Nortura is a Norwegian

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that operates

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s and other processing plants related to

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and

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s. The company was created as a merger between

Gilde Norsk Kjøtt Gilde Norsk Kjøtt is a defunct Norway, Norwegian red meat processing company organised as an agricultural cooperative. The company was by far the largest processor in the country when it merged with Prior Norge in 2006 to create Nortura.Solho ...

and

Prior Norge Prior Norge is a defunct Norwegian white meat and egg processing company organised as an agricultural cooperative. The company merged with Gilde Norsk Kjøtt in 2006 to create Nortura. The Prior brand is still used. History The first nati ...

in 2006, and has head offices in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. Nortura is Norway's biggest food supplier. It processed 222 thousand

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s of meat at 31 plants in 2017. The company is owned by about 18,900

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s throughout the country and is one of 13

agricultural cooperatives in Norway The agricultural cooperatives in Norway ({{langx, no, Landbrukssamvirket) consists of 13 companies, each organised as independent agricultural cooperative, farmer owned cooperatives. They cover four different areas for the farmers: refining and sale ...

. Annual revenue is

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23,5 billion. The main brands include Gilde (red meat),

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(white meat and eggs), Alfathi (halal slaughtered meat), and Eldhus (smoked meat).

References

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