Submitted: Dutch products in supermarkets Thailand

I'm curious about the cheese.
In general, the taste of the cheese in Thailand is disappointing to me.
But perhaps cheese in the Netherlands is no longer what it used to be.
Because manufacturers want products to always have the same taste as standard, it is becoming more and more factory work.

In 1996 I tried to get the import of NL/B/D/F foodstuffs to TH going, but.. no good importer was found. Moreover, ZERO interest from Thai retailers. And then no more time spent on it.
Someone interested ?

The Edammer at the MAKRO in Thailand costs 1.9Kg for 890 Baht. It also says (now laughing) real orange juice 100% from the Netherlands. Well ?. Do we have oranges in the Netherlands and even so many that we can export them as juice? I'm still really learning. !!

@ Ruud, apart from farmers who make cheeses themselves, cheese is a factory product, there are some large factories in NL that continuously produce and sell it to cheese wholesalers who let it ripen, they also stick their own plates on it so that the animal gets a brand name.

@ Dirk Dutch Snacks, Westland in Huizen produces nothing ! it is only a sales organization for their brands Old Amsterdam, Maaslander, Westland and various lesser known brands. Their products come from the factories described above.

@ Rebell, do you know the song "there are the apples of Orange again"?

Dutch products are only available to a limited extent, even in the larger cities.

For the largest exporter of dairy products (if that is still the case), it is a strange thing that Dutch butter is nowhere to be found (but French, Danish, German, New Zealand butter is). NL cheese is available in moderation, eg Old Amsterdam (very expensive), and some other types - sometimes. I assume that the Thai Foremost (= Frico) 'blocks' this. Their Gouda cheese tastes like plastic. There is plenty of Edam and Gouda available from German, Danish, Australian, etc. producers, because they are not protected brand names (from the Netherlands = Dutch Gouda, etc.). I believe that Germany now makes more Gouda cheese than the Netherlands.

Bean coffee from DE has been available for years, just like Moccona instant coffee (made in Thailand, so different taste), but Senseo pads are not available anywhere, because DE & Philips apparently do not find the market interesting enough. Mr. Nestle does, with the very expensive Nespresso system, and Starbucks outlets and other coffee shops are also plentiful these days, so there is apparently a growing 'upmarket' coffee market, but still not for DE and Philips who apparently also suffer from the 'Frico syndrome' suffer (protection of local investments; 'no experiments').

This way I can continue for a while with missed opportunities. The only exception is Unilever, but for a limited supply, in which Magnum and their frozen products predominate (sold here under their UK name which I have forgotten).

Perhaps it is also because many NL companies have been taken over by foreign companies and therefore no longer participate in promotional activities via, for example, the NL embassy or the NL Chamber of Commerce. AH's 'Tops' seemed like a big promise until it was acquired. You can only find something now and then in very luxurious 'Tops'. Also in MAKRO, which incidentally is no longer owned by MAKRO/SHV, where even celery tubers are now for sale. Very expensive chicory is also for sale.

I would say: Pim, you are doing a very good job with your herring! Now for the rest, and then also available in supermarkets!