The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
This page is The Field Guide's list of organic and package-free shops in the Netherlands, each one checked by us and grouped by province. Organic shops are listed here as a type of their own: independent natuurvoedingswinkels and organic chains such as Odin and Ekoplaza. We assess each shop as a whole rather than product by product, so shops appear only on this page and carry no grazing, welfare or raw milk labels. Supermarkets, general chains, specialist cheese shops and delicatessens aren't included. We check each shop in the EU organic register, where a branch is covered by its head office's certificate.
Certified organic produce comes from farms inspected every year for how their land and animals are kept.
95 producers · every one checked against our inclusion criteria
Open on the map →95 producers across 4 provinces, most of them in Noord-Holland (32), Utrecht (23) and Gelderland (21). Each entry opens the producer's own page with what we checked, when we checked it, opening hours and how to buy; the names are listed by province, town by town, and the map lets you search the same list by postcode.
visited by moss & marrowOrganic shop · AmsterdamOrganic shopvisited by moss & marrowOrganic shop · EdeDairy, meat, eggs, veg & fruit, bread & grain, ferments, honey, mushroomsBoth are Dutch chains that sell only organic food. Odin is a cooperative with its own shops and a weekly vegetable bag (groentetas) you can subscribe to, collected from a shop. Ekoplaza is a chain of organic supermarkets, some of them run by franchise owners. We list branches of both, together with independent shops, on our organic shops page.
A natuurvoedingswinkel (natural food shop) is an independent shop that sells mainly organic food: vegetables, fruit, bread, dairy, dry goods and often products from regional farms. Many have been run by the same owners for years and know where their produce comes from, so it is worth asking. We list independent natuurvoedingswinkels next to Odin and Ekoplaza under organic shops.
Onverpakt means unpackaged. A verpakkingsvrije winkel or onverpakt winkel (package-free shop) sells dry goods such as grains, pasta, nuts, seeds and oils from bulk dispensers, so you fill your own jars, bags or bottles and pay by weight. Some organic shops have a package-free corner as well. Our zero waste filter shows the shops that sell this way.
Bring clean, dry jars, tins, cloth bags or bottles, with lids, for whatever you plan to buy. You usually weigh the empty container first so its weight is taken off at the till, and most package-free shops also sell or lend containers if you forget. Check the shop's own website for its rules on what containers it accepts.
Package-free shops, organic shops with bulk dispensers and some farms with a milk tap all let you bring your own containers. Our zero waste filter shows the shops whose own website says they sell without packaging or let you bring your own jars, bags or bottles. A general line such as "as little packaging as possible" isn't included.
Yes. Biologisch is the Dutch word for organic, and both, like bio and eco, are protected terms under EU organic law (Regulation 2018/848). A product or business may only use them with a certificate, which in the Netherlands is checked by SKAL. We check organic claims in the EU organic register and Demeter's register. How we check organic status.
SKAL is the Dutch inspection body for organic production, and a SKAL certificate means the business is in the EU organic register and inspected. For chains, the head office holds the certificate and it covers the branches. We look up every organic shop in the register and match it on the address, and the register decides when it disagrees with a website. Organic status explained.
Both are labels on top of the EU organic logo. EKO is a Dutch organic label, and Demeter is the international biodynamic standard, which asks more than organic, for example that the whole farm is converted and that at least half the animal feed is grown on the farm. Both count as certified organic in the Field Guide. Organic status explained.
Odin, Ekoplaza and independent natuurvoedingswinkels (natural food shops) are included when they are certified organic or name the farms behind at least some of their range. Each shop is assessed as a whole rather than product by product, and is listed only under organic shops. Package-free shops are included too. Shops and markets in our criteria.
Because we don't check a shop's range product by product or animal by animal. Meat, milk and eggs in the Field Guide come from farms and butchers whose animals we have checked, so an organic shop appears only under organic shops, without grazing, welfare or raw milk labels. For milk or meat from a farm we have checked, see farm milk and dairy.
No. Supermarkets and general chains aren't included, even when they sell organic products, and neither are specialist cheese shops or delicatessens. The exception is chains that sell only organic food, such as Odin and Ekoplaza, which are listed as organic shops. What we don't list.