This website, vegaanituotteet.net, supplies lists of vegan (food) products available in grocery stores and supermarkets around Finland. The site serves as a tool to help find and recognize vegan products when grocery shopping. You can also learn about animal ingredients found in food, drinks, shoes, clothing, and cosmetics, as well as information on supplements and vegan-friendly specialty shops in Finland.

The product lists can be helpful for those just beginning with veganism and for long-term vegans alike, those who are interested in reducing their intake of animal products, people with food intolerances and allergies, as well as for family members and friends of vegans.

On this English summary page you will find a basic overview of vegan product availability in Finland and a translated list of animal ingredients and terminology.

Vegan grocery shopping in Finland

In recent years, vegan products have gained popularity and their sales have increased dramatically (1, 2). Vegan products are readily available in Finnish supermarkets and even smaller corner shops. In some stores you can find a designated veggie (“vege”) product shelf.

Several Finnish food companies , such as Apetit, Kaslink, Saarioinen, Hoviruoka and Valio, have developed plant-based product ranges, and new products are launched constantly. Vegan options have become appealing to the population at large, and vegan products are consumed by vegans and non-vegans alike.

Basic vegetarian staples are abundant, such as fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits and berries, bread (nearly always vegan in Finland), grains, beans, canned goods, dry soy/bean products, condiments, margarine, juices, sweets, snacks and chocolate.

Every store carries tofu and plant-based dairy products. In dairy-loving Finland you can find a wide variety of vegan milks, cooking creams, ice creams, cheeses, puddings, yogurts, quark, cream cheeses and creme fraiche by the brands Alpro, Planti, Kaslink Aito, Violife, GoGreen, Almond Breeze, Rice Dream and Oatly.

Some processed meat-subtitutes (Hälsans Kök sausages, Huhtahyvät vegetarian meats, most Quorn products) found in supermarkets are non-vegan, as they contain egg. Vegan meat-like products are sold by the brands Anamma, Oumph, Hälsans Kök, Wheaty, Bon Vegan, LikeMeat, Terra, Tzay, Tofurky, Apetit, Familia verde, Gold & Green (pulled oats), Verso (Härkis) and Pouttu, just to name a few. Frozen and microwavable ready-meals, lunch options and salad bars are also increasingly common. Many stores even carry vegan white chocolate and nutritional yeast.

Anything you can’t find in supermarkets, you can find in specialty shops (health food or organic) and online. In Finland there is a vegan store chain Vegekauppa, which carries an impressive variety of vegan products in its three locations (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku). Check out the rest of Finland’s vegan-friendly shops! Most larger cities have oriental or Asian markets which sell vegan items not found in regular stores.

Animal ingredients and vegan terminology in Finnish

Many packaged products have multi-language ingredient lists, sometimes including English. Very few manufacturers have adopted vegan labelling, but once in a while you do find some sort of logo or mention on the package.

Please note: many of the following words are also used joined with other words in the form of a compound word. Some examples: “lihaliemi” (meat broth), “kananrasva” (chicken fat) , “voiöljy” (butter oil), “juustoaromi” (cheese flavoring) and “herajauhe” (whey powder).

Liha – meat

Naudanliha / Nauta – beef

Sianliha / Sika – pork

Kinkku – ham

Kana – chicken

Kala – fish

Lohi – salmon

Poronliha / poro – reindeer

Hirvenliha / hirvi – moose/elk

Kananmuna / muna – egg

Keltuainen – egg yolk

Valkuainen – egg white

Maito – milk

Kerma – cream

Jogurtti – yogurt

Piimä – buttermilk

Rahka – quark

Kermaviili – sour cream

Juusto – cheese

Voi – butter

Hera – whey

Laktoosi – lactose

Kaseiini – casein

Liivate – gelatin

Gelatiini – gelatin

Hunaja – honey

Mehiläisvaha – beeswax

E120 – carmine (from insects)

E901 – beeswax (from insects)

E904 – shellac (from insects)