diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 189d9c2deb..d91176ae82 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default {
     '<rootDir>/packages/i18n',
     '<rootDir>/packages/oembed',
     '<rootDir>/packages/portal',
+    '<rootDir>/packages/utils',
     '<rootDir>/packages/vue-router-query',
     '<rootDir>/packages/vue-session',
     '<rootDir>/packages/vue-visible-on-scroll'
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ed363adf9f..5daea9d1f5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2778,6 +2778,10 @@
       "resolved": "packages/style",
       "link": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@europeana/utils": {
+      "resolved": "packages/utils",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@europeana/vue-router-query": {
       "resolved": "packages/vue-router-query",
       "link": true
@@ -36155,6 +36159,7 @@
         "@elastic/apm-rum-vue": "^1.3.1",
         "@europeana/i18n": "^1.150.0",
         "@europeana/oembed": "^1.150.0",
+        "@europeana/utils": "^1.151.2",
         "@europeana/vue-router-query": "^1.150.0",
         "@europeana/vue-session": "^1.150.0",
         "@europeana/vue-visible-on-scroll": "^1.150.0",
@@ -36238,12 +36243,9 @@
       }
     },
     "packages/utils": {
-      "version": "1.149.3",
-      "extraneous": true,
-      "license": "EUPL-1.2",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@cospired/i18n-iso-languages": "^4.2.0"
-      }
+      "name": "@europeana/utils",
+      "version": "1.151.2",
+      "license": "EUPL-1.2"
     },
     "packages/vue-router-query": {
       "name": "@europeana/vue-router-query",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5224da86e..3842b2d62d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@europeana/oembed": "link:./packages/oembed",
     "@europeana/portal": "link:./packages/portal",
     "@europeana/style": "link:./packages/style",
+    "@europeana/utils": "link:./packages/utils",
     "@europeana/vue-router-query": "link:./packages/vue-router-query",
     "@europeana/vue-session": "link:./packages/vue-session",
     "@europeana/vue-visible-on-scroll": "link:./packages/vue-visible-on-scroll"
diff --git a/packages/portal/package.json b/packages/portal/package.json
index c4b4b6471b..0b1d10cda5 100644
--- a/packages/portal/package.json
+++ b/packages/portal/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "@elastic/apm-rum-vue": "^1.3.1",
     "@europeana/i18n": "^1.150.0",
     "@europeana/oembed": "^1.150.0",
+    "@europeana/utils": "^1.151.2",
     "@europeana/vue-router-query": "^1.150.0",
     "@europeana/vue-session": "^1.150.0",
     "@europeana/vue-visible-on-scroll": "^1.150.0",
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/components/content/ContentCard.vue b/packages/portal/src/components/content/ContentCard.vue
index fbbb0f5403..f3df22528b 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/components/content/ContentCard.vue
+++ b/packages/portal/src/components/content/ContentCard.vue
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   import SmartLink from '../generic/SmartLink';
   import langAttributeMixin from '@/mixins/langAttribute';
   import stripMarkdownMixin from '@/mixins/stripMarkdown';
-  import truncateMixin from '@/mixins/truncate';
+  import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
   import { langMapValueForLocale } from '@europeana/i18n';
 
   const HIT_TEXT_AFFIX_MAX_WORDS = 15;
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
 
     mixins: [
       langAttributeMixin,
-      stripMarkdownMixin,
-      truncateMixin
+      stripMarkdownMixin
     ],
 
     props: {
@@ -420,6 +419,8 @@
     },
 
     methods: {
+      truncate,
+
       cardText(values) {
         const limited = (this.limitValuesWithinEachText > -1) ? values.slice(0, this.limitValuesWithinEachText) : [].concat(values);
         if (values.length > limited.length) {
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@
         }
         const joined = limited.join('; ');
         const stripped = this.stripMarkdown(joined);
-        return this.truncate(stripped, 255);
+        return truncate(stripped, 255);
       },
 
       redrawMasonry() {
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/components/download/DownloadSuccessModal.vue b/packages/portal/src/components/download/DownloadSuccessModal.vue
index 41f247a34d..cefb73ccac 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/components/download/DownloadSuccessModal.vue
+++ b/packages/portal/src/components/download/DownloadSuccessModal.vue
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-  import stringify from '@/mixins/stringify';
+  import { stringify } from '@europeana/utils';
 
   export default {
     name: 'DownloadSuccessModal',
 
-    mixins: [
-      stringify
-    ],
-
     props: {
       title: {
         type: String,
@@ -90,9 +86,9 @@
     data() {
       return {
         snippetCopied: false,
-        providerString: this.stringify(this.provider),
-        creatorString: this.stringify(this.creator),
-        yearString: this.stringify(this.year)
+        providerString: stringify(this.provider),
+        creatorString: stringify(this.creator),
+        yearString: stringify(this.year)
       };
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/components/entity/EntityHeader.vue b/packages/portal/src/components/entity/EntityHeader.vue
index 6cd799c069..ee71ecefc3 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/components/entity/EntityHeader.vue
+++ b/packages/portal/src/components/entity/EntityHeader.vue
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 <script>
   import ClientOnly from 'vue-client-only';
   import langAttributeMixin from '@/mixins/langAttribute';
-  import truncateMixin from '@/mixins/truncate';
+  import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
   import { getWikimediaThumbnailUrl } from '@/plugins/europeana/entity';
   import ShareButton from '@/components/share/ShareButton';
   import ShareSocialModal from '@/components/share/ShareSocialModal';
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
     },
 
     mixins: [
-      langAttributeMixin,
-      truncateMixin
+      langAttributeMixin
     ],
 
     props: {
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@
 
     computed: {
       truncatedDescription() {
-        return this.truncate(this.fullDescription, this.limitCharacters);
+        return truncate(this.fullDescription, this.limitCharacters);
       },
       hasDescription() {
         return (this.description?.values?.length || 0) >= 1;
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/components/item/ItemSummaryInfo.vue b/packages/portal/src/components/item/ItemSummaryInfo.vue
index e006157cd7..fce4baec75 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/components/item/ItemSummaryInfo.vue
+++ b/packages/portal/src/components/item/ItemSummaryInfo.vue
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 <script>
   import MetadataOriginLabel from '../metadata/MetadataOriginLabel';
   import langAttributeMixin from '@/mixins/langAttribute';
-  import truncateMixin from '@/mixins/truncate';
+  import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
 
   export default {
     name: 'ItemSummaryInfo',
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
     },
 
     mixins: [
-      langAttributeMixin,
-      truncateMixin
+      langAttributeMixin
     ],
 
     props: {
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@
       },
       truncatedDescription() {
         if (this.description?.values) {
-          return this.truncate(this.description.values[0], this.limitCharacters);
+          return truncate(this.description.values[0], this.limitCharacters);
         }
         return false;
       },
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/mixins/stringify.js b/packages/portal/src/mixins/stringify.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adc50b656..0000000000
--- a/packages/portal/src/mixins/stringify.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  methods: {
-    stringify(field) {
-      let stringified = field;
-
-      if (field && !Array.isArray(field) && (typeof field === 'object') && field.values) {
-        stringified = field.values[0];
-      }
-
-      return stringified;
-    }
-  }
-};
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/pages/item/_.vue b/packages/portal/src/pages/item/_.vue
index b9fa4663b1..8748a5d2fa 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/pages/item/_.vue
+++ b/packages/portal/src/pages/item/_.vue
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   } from  '@europeana/i18n';
   import Item from '@/plugins/europeana/edm/Item.js';
   import WebResource from '@/plugins/europeana/edm/WebResource.js';
-  import stringify from '@/mixins/stringify';
+  import { stringify } from '@europeana/utils';
   import logEventMixin from '@/mixins/logEvent';
   import canonicalUrlMixin from '@/mixins/canonicalUrl';
   import pageMetaMixin from '@/mixins/pageMeta';
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@
     },
 
     mixins: [
-      stringify,
       canonicalUrlMixin,
       pageMetaMixin,
       redirectToMixin,
@@ -307,8 +306,8 @@
       matomoOptions() {
         return {
           dimension1: langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmCountry, 'en').values[0],
-          dimension2: this.stringify(langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmDataProvider, 'en').values[0]),
-          dimension3: this.stringify(langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmProvider, 'en').values[0]),
+          dimension2: stringify(langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmDataProvider, 'en').values[0]),
+          dimension3: stringify(langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmProvider, 'en').values[0]),
           dimension4: langMapValueForLocale(this.metadata.edmRights, 'en').values[0]
         };
       },
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/plugins/europeana/search.js b/packages/portal/src/plugins/europeana/search.js
index 0ebdafadc8..70a9b45862 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/plugins/europeana/search.js
+++ b/packages/portal/src/plugins/europeana/search.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import pick from 'lodash/pick.js';
 
 import { isLangMap, reduceLangMapsForLocale } from '@europeana/i18n';
 import { escapeLuceneSpecials } from './utils.js';
-import { truncate } from '../../mixins/truncate.js';
+import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
 
 // Some facets do not support enquoting of their field values.
 export const unquotableFacets = [
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/feedback.js b/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/feedback.js
index dbff8bc0fb..f4a0c25f21 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/feedback.js
+++ b/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/feedback.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import createHttpError from 'http-errors';
 
 import { errorHandler } from '../utils.js';
-import { truncate } from '../../../mixins/truncate.js';
+import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
 
 const JIRA_SERVICE_DESK_API_PATH = '/rest/servicedeskapi/request';
 const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/json';
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/galleries.js b/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/galleries.js
index f9f0a30945..96923c3e86 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/galleries.js
+++ b/packages/portal/src/server-middleware/api/jira-service-desk/galleries.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 
 import { errorHandler } from '../utils.js';
-import { truncate } from '../../../mixins/truncate.js';
+import { truncate } from '@europeana/utils';
 
 const JIRA_SERVICE_DESK_API_PATH = '/rest/servicedeskapi/request';
 const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/json';
diff --git a/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/stringify.spec.js b/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/stringify.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e7a38c7ea..0000000000
--- a/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/stringify.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { createLocalVue, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
-
-import mixin from '@/mixins/stringify';
-
-const component = {
-  template: '<div></div>',
-  mixins: [mixin]
-};
-
-const localVue = createLocalVue();
-
-const factory = () => shallowMount(component, {
-  localVue
-});
-
-describe('mixins/stringify', () => {
-  describe('stringify()', () => {
-    describe('when field is not a literal', () => {
-      it('returns a literal value', () => {
-        const wrapper = factory();
-
-        expect(wrapper.vm.stringify({ values: ['provider'] })).toBe('provider');
-      });
-    });
-    describe('when field is a literal', () => {
-      it('returns the value', () => {
-        const wrapper = factory();
-
-        expect(wrapper.vm.stringify('provider')).toBe('provider');
-      });
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/truncate.spec.js b/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/truncate.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ec0ab670b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/portal/tests/unit/mixins/truncate.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import { createLocalVue, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
-
-import mixin from '@/mixins/truncate';
-
-const component = {
-  template: `
-    <div></div>
-  `,
-  mixins: [mixin]
-};
-
-const factory = () => shallowMount(component, {
-  localVue: createLocalVue()
-});
-
-describe('mixins/truncate', () => {
-  describe('methods', () => {
-    describe('truncate', () => {
-      it('returns null if text is falsy', () => {
-        const wrapper = factory();
-        const text = undefined;
-
-        const truncated = wrapper.vm.truncate(text);
-
-        expect(truncated).toBeNull();
-      });
-
-      it('returns full text if not too long', () => {
-        const wrapper = factory();
-        const text = 'short';
-
-        const truncated = wrapper.vm.truncate(text);
-
-        expect(truncated).toBe('short');
-      });
-
-      it('truncates text if needed, and adds ellipsis', () => {
-        const wrapper = factory();
-        const text = 'short';
-
-        const truncated = wrapper.vm.truncate(text, 3);
-
-        expect(truncated).toBe('sho…');
-      });
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/utils/babel.config.cjs b/packages/utils/babel.config.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3484ddcc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/babel.config.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Babel config used by Jest, e.g. for unit tests
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    [
+      '@babel/preset-env',
+      { targets: { node: 'current' } }
+    ]
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/jest.config.js b/packages/utils/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c49ff72b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export default {
+  displayName: '@europeana/utils',
+  moduleFileExtensions: [
+    'js',
+    'json',
+    'mjs'
+  ],
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '^@/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/src/$1'
+  },
+  testEnvironment: 'jsdom',
+  testPathIgnorePatterns: [
+    '/node_modules/'
+  ],
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.(js|mjs)$': 'babel-jest'
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b69d505e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "@europeana/utils",
+  "version": "1.151.2",
+  "description": "Europeana utility functions",
+  "license": "EUPL-1.2",
+  "type": "module",
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "main": "./src/index.js",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./src/index.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.js b/packages/utils/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f159b0c3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import stringify from './text/stringify.js';
+import truncate from './text/truncate.js';
+
+export {
+  stringify,
+  truncate
+};
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/text/stringify.js b/packages/utils/src/text/stringify.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7b70e554f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/text/stringify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export default (field) => {
+  let stringified = field;
+
+  if (field && !Array.isArray(field) && (typeof field === 'object') && field.values) {
+    stringified = field.values[0];
+  }
+
+  return stringified;
+};
diff --git a/packages/portal/src/mixins/truncate.js b/packages/utils/src/text/truncate.js
similarity index 53%
rename from packages/portal/src/mixins/truncate.js
rename to packages/utils/src/text/truncate.js
index cce6b12368..2dcc1df670 100644
--- a/packages/portal/src/mixins/truncate.js
+++ b/packages/utils/src/text/truncate.js
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-export const truncate = (text, length = 30) => {
+export default (text, length = 30) => {
   if (!text) {
     return null;
   }
   return text.length > length ? text.substring(0, length) + '…' : text;
 };
-
-export default {
-  methods: {
-    truncate
-  }
-};
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/text/stringify.spec.js b/packages/utils/tests/text/stringify.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd609ac73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/text/stringify.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import stringify from '@/text/stringify.js';
+
+describe('@europeana/utils/text/stringify.js', () => {
+  describe('stringify', () => {
+    describe('when field is not a literal', () => {
+      it('returns a literal value', () => {
+        const input = { values: ['provider'] };
+
+        const string = stringify(input);
+
+        expect(string).toBe('provider');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when field is a literal', () => {
+      it('returns the value', () => {
+        const input = 'provider';
+
+        const string = stringify(input);
+
+        expect(string).toBe('provider');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/text/truncate.spec.js b/packages/utils/tests/text/truncate.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8136c04a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/text/truncate.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import truncate from '@/text/truncate.js';
+
+describe('@europeana/utils/text/truncate.js', () => {
+  describe('truncate', () => {
+    it('returns null if text is falsy', () => {
+      const text = undefined;
+
+      const truncated = truncate(text);
+
+      expect(truncated).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns full text if not too long', () => {
+      const text = 'short';
+
+      const truncated = truncate(text);
+
+      expect(truncated).toBe('short');
+    });
+
+    it('truncates text if needed, and adds ellipsis', () => {
+      const text = 'short';
+
+      const truncated = truncate(text, 3);
+
+      expect(truncated).toBe('sho…');
+    });
+  });
+});