols. Polymer-framed and striker-fired, the series is manufactured by HS Produkt (formerly I.M. Metal) in Karlovac, Croatia. In Europe, the pistols are marketed as the HS and ...

VHS assault rifle The VHS ( hr, Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica, multifunctional Croatian machine gun) is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by HS Produkt of Croatia. The VHS rifle was first introduced at the 2007 iKA exhibition ...

* HUP Zagreb – luxury hotels, business hotels and city hotels in Zagreb * INA – oil, natural gas and fuel producer *

KONČAR Group KONČAR – Elektroindustrija d.d. is a Croatian electrical, transport and energy company based in Trešnjevka neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia. Listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange being constituent of CROBEX, the company consists of 16 subsidia ...

– electronics * Koncern Agram –

insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

and

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

conglomerate * LoopTeez – streetwear clothing * Panorama Zagreb Hotel – hotel in the Zagreb city centre *

Petrokemija Petrokemija is a Croatian chemical company which specializes in manufacturing agricultural fertilizers. It was founded in 1968 as a branch of the state-owned oil company INA with its headquarters in Kutina. In the late 1990s it was privatised an ...

– chemical industry *

Pliva Pliva d.o.o. is a pharmaceutical company based in Zagreb, Croatia that primarily manufactures and sells generic drugs. It is a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals. Pliva is one of the world's largest producers of Generic drug, generic Adderall. ...

–

pharmaceutical drug A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and re ...

s * Product-Of-Croatia – database with Croatian products and brands *

Rimac Automobili Rimac Automobili (, \'Ri-mats\) is a Croatian car manufacturer headquartered in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, that develops and produces electric sports cars, drivetrains and battery systems. The company was founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac. Rimac Auto ...

– electric car and technology company * TOZ-Penkala – biros, coloured crayons * Tvornica Duhana Rovinj (TDR) – cigarettes * Uniline – Croatian online travel agent * Valamar Hotels & Resorts – hotel and resort management company * Varteks – textiles

References

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