Bakkafrost Salmon
Faroese Atlantic salmon, premium superior quality for global sushi and retail.
Bakkafrost, founded in 1968 on the Faroe Islands (operating under Norwegian seafood industry), is one of the world's largest Atlantic salmon producers and a benchmark for premium salmon quality. The company controls the entire value chain from feed production through harvesting, processing, and export. Bakkafrost salmon is supplied fresh and frozen to premium supermarkets, sushi restaurants, and food distributors globally.
- Type
- brand seeking distribution
- Location
- Kollafjørður (Faroe Islands), Norway
- Founded
- 1968
- Website
- bakkafrost.com
- Categories
- Specialty & Gourmet Food, Seafood & Aquaculture
- Markets
- France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Japan
Verified facts
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-03 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-02 Domain registry record
Claimed certifications
- Aquaculture Stewardship Council ASC certified farms
- GlobalG.A.P. Certified GLOBALG.A.P. Database
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