The ecological food is enjoyed a growing interest among consumers who more often pay attention to the quality of food products. Comparatively the exorbitant price of denoted goods with note "bio" or "eco" is being compensated through the higher quality of such products and frequently better organoleptic valuables (taste, smell) relative to their industrial produced counterparts. It bears on the fact that the manufacturing process of eco-friendly goods undergoes control at each of next stages. It should be emphasized that the abundance of the messages and the mistrust towards the declaration of some producers cause problems with the proper sublation of environmentally friendly products from their conventional equivalents.

In the publication the ecological food concept was defined, the valuables of the ecological food, law regulations, means of marking, the requirements concerning the import of environmentally friendly products and ways of the control and the certification were presented. What is more, a Polish and European market of the ecological food was characterized taking the level of the ecological food price into consideration.