Last updated: September 2026
Some may say that organic food is just a trend; that people are looking for organic products only to be a part of the crowd. Others may say that we are becoming more aware of what is good for our health and our planet, and will present you a big list of reasons why organic is good for you. No matter what your reason for shopping organic, in Amsterdam there is a good range of shops and markets (and some really cool people) that bring these products as close to us as possible. Some of them are supermarket chains and others are small shops where you’ll find not only an array of fresh, wholesome goods, but also a community of friendly people dedicated to bringing these products within easy reach. If you’re keen on sampling the city’s best, we’ll guide you through the best places in Amsterdam to shop for organic food.
I first published this guide in 2024 and I checked every shop and market in it again in September 2026. Below you’ll find the organic supermarket chains, the independent shops, the bulk stores where you bring your own jars, and the weekly organic markets, each with its address and opening days. At the end there’s a short explanation of the labels, for anyone new to the Netherlands who wonders what the word bio on a shop window actually guarantees.
The best places to shop for organic products in Amsterdam
Organic supermarkets in Amsterdam: Ekoplaza and Odin
Ekoplaza is a large chain of supermarkets with many locations in Amsterdam (and other cities). Ekoplaza is selling everything from cleaning products, cosmetics and food supplements to fresh fruit and vegetables. I like it for the well stocked super food section, the fruits, nuts, teas, sweets and cosmetics. They also have Vitatas, a weekly veggie bag that you can pick-up in the shop.
Ekoplaza lists sixteen locations in Amsterdam at the moment, so there is one within cycling distance of almost anywhere. Six of them carry the name Ekoplaza Foodmarqt. These were the Marqt shops until May 2022, when Ekoplaza’s parent company Udea, which had bought Marqt in 2019, put both names on one sign. The Foodmarqt shops keep some of Marqt’s deli character, with their own kitchen and ready meals, and the range is organic apart from water, salt and fish. I was sad when Marqt was bought, because they had some products that you couldn’t find somewhere else, and it was my favourite shop.
Odin is 100% organic and preferably biodynamic products. There are seven shops in Amsterdam, but you can order online as well. Vegetable boxes are possible and you can also become a member and have some extra benefits.
Odin is a cooperative, a “foodcoop” in their own words, with 41 shops around the Netherlands and its own biodynamic farm, and it stocks Demeter-certified biodynamic produce wherever it can. Members are co-owners of the cooperative and get a member discount in every shop.
Small organic shops in Amsterdam
Good Food for You has a good variety of organic products in its shop at Cornelis Schuytstraat 26, in Oud-Zuid; the second branch is in Laren. Alongside fresh fruit and vegetables, the shop sells organic wine, soft-rind cheese from the region and fresh bread from Vlaamsch Broodhuys every day.
De Aanzet is one of the first health food stores in Amsterdam. It sells organic vegetables and other products, cosmetics, and organises workshops and also massages. It opened in 1981 and you’ll find it at 1e Jacob van Campenstraat 8-10, in De Pijp, open seven days a week. Since Black Friday 2020 De Aanzet has been charging what it calls true prices on part of its range: the price on the shelf includes the hidden environmental and social costs of growing the product, and the difference goes to projects that repair that damage. It was the first supermarket in the world to do this, and it started with twenty kinds of fruit and vegetables and a few breads.
Biolicious is an organic neighbourhood supermarket at Land van Cocagneplein 5 in Oostpoort. Pien Thate and Maurits Dolleman opened it in April 2014 as their third shop, and it is now the only one left under the Biolicious name: their IJburg shop on Joris Ivensplein was handed over to the Odin cooperative in July 2023, which is how Odin got its IJburg branch. It has fresh bread baked daily, vegetables straight from the farmer and a proper gluten-free and vegan corner, and it carries the EKO label. Open Monday to Friday 9.00 to 18.00, Saturday from 8.30, closed on Sunday.
Ekodis Natuurvoeding on Beukenplein, a few minutes from the Oosterpark, is one of the old-school independents: a family-run natural food shop that has been in Oost for over thirty years. It stocks around 5,000 products, of which 99 per cent are organic, and the owners buy directly from producers where they can, so the eggs come from a farm in Groningen and the honey from Het Gooi. If you like a shop where someone knows where everything on the shelf comes from, this is the one in Oost.
Unlimited Health – online store. It doesn’t sell fresh produce but has a great range of various organic products, supplements, superfoods, cosmetics and more. It has been going since 1998, when it started out with raw food and superfoods, and it ships within the Netherlands.
Simon Levelt doesn’t sell food but is an amazing place for organic coffee and tea. The company started in Amsterdam in 1826, its coffee and tea are 100% organic, and it has around forty shops in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Amsterdam shop most people know is at Prinsengracht 180, on the Jordaan side of the canal, and there are several more around the city. I am absolutely obsessed with their Simón Coll hot chocolate, A la Taza with cinnamon. It’s the best hot chocolate ever!
Bulk and zero-waste shops in Amsterdam
If you’d rather skip the packaging altogether, Amsterdam has two shops where you bring your own jars and bags and fill them from the dispensers. Both are small, both are in the west of the centre, and both sell organic where they can.
Little Plant Pantry is a minimal waste, plastic-free shop. They offer organic food ingredients without or with minimal packaging and cooperate with local artisan food producers. You can buy in bulk and bring your own container or use the free containers that they have in the shop. They also have a little restaurant where you can have amazing vegan food (and sweets!). You can read an interview with the owners of Little Plant Pantry here: Vegan Bulk Store in Amsterdam: Little Plant Pantry. You’ll find it at Bosboom Toussaintstraat 45-H in Oud-West, open Wednesday to Sunday.
Delicious Food, at Westerstraat 24 in the Jordaan, has been selling organic groceries in bulk since 2003, at the Noordermarkt end of the street. There are more than 200 dispensers and scoops for pasta, rice, grains, pulses, nuts, herbs and tea, and you can refill cleaning products and hand soap as well. The shop changed hands in June 2023; the new owners, Hetty Knottenbeld and Bas Schoelitsz, have kept the bulk concept and put the accent on sustainability and the neighbourhood. Open Monday to Saturday, 9.00 to 18.00.
Amsterdam markets where you can find organic products
A great source for organic produce in Amsterdam is the weekly markets. Although not all items are organic, most of their fruit and vegetables come directly from local farmers. It’s a pleasure to browse the stalls where you can find veggies not always available in supermarkets, along with fresh cheeses, mushrooms, and flowers. You can talk to the farmers and then go home with your bike overflowing with organic, fresh produce, the beet leaves bouncing from your bike’s bags as you cycle through the streets of Amsterdam.
I’ve written a separate guide to the organic and farmers markets in Amsterdam, with what to buy at each one, so here is the short version.
Noordermarkt — each Saturday from 9.00 to 16.00. This is my favourite weekly market, but I might be biased because I lived close to it for a few years. You can find it in the beautiful neighbourhood of Jordaan, close to Noorderkerk and the famous apple pie shop Winkel43. It has been an organic farmers market since 1987, the first one in the Netherlands, with around thirty stalls of producers and traders from all over the country.
Haarlemmerplein organic farmers’ market — every Wednesday between 10.00-17.00 at Haarlemmerplein (I like to treat myself to a veggie burger here, now and then). Many of the people behind the stalls grew or made what they sell.
Pure Markt — organised a few times per month in beautiful locations: Frankendael Park, Amstelpark and the Amsterdamse Bos. Mostly ready prepared food, some fruit and vegetables and soaps, cheese, plants, seeds, jewellery, clothes and many more. Each park has its own Sunday: Park Frankendael on the last Sunday of the month, the Amstelpark on the second, and the Amsterdamse Bos on varying dates, usually from 11.00 to 18.00 and an hour shorter in late autumn and winter. Check their agenda before you go; the Beatrixpark is no longer on it.
ZuiderMRKT — Saturday market with organic products, from 9.30 to 17.00 on the corner of Jacob Obrechtstraat and Johannes Verhulststraat in Oud-Zuid. It is run as a cooperative by people from the neighbourhood, who also help out on the stalls.
Nieuwmarkt — Saturday Market in the city centre, from 9.00 to 17.00, at the foot of the Waag. Here you’ll find organic products, cheese, flowers, fish, and more.
Boerenmarkt Buikslotermeerplein. The place to buy organic vegetables, cheese and meat in Amsterdam Noord. Every Saturday from 8.30 to 17.30, next to the regular weekly market by Noord metro station.
Biomarkt Zeeburg is the one weekly organic market in Amsterdam Oost: every Wednesday from 10.00 to 18.00 on Van Eesterenlaan, at the head of Borneo-eiland, running for more than ten years. Vegetables, fruit, nuts, cheese, olives, bread and mushrooms, plus hot food stalls if you are there around lunchtime.
Let’s not forget that the usual supermarkets also have organic products on their shelves. As you can see, there are a lot of good places to go for organic products in Amsterdam; you just have to choose the one that’s best for you!
What does “bio” mean? Organic labels in the Netherlands
The Dutch word for organic is biologisch, and on shelves, shop windows and market signs it is shortened to bio. A biowinkel is an organic shop, a biomarkt an organic market, and the older term natuurwinkel is still used for the long-established health-food shops like De Aanzet. If you are searching Google Maps in Dutch, those are the words to use rather than “organic”.
The word biologisch is legally protected for food and farm products, and everything sold as organic in the Netherlands is certified and inspected by Skal Biocontrole, the national organic control body. Pre-packed organic products must carry the EU organic logo, the green leaf made of twelve stars, so that is the thing to look for on a label. Two more marks you will come across: EKO, an additional Dutch organic label that you will see next to the EU leaf, and Demeter, the mark for biodynamic farming, which goes a step further than organic and is what Odin favours.
At the markets, not every stall is organic, even at the ones with biologisch in the name, so if it matters to you, ask. The people behind the stall usually grew it or made it and will tell you exactly how.
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