Is there a need to declare food for personal use at customs? (in Norway)

TL;DR: Can I bring food for personal use to Norway without having to declare it at customs?

I will be going on a 14-day hiking trip to Norway on which I will bring most of the food myself.

All the rules I could find mention a 10kg maximum for all foods and the requirement for animal products to originate from inside the EEA.

But now I found the page on "Importing foodstuffs" which says:

If you intend to import food and drink (foodstuffs) from abroad, you must always pay VAT. Some goods are also subject to customs duty and special taxes. Remember to always register as an importer of foodstuffs with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

Which continues on explaining how much it cost and giving example calculations. Do those importing cost only occur if I want to commercially import the food or also when I import them for personal use?

All the food will be in my check-in luggage
The food will be less than 10kg (~8.5kg)
I will not have any potatoes
All the food will be from inside the EEA
I plan to label all the food in English and Norwegian with the weight because a massive 1 kg zip-lock bag of white powder (milk powder) can look suspicious and I want to save the customs officers the hassle of weighing all my stuff if they happen to inspect my luggage.

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What do you have to declare at customs in Norway?

As a traveller to Norway you may, in addition to the duty free quota, declare up to 27 litres of beer or wine, four litres of spirits, 400 cigarettes and 500 grams of tobacco, chewing tobacco or snuff for personal use....Simplified customs declaration of alcohol and tobacco.GoodsAmountRateCigarette paper and sheaths400 pcsNOK 6.50 per 100 sheets/sheaths10 more rows•Jan 1, 2022

Can you bring food into Norway?

Meat, milk, cheese and other foods A quota of a total of 10 kilograms of meat, meat products, cheese and animal feed products applies when travelling to Norway. Importing foodstuffs If you intend to import food and drink (foodstuffs) from abroad, you must always pay VAT.

What you Cannot bring to Norway?

Illegal drugs, prescription medicines that are not intended for personal use or in very large quantities, alcoholic beverages over 60 percent alcohol, weapons and ammunition, fireworks, birds and exotic animals, as well as plants for cultivation, are all prohibited. Also prohibited in Norway is the import of potatoes.

Can I bring cheese into Norway?

You do not need a permit to bring meat, meat products or milk, cheese and other milk products from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Andorra or San Marino. It is not permitted to import potatoes to Norway without special permission.

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