New Nordic Food is based on the original Kitchen Manifesto (launched in 2004) consisting of 10 points:
The new Nordic kitchen must:
- Express the purity, freshness, simplicity and ethics that we like to associate with our region
- Reflect the changing seasons in the meals
- Build on ingredients that become particularly delicious in the climate, landscape and water we have in the Nordic region
- Combine the demand for good taste with modern knowledge about health and well-being
- Promote Nordic products and the diversity of producers and spread knowledge of the cultures behind them
- Promote animal welfare and sustainable production in the sea as well as in cultivated and wild landscapes
- Develop new areas of use for traditional Nordic foods
- Combine the best Nordic preparation methods and culinary traditions with influences from elsewhere
- Combine local self-sufficiency with regional exchange of high-quality goods
- Invite consumers, food artisans, people from agriculture, blue sector and food industry, retailers and middlemen, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities to collaborate on this joint project that will benefit and be enjoyed by the entire Nordic region.
Signed by:
- Erwin Lauterbach, Denmark
- Eyvind Hellstrøm, Norway
- Fredrik Sigurdsson, Iceland
- Gunndur Fossdal, Faroe Islands
- Hákan Örvarsson, Iceland
- Hans Välimäki, Finland
- Leif Sørensen, Faroe Islands
- Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden
- Michael Björklund, Åland
- René Redzepi, Denmark
- Roger Malmin, Norway
- Rune Collin, Greenland
The children’s Nordic kitchen manifesto
As an addition to the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto and as a part of the project “Children and food in the Nordics”, the Children’s Nordic Kitchen Manifesto was launched in 2013. It states that “All children in the Nordic countries have the right to learn how to cook good and healthy food”.
- Children’s food is nutritious and tastes good
- Children’s food is prepared from clean, local ingredients with regard to season and traditions
- Children’s food is ethical and fair
- Children receive regular meals
- Children’s meals are varied
- Children’s meals activate all the senses
- Children are surrounded by examples of good food and meals
- Children participate in the preparation of the meals – children can!
- Children learn different skills and knowledge through shared meals
- Children have the right to their own taste and positive experiences of Nordic food treasures