Power vessel to Spain

Cheese specialist Enric Canut has worked for 3.5 years to get Kraftkar to Spain. Now the goal has been achieved and 60
wheel Kraftkar has arrived in Barcelona. - The food nation Norway needs such lighthouses, says agricultural
and Food Minister Olaug Bollestad.
In February 2017, right after Kraftkar won the World Cheese Awards, the Spaniard Enric Canut joined
Tingvollost visiting. The aim was to buy Kraftkar for the Ardai restaurant in Barcelona. His first
order was for 142 wheel Kraftkar, an unimaginably large order for a small cheese producer.

• At the time, we had absolutely no capacity to think about exports. That's why it's extra fun to
  could send 60 wheel Kraftkar to Enric in Spain now. He has really shown that he wants to buy our cheese,
  says Solvor Waagen, general manager of Tingvollost.
  Satisfied minister
• Tingvollost and Kraftkar have truly put Norway on the international food map. They have gone ahead
  all the way, with an uncompromising attitude to quality, which led to victory in the World Cheese Championship in 2016. Now they take
  stepped out into the world again, and will export Kraftkar to Spain. The food nation Norway needs these
  lighthouse, which leads the way and shows that Norway has quality products that can assert themselves in competitions and in
  exports, says a satisfied Agriculture and Food Minister Olaug Bollestad.
  One of Spain's foremost
  Enric Canut was a judge during the World Cheese Championships when Kraftkar went all the way to the top. After 40 years in the cheese business is
  he is well known as a cheese specialist and food consultant in Spain, with several cheese books and TV shows
  radio programs behind.
• We are very pleased and happy to finally have Kraftkar in Ardai's portfolio, says Canut.
  Tingvollost, for its part, is proud that Norwegian craft cheeses are attractive for export.
• This was unthinkable five years ago. Norway now has a rich selection of international artisanal cheeses
  quality and the export potential is absolutely there, says Solvor Waagen.
  Help from Bergen
  The company Eurosupply in Bergen has helped Tingvollost with both customs and shipping.
• They have been very helpful, and have made the export threshold much lower for us. Customs papers
  combined with an unbroken cold chain to Spain is not a foregone conclusion for a small producer like us,
  says Waagen.
  Tingvollost does not have the capacity to export much, but thinks it is important to showcase Norway
  abroad.
• Our main focus is still on the Norwegian market, but we have to admit that it is great
  send Norwegian craft cheese abroad! This is further proof that Norwegian food production is high
  quality, says Solver Waagen in Tingvollost.