Gilde

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Gilde
Type Red meat
Current owner Nortura
Country of origin Norway
Markets Norway
Previous owners 1959 - Norges Kjøtt og Fleskesentral
1990 - Norsk Kjøttsamvirke
2006 - Nortura
Website Gilde - Official website

Gilde is a brand name used by the Norwegian meat processing company Nortura on its red meats. The mother company is responsible for the slaughterhouses while marketing and distribution is managed by the subsidiary Gilde Norge BA.

Until 2006 the brand was managed by the agricultural cooperative Gilde Norsk Kjøtt who then merged with Prior Norge to form Nortura. The brand was first used in Northern Norway by the local meat cooperatives in 1959, and became a national brand in 1964.

There is a full range of red meat products available under the Gilde brand, including