Gulfood Manufacturing to Draw Attention to Meaty Opportunities Within Flourishing Halal Sector
The global halal industry has actually witnessed unprecedented development in the last few years, driven by rising populations and a seismic shift in consumer preference in the direction of high-quality, risk-free and ethical products.
Inning accordance with the Global Halal Industry Overview report by Edbiz Consulting with Nasdaq OMX Global Indexes, the Halal food market alone has actually recorded strong development over the past years with an approximated value of USD667 million and now represents practically 20 per cent of the general global food industry.
The very same record states that when considering the adding variables, intake of Halal food is readied to grow at an annual price of approximately 16 per cent. The UAE meanwhile, has established the global benchmark in Halal certification, with the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (ESMA) having executed legislation in the last few years for the accreditation and control of Halal products.
Offered the enormous potential and the worth of the GCC's Halal market exceeding USD50 billion, inning accordance with food and agri-business professionals Farrelly and Mitchell, Gulfood Manufacturing 2017, which runs from 31 October to 2 November at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) offers the perfect opportunity for numerous local, regional and worldwide exhibitors throughout the food industry supply chain, including 144 halal exhibitors in the components industry, to display the most up to date products and services to fulfill the growing demand for Halal.
" The Halal sector across the world has experienced significant development in recent years and the UAE has actually forged ahead as a leader in the industry in establishing the highest criteria. Prominent manufacturers and leading Halal food supply chain professionals now progressively see the benefit of displaying at Gulfood Production, the Middle East's biggest ingredients, processing, product packaging, and logistics event," said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibits and Events Management, DWTC.
" With 1,600 global suppliers of latest food ingredients, processing, product packaging and logistics solutions making their means to the show, I believe this platform most certainly help the emirate attain its goal of coming to be the resources of the Islamic Economy reinforced by its trade of halal goods", included LohMirmand.
Demonstrating a unique halal certified product is the Egypt based exhibitor Kamena Products Company, which will certainly display its flavoring mix Sprinkle-- that can be utilized to flavour fries, salads, snacks and more, with flavours consisting of Mexican Cheese, Paprika, Chili-Lemon, Kebab and Jalapeo.
Samy Anton, Regional Export Sales Manager at Kamena Products Company, said: "We believe that the Gulfood Manufacturing, as one of one of the most crucial occasions for the food industry Middle East, will certainly help our company in achieving our development technique and help increase our worldwide clients' base Middle East.
" Having a really solid capability to establish flavours that fit Middle East tastes and preferences that, we hope to connect to our markets of passions such as Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait, additionally the African countries such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Algeria, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda."
Gulfood Manufacturing 2017 will certainly run from 10 am - 6 pm on 31 October and 1 November, and 10 am - 5 pm on 2 November 2017. The program is primarily open for F&B trade professionals and site visitor participation is absolutely free. For more details, please go to www.gulfoodmanufacturing.com.
