r/AskBelgium • u/Frosty-Sorbet1223 • 5d ago

What is your favourite Belgian brand? (Food, drinks, cosmetics, clothes, accessories etc)

I was wondering what is your favourite Belgium brand:
it can be anything from food, cosmetics, even clothes and accessories. Mainly because I am interested in buying more local products and I don’t know where to start from/look for them.

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u/Mortaest 5d ago

Ritchie.

I drink it instead of Coca Cola and Fanta.

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u/IndustryCareful1623 5d ago

I just tried there "Blood Orange with a hint of passion fruit", and "Lemon with a hint of raspberry. Very nice.

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u/Mortaest 4d ago

I also like the blood orange one, but I'm not very fond of the lemon. My wife likes it though 

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u/kirarin_ 5d ago

I am obsessed!

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u/Classic_Steak4987 4d ago

Ritchie lemonade 🤤

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u/Ivacarius 2d ago

I just find it crazy expensive... I always go on holiday to a little city in Austria called Murau. They have a brewerie that also produced lemonades of about the same quality, about 8 different ones. I can buy a crate of 24 0,5l bottles for 17 euros, that's 1,4 euro/l. Ritchie in the colruyt is already more than three times the price...

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u/Abject_Wrongdoer_214 4d ago

I just hate their marketing, so sexist and ignorant with the excuse of going for “vintage aesthetic”

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u/Mortaest 4d ago

What marketing? I've never seen an ad for them (Wallonia)

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u/Des_poule_lins 5d ago

Everyday

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u/ex_postfacto 5d ago

Boni if I'm feeling fancy.

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u/darwinanim8or 5d ago

Jef Colruyt my beloved ❤️

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u/Nomadyurt13 5d ago

Alpro, puur natuur, ecover

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u/Miss_Dark_Splatoon 5d ago

Wait what alpro is belgian?

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u/ex_postfacto 4d ago

Was Belgian,, belongs to Danone now.

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u/Much_Guava_1396 5d ago

Belgian brands of mayo based sauces. D&L, La William etc. Also the ”salads” made with them. These things exist in other countries, but Belgian ones taste just so much better. Even a basic bitch tuna mayo tastes better in Belgium than in any other countries I’ve tried it.

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u/loicvanderwiel 5d ago

You can thank the mayonnaise royal decree for that one

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u/Bubelle_Butt 4d ago

The what now?

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u/loicvanderwiel 4d ago

There's a royal decree regulating mayonnaise

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u/Bubelle_Butt 4d ago

Huh...

Leave it to Belgium to regulate everything.

But for once ita not a bad thing.

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u/loicvanderwiel 4d ago

It's fairly light as far as regulations go. It's mostly about garanteeing minimum fat and egg content in anything labelled "mayonnaise". The rest is up to the manufacturer.

IIRC, this was done to prevent manufacturers from cheating on what they put exactly in their mayo

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u/Bubelle_Butt 4d ago

I understand, that is why I added the " its not that bad" in the end.

But regulatuon mayonaise is such a Belgian thing todo do :D

Sadly we cant trust corporations to just make money of a good product anynmore.

Sadly "enshittification" has become a thing.

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u/EmielDeBil 3d ago

Don't forget about Pauwels!!! If you want a mayo or samurai, damn Pauwels is top class.

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u/-some-dude-online 5d ago

Larian Studios & Cartamundi

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u/Zooz00 5d ago

Boni Selection. The only brand you'll need.

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u/henewie 4d ago

boni nic-nacs <3 and the quality of your frozen veggies<3

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u/MazzinWx 5d ago

A long time ago (before y2k), I was buying clothes brand called Système Nouveau. Baggy pants with flashy colours, vinyl / plasticky inserts. 2 shops, with one within Agora's Gallery managed by two gorgeous tattooed-pierced gothic girls. I went there for the price! 1 pant 500BeF (12.5€), 2 for 800BeF (20€), 3 for 1000BeF (25€) (and even a 4th one gratis)

I like the style, and it was unique (flashy velvet-like orange pants)

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u/______username_ 4d ago

Ohh, I completely forgot about système Niveau. It was definitely not my style but I remember it. 

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u/MazzinWx 3d ago

I can understand, it was uncommon baggy pants design with weird fabrics;)

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u/ikbenben201 5d ago

Croky en Spa.

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u/Realistic-Homework19 5d ago

Cara

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u/Xinghis 5d ago

Delhaize beer 365 was a hit a few years ago

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u/Murmurmira 5d ago

The local farmer for meat and ice cream. Look for hoevewinkel, schapenijs, boerderij(winkel).

For clothes I know Essentiel Antwerpen is a (higher end) local fashion maker

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u/Riddle_007 5d ago

I really liked cowboy bikes when that came out. But they lost my trust now. Croky is great, Côte d’Or too.

But my real favorites now are Cartamundi and Kipling.

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u/Xinghis 5d ago

Côté d’or is not belgian anymore, it has been bought buy Mondelez (aka Kraft Food) (USA)

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u/SandySpinach 4d ago

And is produced in Poland. The horror.

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u/Niawka 4d ago

Wtf it's produced in Poland and I still have to bring 6 bars every time I go back to visit my family, because they can't buy it there?

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u/EVmerch 4d ago

It likely is but is sold under a different name. Walmart use to sell Belgian Chocolate in the US which I was 99% sure was rebranded Cote a dor produced, but I haven't check if it's still that way.

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u/Niawka 4d ago

Hmm I'll check but never seen anything similar. All the chocolates I see in Polish stores are thin 80g bars. That chocolate ruined all other chocolates for me, so good (even if not Belgian anymore.)

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u/AlternativePrior9559 5d ago

Pierre Marcolini. I can’t afford it but I’m just pretending to be a bit bougie🙃

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u/Obvious_Badger_9874 5d ago

The different breweries of special beer...

Abinbev isn't the ones I think.

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u/Daminica 3d ago

You mean the different Trappisten?

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u/skaldk 4d ago

Colruyt / Everyday / Boni 

Spa 

Simone à Soif  

Puur Natuur 

Campina

Cecemel 

Destroooper 

Elvea 

Marcassou 

Bister 

Lutosa

La William

Ecovert 

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u/Quaiche 4d ago

La William my beloved.

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u/skaldk 3d ago

The enige echt 

(à ne pas confondre avec l'autre) 

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u/BrokenHefaistos 5d ago

Meurens 'Sirop de Liege' aka 'boke me poepgelij' ( Antwerp )

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u/Big-Manufacturer-738 5d ago

Minerva , the Belgian Rolls Royce .

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u/darwinanim8or 5d ago

Ritchie is my favourite! Been supporting them since day one, not all of their flavours are my favourite but the Blood Orange is fantastic

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u/IndustryCareful1623 5d ago

Ritchie soda's

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u/PlayOk1261 5d ago

Ambiorix shoes (tho these days I also wear a lot of Van Bommels which are dutch) and terre bleu clothes. Kaai bags are also cool, the wife has one and loves it. 

And I second the guy saying local market products. We havent bought cheese, meat or fish in the supermarket for over two years.

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u/error_notification 5d ago

Ambiorix is awesome! My oldest pair is 12 years old, still perfect.

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u/Key-Lavishness-1261 4d ago

Ray skincare

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u/Shushuck 4d ago

Alpro & Marcollini

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u/mankw1979 4d ago

Delvaux

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u/Sad_butterfly_ 5d ago

Cîme for skincare

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u/Xentine 4d ago

And Ray!

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u/Xentine 4d ago

Roman lemonades. Drank their cola in a cafe recently and I really liked it, more than Ritchie. Just can't find it in stores as easily.

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u/NoExcuseTruse 4d ago

You might find it in a drankencentrale type of shop

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u/Xentine 4d ago

There's a local coffee place that has them and I'm going to ask the owner where he gets them, next time I'm there. My two local drankenhandels (one of which is a very large Prik&Tik) don't have them.

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u/TravelTom91 4d ago

Lotus speculoos. Tot ze het biscoff zijn gaan noemen uit graaizucht.

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u/kurisu_1974 4d ago edited 4d ago

Repos Productions makes great award winning boardgames

Repos Production - Repos Production

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u/wanielderth 1d ago

I’m surprised no one has brought up Cassonade Graeffe (kindersuiker). It’s a bit silly to call that a favourite brand but it’s one of those products you’ll have a hard time finding a worthy equivalent of anywhere else.

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u/Background-Ad3810 5d ago

Ressence watches 👌 A beautiful piece of engineering from Antwerp .

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u/Far_Bicycle_2827 5d ago

my friends in Louvain-la-Neuve love Carapils :D haha

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u/frankkfrr 5d ago

Pauwels sauces

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u/capibaura 4d ago

Bister (mustard), Crumbel (cookies) & Croky (chips)

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u/rooierus 4d ago

LOTUS.

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u/Stelien 4d ago

Cote d'or

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u/Silly-Ad667 4d ago

Ritchie is amazing! Their lemonades taste so much better and more natural than standard sodas. Great local choice

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u/Colorless-Echo 4d ago

DJ Delafino

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u/snotmuziekp 4d ago

Mijn man zweert bij crocky

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u/Fine-Needleworker324 4d ago

Yugen, Dog chef

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u/incredible_trout85 4d ago

Cosmetics: Wondr, Cîme, Ray Clothes: Four roses, Nathalie Vleeschouwer, Twns the label ... Shoes: Atelier content Bags: Kaai, Commori Food: Boni for life ❤️ (especially de paprikanootjes and Margueritejes), Crocky, Jules Destrooper, currysaus van Manna

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u/delta__eu 4d ago

Renett, best pure fruit soda’s, gaining popularity, only 3 ingredients….

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u/GiGl0l0 3d ago

Mmmmm mora

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u/BBBDDDVVV 3d ago

Vanreusel voor de échte frietkotsnacks 😄

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u/BTCweTrust 3d ago

Club Brugge

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u/No_Bee5506 2d ago

Xandres en Spa Reine

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u/PiperWyatt 2d ago

Hoogstraatse Aardbeien. Strawberry’s grown in Hoogstraten. They’re the best!

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u/Objective-Audience24 2d ago

Gutlings prebiotic sodas

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u/Fine_Letterhead3578 2d ago

Gin from the brand Havn. 4 of the greatest tasting gin I've ever drank

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u/reisleider 1d ago

Cornet

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u/Tough_Brain7982 1d ago

Devos Lemmens, ik heb heel wat gereisd en er is geen beter merk mayonaise in de wereld. 

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u/Small-in-Belgium 1d ago

Berloumi! So much more tasty and easier to bake than the OG halloumi

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u/Business_Turnip_1562 1d ago

Aside from all the things already mentioned, these are some for little luxuries I enjoy:

Barú (hot chocolate powder).

Turtle (cereal).

De Drie Wilgen (fruit juice).

Gimber (ginger drink).

Loop (ear plugs).

PrimaDonna (bras).

De Witte Lietaer (towels/linens).

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u/Some_Winter9176 6h ago

Ecover: ecologisch verantwoorde wasmiddelen