Nduja in Australia
Emerging in 8 cities
There is no single Australian stage: each city has its own, worked out from its own cafes with the same rules. This is the stage most of the cities share (Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart); every city's own stage is in City by city.
Emerging: 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.
76cafe menus list it, in 8 cities
980searches in Oct 2026 · ↑ 14% YoY
A soft, spicy spreadable pork sausage, in scrambled eggs, toasties and pasta and on pizza and toast.
Is nduja still growing in Australia?
Searches say yes: up 14% on a year earlier. (Aug to Oct 2026 vs Aug to Oct 2025)
Australia searches a month
Sep 2025
Earliest cafe post or review in our data, in any city.
Jan 2026
Searches up by half on Nov 2024.
Oct 2026
980 searches, the most yet.
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Sydney searches a month
Mar 2025
170 searches, the busiest month.
Sep 2025
First Sydney cafe post or review in our data.
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Melbourne searches a month
Apr 2025
Searches up by half on Dec 2024.
Aug 2025
250 searches, the busiest month.
Feb 2026
First Melbourne cafe post or review in our data.
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Brisbane searches a month
Jul 2026
First Brisbane cafe post or review in our data.
Oct 2026
120 searches, the most yet.
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Gold Coast searches a month
Sep 2025
50 searches, the busiest month.
Oct 2026
First Gold Coast cafe post or review in our data.
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Perth searches a month
Sep 2026
First Perth review in our data.
Oct 2026
100 searches, the most yet.
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Adelaide searches a month
Jun 2025
60 searches, the busiest month.
Aug 2026
First Adelaide review in our data.
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How the cities compare
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Where the searches come from
Each city's part, Aug to Oct 2026.
Cafes posting it
Per 1,000 cafes that posted that month, across Australia.Of the cafes across Australia 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.
3.4 per 1,000 in Oct 2026, 4.3× vs Jun 2026
On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Australia.
76 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.
How big is it?
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
Nduja in each city
Biggest in Adelaide, on 2.3% of its cafes in the last 90 days. Search changes are Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025.
Each card counts the city's cafes with a post, a customer review or a current menu naming it in the last 90 days. Its share is of that city's own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.
We don't read Adelaide, Perth, Canberra and Hobart cafes' own posts yet, so their figures come from Google reviews and menus only.
“Where to get one” lists a different set: cafes with it on a current menu or in a cafe's or creator's post, whenever it was. That is why a city's count there is not the same.
- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 10
+8%Adelaide searchesPerth
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 14
+53%Perth searchesBrisbane
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 14
+4%Brisbane searches
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Sydney
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 25
- average price
- $15.00
+22%Sydney searchesGold Coast
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 4
1 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before.Canberra
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 2
Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.Melbourne
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 17
- average price
- $18.60
−6%Melbourne searchesHobart
Emerging- cafes with it, last 90 days
- 1
Too few of the same cafes yet to compare.
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 plates26 cafesUsually $22.50 ·
Nduja toast
- Pasta & mains11 cafes
Prawn & Nduja Linguini
- Burgers, sandwiches & wraps6 cafes
Algo classic toastie
- Fried chicken plates5 cafes
Chicken Pesto
- Snacks & sides4 cafesUsually $16 ·
Pumpkin Arancini
- Waffles, bakes & sweets3 cafes
croissant
- Other dishes21 cafesUsually $17
What it's paired with
Cafes whose menu line names it alongside nduja
- Salami & pepperoni32
- Eggs15
- Whipped cheese, ricotta & burrata9
- Bacon & pork8
- Prawns & seafood8
- Chicken6
- Cheese4
One dish can name several, so these overlap.
Where to get nduja in Australia
121 cafes in 8 cities: 76 on their menus, 45 from posts.
What it costs
The usual price on each kind of dish, across Australia
- Toast & eggs$22.50$17$27.50
- Snacks & sides$16$15.20$33.60
Bars share one scale, $15.20 to $33.60: the band is where most cafes sit, the dot the usual price.
Showing 10 of 121 cafes, A to Z
- 30 Acres NorwoodPrice not on the menu
- 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
- Arrival HallPrice not on the menu
- Aye FrankUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Backhaus BakeryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- BarbettaPrice not on the menu
- Beautiful Jim Key$19
- Ben’s Bakery CafePrice not on the menu
Australian cafes with Nduja on their menus or in their posts.
How nduja spread across Australia
8cities where we've seen it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is how many cities had a cafe post or review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
Each city appears in the month of its earliest post or review in our data and grows as more of its suburbs have it. Its size is its cafes so far, never added to another city's.
Nduja Australia FAQs
Data updated 15 Nov 2026.
“Nduja is on 121 cafe menus across 8 Australian cities, and furthest ahead in Adelaide (2.3% of its cafes).”
What is nduja?
A soft, spicy spreadable pork sausage, in scrambled eggs, toasties and pasta and on pizza and toast. The Froth has seen it at cafes in 8 Australian cities (Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart) as of 15 Nov 2026.
Where can I get nduja in Australia?
It is on 121 cafe menus across 8 cities right now, including Frenchies Bakery & Pâtisserie in Rosebery, Sydney, Brunetti Classico Boutique Coburg in Coburg North, Melbourne, ELK Espresso in Broadbeach, Gold Coast and CBD | Cafe Bar Dining in South Brisbane, Brisbane. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every menu, city by city, with the price where the menu gives one and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
What do cafes put nduja on?
Across 76 cafe menus in Australia that list nduja as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are toast, eggs & brunch plates (26 cafes), pasta & mains (11 cafes) and burgers, sandwiches & wraps (6 cafes). It is most often paired with salami & pepperoni and eggs.
How much is nduja on toast or eggs in Australia?
The usual price of nduja on toast or eggs in Australia is $22.50 as of 15 Nov 2026, and most cafes charge between $17 and $27.50, from 6 cafes that list a price (a chain counted once). Prices differ a lot from one kind of dish to another, so this page gives the usual price for each rather than one average.
Where in Australia is nduja biggest?
Of the cities The Froth reads, Adelaide has it on the biggest share of cafes: 2.3% of Adelaide cafes in the last 90 days, against 2.2% in Perth and 1.7% in Brisbane. Each city's share is of its own cafes, so a smaller city can be ahead.
Is nduja getting more popular in Australia?
Searches for it across Australia were up 14% in Aug to Oct 2026 against Aug to Oct 2025. There is no single Australian stage: each city has its own, from its own cafes. The Froth rates it Emerging in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Gold Coast, Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart as of 15 Nov 2026.
How many people search for nduja in Australia?
There were 980 searches for nduja across Australia in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the months we have, from Jul 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 460 (Feb 2025) to 980 (Oct 2026). These are monthly estimates of search demand across every state and territory.
When did nduja first show up in Australian cafes?
The earliest cafe post or customer review about nduja that The Froth has, in any city we read, 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?
Every city is counted on its own, with the same rules: a cafe counts for nduja from the first public post or customer review we found about it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. A city's share is of its own cafes we see well (an Instagram post or a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once), and its change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before. Cities' cafe figures are never added together, because we read some cities' posts and others only from reviews and menus. Searches are monthly search demand across Australia with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.