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The Best in Portland Products

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 Here are some of the wonderful and delicious products made right here in the Rose City - many are perfect for gifting, too.
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Condiments

From salsa to sambal to sweet spreads, these are some of the best things for your pantry.

 
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It’s Nutella, but better. And it’s sweetened with dates!
Cloudforest Magic Spread
 
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Along with their fresh salsas and chips, they sell a variety of chili oils and hot sauces. Their smoky coffee chili oil has won awards, but definitely give their Guajillo chili oil a try. It's my favorite.
Hot Mama Salsa
 
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These great sauces are produced by a company with a sense of supporting the social good. They give 3% of their profit to charity, use packaging produced close to home, and the flavors are top notch.
Secret Aardvark Hot Sauce
 
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You’ll find these organic condiments - ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, jam - at many Portland restaurants. They are a great alternative to the bigger brand names. Their mission? “To nourish the world with delicious foods at affordable prices without com...
Portlandia Foods
 
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Grab a jar of their Marmellata di Arance - a kind of Sicilian marmalade but less bitter.
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Founded by Singaporean natives Holly Ong and Pat Lau, these sambals are flavorful sauces that go well with all sorts of savory things.
Sibeiho Sambals
 
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Smoky, salty, and a little sweet - their bacon jam goes great on everything!
Tabor Tavern's Bacon Jam

Everything Else

Such a variety! Portland makes the best. 

 
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These guys make the best corn nuts anywhere! They also offer roasted nuts and snack mixes.
Albina City Nuts
 
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These folks sell some of the best hazelnuts you’ll ever taste. Choices are simple: nuts roasted on their own or covered in either milk or dark chocolate. Totally decadent.
Ash Creek Oregon Roasted Hazelnuts -
 
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Coffee is the lifeblood of Portland and it's hard to choose just on.e So check out this Benable list for a great selection of roasters in the Rose City.
Coffee Roasters in Portland You Need To Know
 
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Ground Up, which provides job training “to women overcoming adversity in the Portland area,” offers a whole range of flavors, from Molasses Cookie Nut Butter to Toasted Macadamia Nut w/ Chia + Flaxseed. Their nut butters are truly delicious.
Ground Up Nut Butters
 
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Looking for a lower-sugar kombucha that tastes great? You’ll find it with Lion Heart.
Lion Heart Kombucha
 
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These are your sandwich’s perfect addition. Packed in oil, these pickled peppers have an incredible flavor and just the right amount of spiciness.
Mama Lil's Peppers
 
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This local charcuterie company makes a variety of cured meats, but my favorite has to be the summer sausage - and this coming from a former Swiss Colony employee. It’s perfectly balanced and the texture is amazing.
Olympia Provisions Cured Meats
 
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This is America’s oldest tofu company and offers fresh tofu, fried tofu, and soymilk.
Ota Tofu
 
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These small-batch drink mixers go well with cold or hot beverages - think seltzer or coffee. They have less sugar than the alternatives, and taste amazing due to the real, whole ingredients they use.
Portland Syrups
 
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This bean-to-bar chocolate manufactory offers a variety of single-origin chocolates in petite bars, drinking chocolate, enfleurage drinking chocolate, and more. They also have a little cafe that is run by Spella Caffe.
Woodblock Chocolate (and Spella Caffè)