Podravka d.d.
Leading Croatian food company producing Vegeta seasoning, Lino spreads and soups.
Podravka is Croatia's largest food manufacturer, producing the iconic Vegeta all-purpose seasoning, Lino chocolate spreads, instant soups and canned goods. Its factories in Koprivnica supply retail chains across Southeast Europe, the EU and diaspora markets globally. Private label and co-manufacturing services are available.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Koprivnica, Croatia
- Founded
- 1947
- Website
- https://www.podravka.hr
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Specialty & Gourmet Food
- Markets
- Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, United States
Verified facts
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-09 Mail server of the company domain
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-02 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-09 OpenSanctions
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-09 OpenSanctions
- market-access-eu (green), checked 2026-08-22 TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
- public-contract-awarded (green), checked 2026-08-20 TED, EU public procurement bulletin Here the award carries someone else's check: in the EU and the EEA a public buyer must exclude bidders convicted of fraud, corruption or money laundering, and those found by a final decision to owe taxes or social contributions. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
Claimed certifications
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- HACCP
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA