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Croatian brands

Croatian wines (vino, pl. vina in Croatian) have gained in quality, but are still largely unknown to the world wine market. It is a matter of the developing Croatian economy to make these wines more popular in the world, and it is up to Croatian wine producers to start large-scale production for international markets.

• Bogdanuša
• Debit (grape)
• Graševina
• Grk Bijeli
• Kujundžuša – from the region of Imotski
• Malvasia Dubrovačka
• Malvazija Istarska
• Pošip
• Pušipel
• Traminac
• Vugava – from Vis Island
• Žlahtina – from the Island of Krk

• Babić
• Crljenak Kaštelanski – also known as Zinfandel
• Dobričić
• Drnekuša
• Plavac mali – includes regional variations Dingač and Postup
• Teran

• Prošek

Apart from the great abundance of imported international beers such as Heineken, Tuborg, Gösser, and Stella Artois, homebrewn beers (Croatian: pivo) can also be found in Croatia. (Fans already know that the brewery in Split produces Bavarian Kaltenberg beer by licence of the original German brewery.)

• Favorit – brewed in Buzet, Istria
• Kaj – produced in the Croatian region of Podravina by Carlsberg Hrvatska (kaj means "what" in CroatianinKajkavian dialect)
• Karlovačko – brewed in Karlovac^[1]
• Osječko – from Osijek
• Ožujsko – the name referring to the month of March; brewed in Zagreb^[2]
• Pan – produced by Carlsberg Hrvatska (formerly known as "Panonska pivovara")
• Staro Češko – Czech beer from Daruvar (home to a Czech minority), brewed in Croatia
• Tomislav – the name referring to King Tomislav; brewed in Zagreb
• Velebitsko – brewed in Pazarište, Gospić
• Vukovarsko – brewed in Vukovar, Syrmia

• Drenovac
• Kruškovac – made from pears
• Lozovača
• Maraschino^[3]
• Pelinkovac
• Šljivovica
• Travarica
• Vlahovac – made from herbs

• Franck

Concerning water quality, Croatian water is greatly appreciated all over the world, and has a leading position in Europe with regard to its water resources. Due to a lack of established industries there has also been no major incidents of water pollution.

• Bistra – produced by Coca-Cola
• Cetina – water from the river Cetina, which flows through the Dalmatian hinterland^[4]
• Jamnica – winner of the Paris AquaExpo (the so-called Eauscar) for best mineral water of 2003^[5]
• Jana – also belongs to Jamnica, best aromatized mineral water (Eauscar 2004)
• Lipički studenac

• Badel 1862^[6]
• Cedevita – sherbet with vitamin C^[7]
• Dona
• Jamnica juices – To sokovi
• Maraska^[8]
• Vindija juices – Vindi sokovi

• Derma d.d. Varazdin with Derma spices and Derma artificial and natural casings (hogs, sheep, etc.^[9]
• Gavrilović high quality meat products^[10]
• Koka Varazdin with "Cekin" and "Vindon" brands (Koka is part of the Vindija food corporation)
• Various "PIKs" (Croatian: poljoprivredno-industrijski kombinat, lit. 'agricultural-industrial combine' – agricultural industry, usually meat processing), e.g. PIK Vrbovec, PIK Bjelovar, PIK Rijeka, PIK Đakovo

• Lura – Dukat milk products^[11]
• Vindija – milk products^[12]
• Zdenka – cheese

• Sea salt from the Island of Pag, from Peninsula of Pelješac Ston, and from Nin near Zadar^[13]
• Vegeta – herbal salt produced by Podravka^[14]

• Mackerel and sardines from the Island of Brač

• Koestlin – cookies, sweets^[15]
• Kraš – chocolates, sweet jars, Domaćica - famous chocolate tea biscuit Bajadera – famous praline, Životinjsko carstvo (Animal Kingdom) - famous chocolates, Kiki - famous caramels, etc.^[16]
• Ledo ice cream^[17]
• Podravka jams^[18]

• Adriatica.net – a leading Croatian online travel agent^[19]
• BioGnost – pharmaceuticals and biomedicine^[20]
• Borovo – shoes^[21]
• Croatia baterije – batteries^[22]
• Croteam – game making company
• Crotram Končar TVŽ Gredelj – electrocompany of trams and train vehicles
• Crotram – Croatian consortium for production of tramways
• Efke – photographic films, papers, and chemicals
• Generalturist – Croatian travel specialist since 1923^[23]
• Ghetaldus – eyewear
• HS Produkt – firearms manufacturing company; HS2000, VHS assault rifle
• HUP Zagreb – luxury hotels, business hotels and city hotels in Zagreb^[24]
• INA – oil, natural gas and fuel producer^[25]
• KONČAR Group – electronics^[26]
• Koncern Agram – insurance and bank conglomerate
• Petrokemija – chemical industry^[27]
• Pliva – pharmaceutical drugs^[28]
• Product-Of-Croatia – database with Croatian products and brands^[29]
• Rimac Automobili – electric car and technology company
• TOZ-Penkala – biros, coloured crayons^[30]
• Tvornica Duhana Rovinj (TDR) – cigarettes^[31]
• Varteks – textiles^[32]

• Croatian cuisine