203 sites from €49 excl. VAT: median authority 26, median traffic 6 visits per month. Dofollow links, secure payment, guaranteed publication.
Italy's food scene is one of the most searched and most passionate niches online, from regional recipes to wine, olive oil and restaurant culture. This page lists 204 Italian food and cooking sites where you can place a sponsored article with a backlink. Here is how to read the numbers and choose well.
A link from a site that is Italian, in Italian and focused on cooking sends a clear signal about who your content is for. If you sell kitchen equipment, run a food blog, export specialty products or operate a restaurant, local topical relevance usually counts for more than raw authority.
These links also bring readers who are already interested in your subject. For a wider view of the market, you can browse backlinks and sponsored articles in Italy across every theme, or the global overview of backlinks by topic and country.
The catalogue is broad but modest in strength. The median authority is 26, and only 13% of sites reach 30 or more. By authority band, 155 sites sit at 0–19, 23 at 20–29, 12 at 30–39, 9 at 40–59 and 5 at 60 or above. Median organic traffic is just 6 visits per month, so many sites are small, specialised blogs rather than large publications.
Almost all links, 99%, are dofollow, which means they can pass authority. Small traffic does not make a site worthless, but it should shape your expectations: at this level you are buying relevance and topical context, not a flow of visitors. To understand how the metrics differ, read which SEO metrics actually matter for your backlinks.
Prices include the article and exclude VAT. They start at 49 €, the median is 460 €, and the strongest 10% of sites start at 1746 €. A sensible approach is to mix a few affordable placements on relevant small blogs with one or two links on higher-authority sites, rather than spending everything on a single placement.
For benchmarks across niches, see real guest post prices by niche and DR and the 2026 guide to estimating what a link is worth. When you are ready to compare options, the buy backlinks page explains the process.
Start with topic and language: the site should publish genuine Italian content about food, with real articles and a coherent audience. Then check authority and traffic together, and favour editorial context over a link dropped into an unrelated page. Vary your anchor texts and keep them natural, as explained in this guide to anchor text distribution.
Avoid sites that publish on every subject at once or sell links in bulk; our article on spotting PBNs and link farms shows the warning signs. If your offer also touches travel or wellbeing, nearby pages such as Travel & Tourism backlinks in Italy may complement this selection.
Prices start at 49 € with the article included, excluding VAT. The median is 460 €, and the top 10% of sites by strength start at 1746 €.
Yes, 99% of the links on this page are dofollow, so they can pass authority to your site.
Relevance first. With a median authority of 26 and low traffic, a well-matched Italian food site is often more useful than a stronger but off-topic one. Combine both when your budget allows.