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Jun 19, 2020

8 Finnish Midsummer Magic Spells

Magic and spells have played a significant role in the Finnish midsummer festival traditions. In the old days, these spells were used in hopes of love and affection or to forecast a good harvest. Here are our 8 favourite spells to be put in practice in midsummer celebrations.

May 12, 2020

Wild Herb Courses 2020

Like each spring, the time has come to get excited about foraging! We are once again organizing wild herb foraging courses through our Helsinki Wildfoods collective.

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Apr 01, 2020

Bring the nature to your home: Shop METTÄ with Good Discounts!

In honor of the wild herb season starting, we have agreed juicy product campaigns with our resellers.

Mar 31, 2020

Wild Herbs as Healthy Tea

Wild herbs can be enjoyed in many forms and ways. One easy way to get into wild herbs is learning how to use them for making delicious and healthy herbal tea mixes. Wild herbs have different strengths and uses and can be mixed in ways that serve your need; introducing functional herbal teas.

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Mar 20, 2020

Sweet & Naked Collaboration with the Sugar Daddies

One of our favourite wild herb is the spruce sprout, our main ingredient in our novelty Forest Defence Herbal Tea. Nutrient-rich spruce sprout tastes fresh and brings a tangy, citrus like flavour that works nicely with sweet stuff. Why not combine it with the best, raw, naked, organic honey there is in Finland?

Feb 11, 2020

New METTÄ products from the Finnish forests

We have been exploring totally new product ideas especially for export markets. We are super delighted to share that we will launch a product family called "Berry Bites", gourmet snacks made of Finnish berries.

Jan 16, 2020

Holiday Greetings from Hong Kong

Snowy cold winters, pristine nature, the northern lights: this is what Hong Kong people quite often know about Finland. Together with our local partner Pear & Carrot we at METTÄ have been working hard this autumn to introduce the best of Finnish nature - herbs, berries, and mushrooms - to people living in this part of the world.

Dec 29, 2019

NEW YEAR NEW PRODUCTS!

We like to keep things interesting and exciting at METTÄ nordic. We are an innovative team and one of our passions is definitely bringing new flavours, new types of culinary adventures and new experiences to our customers. We promise to provide only the highest quality, only the purest of ingredients with nothing extra ever added and nothing taken away.

Dec 24, 2019

Wild Christmas Recipes

If you’re looking for something just a little bit different this Christmas, try some of our recipes METTÄ nordic. We have created a delicious set of recipes using our nutritious forest flavours! Try filtering our recipes for the filter ‘Christmas’ and find some exciting ideas and suggestions!

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Dec 20, 2019

The Shortest Day of the Year

The shortest day of the year is coming up just before Christmas and it’s another great reason to turn to herbs for their powerful effects to help us cope with the shorter hours of daylight.

Dec 06, 2019

Our National Treasure

Why we are so excited to work with METTÄ brand? All our inspiration comes from the Finnish forests.

Oct 28, 2019

New METTÄ Gift Box

We have an updated version of our METTÄ Gift Box. The box has a "quick bottom", and it takes just one second to assemble it. We are now also selling the gift box pre-packed, containing 3 products and a recipe booklet:

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Oct 28, 2019

New METTÄ Case Box

Our plan in the beginning was to create a beautiful brand with coherent design for all the materials we use. But as a small company, this was not possible to implement at all in once, instead we have had to make everything in small steps.

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Aug 12, 2019

See you at Vegemessut 2019

Vegemessut is #1 veggie food event in the Nordics taking place 28.-29.9.2019 in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki.

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Jul 04, 2019

METTÄ gaining traction in Japan

After a year of sales efforts in Japan, collaboration with an importer has successfully began. METTÄ has gained a small, but significant visibility in Japan.

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Jun 06, 2019

WHY NORDIC FOOD?

Nordic native plants are true superfoods filled with antioxidants, vitamins and polyphenols.

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Feb 13, 2019

The New Nordic Food Brand METTÄ Aims to Export Nordic Cuisine

Helsinki Wildfoods Oy introduces a new food brand METTÄ, which has been designed for the gourmands internationally, bringing a piece of Nordic forest to kitchens around the world. 北欧ブランド「METTÄ」が日本のグルメマーケットに進出！

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Feb 11, 2019

Eat the Seasons with the Healthy Nordic Diet

In the past few years, the Nordic diet has been raising interest as a regional alternative for the well known Mediterranean diet as it highlights the use of healthy and seasonal foods.

Tags: healthy food nordic cuisine nordic diet nordic food nordic herbs wild plants