Nordic Swan Ecolabel cleaning agents for use in the food industry meet ambitious environmental requirements from a holistic life cycle perspective. This means that they are amongst the environmentally best in their category.
Nordic Swan Ecolabel cleaning agents for use in the food industry:
- Meet strict environmental requirements for chemicals, focusing on ecotoxicity, bioaccumulation and degradability.
- Meet strict health requirements for chemicals, including a ban on adding substances classified to cause cancer, toxic to reproduction or to potentially damage genetic material. Also identified or potential endocrine disruptors on up-to-date lists from EU and national authorities or by classification are banned.
- Are efficacy tested.
Professional cleaning agents intended for cleaning production areas (such as surfaces, walls, and floors) and production equipment (including piping systems and other machinery) in the food industry, fisheries, aquaculture, and large-scale kitchens can be Nordic Swan Ecolabelled.
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Welcome to apply for a Nordic Swan Ecolabel licence!
This is how you do:
- Read the application guide.
- Log in to the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal.
- Start your application.
If this is the first time you are applying, the authorized signatory must fill in your company information and approve the application conditions. In this way, you get login to the portal and the right to assign access to other colleagues.
Some special cases can not be done in the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal. Contact your advisor for such cases. More information can be found on Application step by step.
| Valid from 1/1 2026 | Amount excluding VAT |
| Application fee | |
| Application for a new licence including inspection of four recipes | 3 401 EUR |
| Inspection of additional recipes | 849 EUR per recipe. |
| Application for a renewal including inspection of four recipes when the requirements have been tightened | 1 699 EUR |
| Inspection of additional recipes | 424 EUR per recipe. |
Annual licence fee
The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic region.
| Up to 52.324 million EUR. | 0.3% of the products’ turnover |
| More than 52.324 million EUR. | 0.05% of the products’ turnover |
| Minimum fee in the Nordic region | 2 267 EUR per year. |
| Fixed fee applicable to turnover outside the Nordic region | 2 267 EUR per year for turnover exceeding 300 000 EUR. |
Fee for extension / change of licence
Should the extension regard inspection of recipes, which are not already included in the licence, 849 EUR excl. VAT will be charged per recipe.
Other types of alterations will be charged according to how long it takes to deal with the matter:
| Up to 4 hours | 424 EUR |
| 4-8 hours | 849 EUR |
| 8 or more hours | 1 699 EUR |
Fee for on-site inspections
One on-site visit within the Nordic region is included in the application for a new or renewed licence.
| Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic region | 565 EUR per visit |
| On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe | 1 699 EUR per visit |
| On-site inspection outside Europe | 2 834 EUR per visit |
| Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day | 1 132 EUR per day |
About the fees
For clarification of fees, click here.
Ecolabelling Sweden AB has no financial profit purpose and is financed through the fees above along with an annual government grant. The company is however liable for VAT according to article 56 of the European Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Invoicing is made in SEK with the exchange rate from the first banking day of the year.
When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the application fee is reduced by 50%. A micro-enterprise is in this context defined as an enterprise with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover (of both ecolabelled and not ecolabelled products) below 2 million EUR.
| Valid from 1/1 2025 | Amount excluding VAT |
| Application fee | |
| Application for a new licence including inspection of four recipes | 3 348 EUR |
| Inspection of additional recipes | 836 EUR per recipe. |
| Application for a renewal including inspection of four recipes when the requirements have been tightened | 1 673 EUR |
| Inspection of additional recipes | 418 EUR per recipe. |
Annual licence fee
The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic region.
| Up to 51.5 million EUR. | 0.3% of the products’ turnover |
| More than 51.5 million EUR. | 0.05% of the products’ turnover |
| Minimum fee in the Nordic region | 2 232 EUR per year. |
| Fixed fee applicable to turnover outside the Nordic region | 2 232 EUR per year for turnover exceeding 300 000 EUR. |
Fee for extension / change of licence
Should the extension regard inspection of recipes, which are not already included in the licence, 836 EUR excl. VAT will be charged per recipe.
Other types of alterations will be charged according to how long it takes to deal with the matter:
| Up to 4 hours | 418 EUR |
| 4-8 hours | 836 EUR |
| 8 or more hours | 1 673 EUR |
Fee for on-site inspections
One on-site visit within the Nordic region is included in the application for a new or renewed licence.
| Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic region | 557 EUR per visit |
| On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe | 1 673 EUR per visit |
| On-site inspection outside Europe | 2 790 EUR per visit |
| Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day | 1 115 EUR per day |
About the fees
For clarification of fees, click here.
Ecolabelling Sweden AB has no financial profit purpose and is financed through the fees above along with an annual government grant. The company is however liable for VAT according to article 56 of the European Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
Invoicing is made in SEK with the exchange rate from the first banking day of the year.
When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the application fee is reduced by 50%. A micro-enterprise is in this context defined as an enterprise with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover (of both ecolabelled and not ecolabelled products) below 2 million EUR.
Information on the latest version of the criteria for cleaning agents for use in the food industry
Nordic Ecolabelling decided on 9 September 2025 to prolong the criteria with 5 months to the 30 November 2026. The new version is called 2.6.
2.4 ⇛ 2.5: Adjustment of the criteria
On 13 August 2024, Nordic Ecolabelling decided to allow the IFS standard Household and Personal Care as an alternative to ISO 9001 (Appendix 1). The new version is called 2.5.
2.3 ⇛ 2.4: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria
Nordic Ecolabelling decided on 10 October 2023 to prolong the criteria with 18 months to the 30 June 2026. The new version is called 2.4.
2.2 ⇛ 2.3: Adjustment of the criteria
On the 29 March 2022 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to adjust requirement O4 by also exempting H411 classified surfactants from the requirement. The new version is called 2.3.
2.1 ⇛ 2.2: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria
The Nordic Ecolabelling has decided to prolong the validity of the criteria with 9 months. Version 2.2 of the criteria is valid until the 31 December 2024.
2.0 ⇛ 2.1: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria
The Nordic Ecolabelling has decided to prolong the validity of the criteria with 24 months. Version 2.1 of the criteria is valid until the 31 March 2024.
2.0: New criteria generation
On the 6 March 2017 Nordic Ecolabelling decided on a new version of the criteria for Cleaning agents for use in the food industry. Version 2.0 of the criteria is valid until the 31 March 2022.