Organic salmon from northern Norway
Varlaks — organic salmon from the Arctic waters of Norway
Free from antibiotics, hormones and GMO. Pure nature — you can taste it.
- Origin
- Skjerstadfjorden, Norway
- Certification
- ASC and organic
- Available at
- Shop, market, Voorschoten
Why we sell this salmon in particular
We already had a good range. But when we discovered Varlaks, we knew this was something different. Not a large company, not an anonymous farm — but small-scale family farms above the Arctic Circle in Norway, where the salmon simply have the space to grow. Slowly, in clean water, without shortcuts. You can taste it. The texture is firmer, the flavour purer. No additives to mask the taste — because there simply aren't any. We are proud to offer this at Schaap's Vis. Come and taste the difference.
ASC · biologisch
What makes Varlaks special?
What you get
- Skjerstadfjorden, Nordland
- Above the Arctic Circle near Bodø. Cold, clean, oxygen-rich water — one of the few places where salmon is allowed to grow slowly.
- Wenberg and Edelfarm
- Two family businesses: Wenberg Fiskeoppdrett in Fauske and Edelfarm in Saltdal. Few fish per pen, not large-scale industry.
- ASC certified
- The international standard for responsible aquaculture. Seafood Watch gives Skjerstadfjorden its highest environmental rating.
- Traceable from egg to fillet
- Every step is documented. Processed at Salten Salmon in Bodø, checked by independent certifiers.
- Lasers instead of chemicals
- Underwater cameras watch day and night. Spot a sea louse and a laser pulse deals with it. Nothing goes into the water.
- Colour from Panaferd-AX
- Nearly all farmed salmon turns pink from synthetic astaxanthin made from petrochemicals. Varlaks uses the natural version, grown from fermented bacteria.
What is not in it
- Antibiotics
- The clean water and low stocking density make them unnecessary.
- Chemical lice treatment
- No pesticides and no artificial agents in the water.
- GMO
- Ordinary salmon, not genetically modified.
- Hormones
- Grows at its own pace, not artificially sped up.
- Synthetic colouring
- No petrochemical astaxanthin.
Nordland
How this salmon grows up
Film by Varlaks — varlaks.no
Collect Varlaks or have it delivered
Every day in the shop on Herenstraat, Wednesday and Saturday at the market in Leiden, Friday at Hoogvliet in Voorschoten. We deliver fresh fish in Leiden, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Wassenaar and Leidschendam.