Half bullshit
Norway's men's football team took 2,000 pounds of food and its own chefs to the 2026 World Cup to avoid eating American food.
Spread on: Instagram video and other social media posts, June 2026
The real story
Norway's team really did bring three chefs and some ingredients, such as fish, to the World Cup in the US. But it also used local produce, which undercuts the idea it was dodging American food. Snopes could not confirm the 2,000-pound figure.
The fact-checker's verdict: “Mixture”. Our label never goes further than theirs.
How to spot it
Elite teams travelling with chefs is routine; a normal fact plus an invented motive is a common recipe for viral outrage.
The receipts
Why Norway's World Cup team brought its own food and chefs to US ↗
Snopes · 2026-06-23
