“Green Sauce” Protected Throughout the EU

The Frankfurt “Green Sauce” is popular with young and old and traditionally starts its season on Maundy Thursday. The classic is prepared from seven specific herbs and served with a jacket or boiled potatoes and eggs. Now the Commission in Brussels is putting the “Green Sauce” under EU-wide protection!

“Frankfurter Green Sauce” protected throughout the EU

The “Frankfurt green sauce” is considered a specialty among connoisseurs. Hessian herb farmers fought for around a decade for EU-wide protection of “their” treat – now it’s done! The EU Commission has entered the “Green Sauce” in the Register of Protected Geographical Indications. This means that only certain herbal mixtures are allowed to bear this name.

In Brussels, it was decided that the classic “Grie Soß”, as the Frankfurt specialty is affectionately called in dialect, may only consist of the seven herbs chives, parsley, chervil, cress, burnet, borage, and sorrel. In addition, at least 70 percent of the herbs must come from the Frankfurt region and have been processed there.