However, special marking regulations exist concerning a few products, e.g. pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Sweden has exact labelling requirements for foodstuffs. The health, sanitary and labelling rules are very strict and the local laboratories have sophisticated capabilities for monitoring product quality. A retail-size food package must bear the name of the manufacturer, packer or importer, the commercial name of the product, net metric weights or volume, ingredients in descending order of weight, last recommended date of consumption, and storage instruction if perishable or intended for infants. The mandatory information described above must, in principle, be labelled in Swedish.
Swedish importers are helpful in arranging for proper labelling information.
All companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and many other companies have home pages on the web, in general also with presentations in English. As a start of a market research project, it is a good idea to check information that might be of interest in the above-mentioned sources. From these you can get a basic picture the market possibilities for your product or business idea. You might also find information about companies suitable to contact for further information and sales efforts. However, in most cases you will have to contact each company separately, to get the names of the most suitable persons in order to explore the interest in your product.