Gilde is a
brand name used by the
Norwegian meat processing company
Nortura
Nortura is a Norwegian agricultural cooperative that operates slaughterhouses and other processing plants related to meat and eggs. The company was created as a merger between Gilde Norsk Kjøtt and Prior Norge in 2006, and has head offices i ...
on its
red meats; including beef, pork, lamb, veal, reindeer.
Until 2006 the brand was managed by the
agricultural cooperative
An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, is a cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity.
A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperati ...
Gilde Norsk Kjøtt
Gilde Norsk Kjøtt is a defunct Norwegian red meat processing company organised as an agricultural cooperative. The company was by far the largest processor in the country when it merged with Prior Norge in 2006 to create Nortura.Solholm, Roll ...
who then merged with
Prior Norge
Prior Norge is a defunct Norwegian white meat and egg processing company organised as an agricultural cooperative. The company merged with Gilde Norsk Kjøtt in 2006 to create Nortura. The Prior brand is still used.
History
The first national un ...
to form Nortura. The brand was first used in Northern Norway by the local meat cooperatives in 1959, and became a national brand in 1964.
There is a full range of red meat products available under the Gilde brand, including
* Biff (
beef)
* Pølser (
wieners)
* Edelgris (pork)
* Birkebeiner (
cured meats)
* Go' og Mager (milk free and low fat meat)
* Gourmet Lam (
lamb meat from
Hardangervidda)
* Norsk Gourmet Kalv (
veal
Veal is the meat of calves, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, however most veal comes from young male calves of dairy breeds which are not used for breeding. Generally, v ...
)
* Norsk Kjøttfe (beef from the breeds
Charolais,
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
,
Simmental,
Aberdeen Angus and
Limousin)
* Naturlig Godt økologisk (
organic
Organic may refer to:
* Organic, of or relating to an organism, a living entity
* Organic, of or relating to an anatomical organ
Chemistry
* Organic matter, matter that has come from a once-living organism, is capable of decay or is the product ...
)
External links
www.gilde.noNortura, English homepage
{{Agricultural cooperatives in Norway
Norwegian brands
Brand name meats