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=== Cuisine === {{Main|Finnish cuisine}} [[File:Ruisleipä-limppu reikäleipä reissumies hapankorppu-1.JPG|thumb|''[[Ruisleipä]]'', a dark [[sourdough]] [[rye bread]], holds the status of the [[national food]] in Finland.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2017 |title=The people have spoken - rye bread is the national food |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-9413195}}</ref>]] Finnish cuisine generally combines traditional country fare and contemporary style cooking. Potato, meat and [[Fish (food)|fish]] play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes. Finnish foods often use [[wholemeal]] products ([[rye]], [[barley]], [[oat]]s) and berries (such as [[bilberry|bilberries]], [[lingonberry|lingonberries]], [[cloudberry|cloudberries]], and [[sea buckthorn]]). Milk and its derivatives like [[buttermilk]] are commonly used as food and drink. The most popular fish food in Finland is [[salmon]].<ref>[https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/makuja/artikkeli/kalat-joita-suomalaiset-syovat-nyt-eniten-yksi-ylivoimainen-suosikki/6471418 "Kalat, joita suomalaiset syövät nyt eniten: Yksi ylivoimainen suosikki"]. ''MTV Uutiset'' {{in lang|fi}}.</ref><ref>[https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/index.php/eat-and-drink/4487-salmon-soup-is-one-of-many-lappish-wonders "Salmon soup is one of many Lappish wonders"]. ''[[Helsinki Times]]''.</ref> Finland has the world's second highest per capita consumption of [[coffee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/chart/8602/top-coffee-drinking-nations/|title=The Countries Most Addicted to Coffee|website=statista.com|date=October 2020 }}</ref> Milk consumption is also high, at an average of about {{convert|112|litre}}, per person, per year,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luke.fi/en/news/what-was-eaten-in-finland-in-2017|title=What was eaten in Finland in 2017|website=Luonnonvarakeskus|access-date=5 August 2019|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120123050/https://www.luke.fi/en/news/what-was-eaten-in-finland-in-2017/|url-status=dead}}</ref> even though 17% of the Finns are [[lactose intolerant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edunation.co/studyinfinland/blog/5-odd-facts-finland/|title=Odd Facts about Finland|website=edunation.co|date=19 September 2017|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117153004/https://www.edunation.co/studyinfinland/blog/5-odd-facts-finland/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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