Nduja in Sydney
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (1.3% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
Fewer than 5 Sydney cafes have it, or the first cafe post or review we have is under 120 days old, or creators are posting it before any cafe has it. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
19Sydney cafe menus list it
160Sydney searches in Oct 2026
A soft, spicy spreadable pork sausage, in scrambled eggs, toasties and pasta and on pizza and toast.
Is nduja still growing in Sydney?
It's emerging: early days yet.
Sydney searches a month
Mar 2025
170 searches, the busiest month.
Sep 2025
First Sydney cafe post or review in our data.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Sydney compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Sydney's share of Australia's searches
18%Aug to Oct 2026Up from 17% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, in Sydney.Of the cafes in Sydney that posted anything that month, how many posted nduja, per 1,000 of them.
It is a share, not a count, so it does not grow just because we follow more cafes. It only grows when more of the cafes we follow take it up.
The month in progress shows here once it is complete, so a part month never reads as a drop. A month with too few cafes posting is left out.
2.0 per 1,000 in Oct 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Sydney.
19 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Sydney, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What nduja goes on
Every cafe menu that names nduja is sorted into one kind of dish by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the dish we list it for below, so a cafe with nduja on several dishes shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Toast, eggs & brunch plates7 cafes
Nduja toast
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps4 cafes
Algo classic toastie
- Pasta & mains2 cafes
Prawns & Chorizo Mafaldline Pasta
- Snacks & sides2 cafes
Nduja puffed bread
- Waffles, bakes & sweets1 cafe
N'Duja & Manchego Croissant
- Other dishes3 cafes
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside nduja
- Salami & pepperoni9
- Eggs4
- Bacon & pork3
- Cheese2
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get nduja in Sydney
37 Sydney cafes: 19 on their menus, 18 from posts.
Showing 10 of 37 cafes, A to Z
- Against The GrindPrice not on the menu
- Algorithm Cafe MarrickvilleUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Algorithm Cafe Potts PointPrice not on the menu
- BarbettaPrice not on the menu
- Ben’s Bakery CafePrice not on the menu
- Bloom Potts PointUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Boronia Kitchen$16
- Cafe Baby FingerUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Cafe PichónUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Cafe Sydney RestaurantUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Sydney cafes with Nduja on their menus or in their posts.
How nduja spread across Sydney
27suburbs with cafes posting it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Sydney cafes with a post or customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
13 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Where it's biggest
Each bar is the share of an area's cafes posting it in the last 90 days, from cafe and customer posts only. Tap an area to see it.
Nduja Sydney FAQs
Nduja is on 19 Sydney cafe menus and has been posted by cafes in 27 Sydney suburbs.
What is nduja?
A soft, spicy spreadable pork sausage, in scrambled eggs, toasties and pasta and on pizza and toast. In all our data to 14 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 30 Sydney cafes across 27 suburbs, in posts, customer reviews and menus. The 37 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What do cafes put nduja on?
Across 19 cafe menus in Sydney that list nduja as of 14 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are toast, eggs & brunch plates (7 cafes), burgers, sandwiches & wraps (4 cafes) and pasta & mains (2 cafes). It is most often paired with salami & pepperoni and eggs.
Where can I get nduja in Sydney?
It is on 19 Sydney cafe menus right now, including Frenchies Bakery & Pâtisserie in Rosebery, Cooks River Canteen in Earlwood, Boronia Kitchen in Gladesville and Metro Goods Coffee in Pyrmont. 18 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
Is nduja getting more popular in Sydney?
It is early days. The Froth rates nduja as Emerging as of 14 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (1.3% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 14 Nov 2026, 1.3% of the Sydney cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 3,110 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against 5 in the 90 days before. Sydney searches for it were up 22% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
Where in Australia is nduja biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 2.3% against Sydney's 1.3%, over the last 90 days.
How many people search for nduja in Sydney?
There were 160 searches for nduja in Sydney in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 110 searches (Jun 2025) to 170 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Sydney.
When did nduja first show up in Sydney cafes?
The earliest Sydney cafe post or customer review about nduja that The Froth has is from 21 Sep 2025. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for nduja from the first public post or customer review we found about it, the cafe's own post or a customer's, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with cafe posts or reviews (14 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Sydney with all of a trend's names added up. Captions stay private; we only link to public posts. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.