Standards
KRAV - your path to the Swedish and Scandinavian market
KRAV is the most recognised food label in Sweden - 98% of consumers know it. Swedish retailers prefer products with KRAV over those with an EU organic certificate only. Balkan Biocert has a verification agreement with KRAV and checks KRAV's additional requirements for its clients in Bulgaria.
What is KRAV?
A Swedish organisation founded in 1985. It develops standards for organic production and owns the KRAV label.
Why KRAV?
For Swedish consumers and retailers the label is synonymous with high quality. For many buyers in Sweden it is a condition for doing business.
Basic prerequisite
A valid organic certificate under Regulation (EU) 2018/848. KRAV builds on the EU Regulation with additional requirements.
The additional requirements cover
Social responsibility along the supply chain, GMOs (a threshold of 0.9% and risk assessment), packaging free of bisphenol A and PVC, stricter rules on additives, at least 90% KRAV ingredients in composite products.
How we work
The KRAV inspection is planned together with the annual EU inspection and documented separately in the KRAV checklists. The result is the basis for KRAV labelling by your Swedish buyer.
Suitable for
Plant products, processed foods, herbs, fruit and other products intended for the Swedish market.
Important
The KRAV label is applied to the product by a KRAV-certified buyer or importer. The verification is renewed every year.
Do you have a buyer in Sweden or are you looking for one? Contact us - we will explain the requirements and the procedure.