Anuga preview: over 7,000 exhibitors from 108 countries
Anuga, held in Cologne from October 10 to 14, 2015, is fully-booked for the entire hall capacity of Koelnmesse, spanning 248,000 sqm. More than 7,000 suppliers from over 100 countries are expected at the fair.
Market leading companies as well as smaller and medium-sized suppliers exhibit in all 10 trade fairs of Anuga (Anuga Fine Food, Anuga Frozen Food, Anuga Meat, Anuga Chilled & Fresh Food, Anuga Dairy, Anuga Bread and Bakery, Hot Beverages, Anuga Drinks, Anuga Organic, Anuga FoodTec, Anuga FoodService). They stand for the wide spectrum of offers as well as for the economic importance of Anuga.
The leading exhibiting countries are Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, the USA and Thailand. There are also big participations from the People’s Republic of China, Poland, Great Britain and Austria.
For the first time exhibitors from Iceland, Qatar, St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as from the South Pacific island Niue, which belongs to New Zealand, are also participating.
Countries such as Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Suriname or Syria are exhibiting at Anuga for the first time again for years.
Highlights of the trade fairs dedicated and/or of interest for the bakery industry include:
Anuga Bread & Bakery, Hot Beverages
Exhibitors will include: Darboven, Ditsch, Dilmah, Lambertz, Langnese, Lavazza, Harry Brot, Kronenbrot, Kuchenmeister.
Anuga Fine Food
Exhibitor line-up includes Delverde, Develey, Di Gennaro, Fromi, Carl Kühne, Lee Kum Lee, Mutti, Paramount Pistachio & Almonds, Saclà, Seeberger and Yamae Hisano. Numerous international pavilions will be present, including for the first time the FijiIslands, Georgia, Qatar, Moldavia, Saudi Arabia and the Ukraine.
Anuga Frozen Food
Exhibitors include: Agrarfrost, Almondy, Ardo, Aviko, Brasil Foods, Gunnar Dafgard, Farm Frites, Lamb Weston, Pickenpack, Salomon Foodworld, Surgital and Wernsing. Joint participations from Egypt, Belgium, China, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain are announced.
Anuga Organic
Exhibitors include Alb-Gold, Fratelli Damiano, Dr. Goerg, Lauretana, Topas, Tradin Organic, Voelkel and Zabler. The fair also features the “Anuga Organic Market” special event.
Anuga FoodService
Exhibitors include: Bartscher, Cup&Cino, Ille, Liebherr, Saro, Ubert and Unox. The “Anuga Culinary Stage” that is located here is the venue of the Final of the “Anuga Chef of the Year” and further cooking shows. The “DEHOGA Marketplace Food Service” is the meeting point for restaurant owners and also offers an interesting program.
Anuga RetailTec
Exhibitors include: AHT, Gebr. Graef, Wachtel and Wagnerei. This is being enhanced by the “Retail Forum” special event of the Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVLH) on the boulevard of the trade fair.
Anuga’s partner country: Greece
210 Greek exhibitors will be demonstrating the wide variety of food and drinks from Greece as well as the competence and efficiency of the Greek food industry. Promoting exports and establishing contacts to German and international trading partners are the focal point of the Greek trade fair participation. The central presentation platform of the Greek participation is located in Hall 10.2 under the direction of Enterprise Greece Invest & Trade.
Trend themes
With the aid of the Anuga Database it is possible to sort the offer according to trend themes, identify and seek the corresponding contact persons with the Anuga trade fairs.
– Vegan Products
– Health and functional food
– Gourmet products
– Halal food
– Organic products
– Ingredients
– Private labels
– Vegetarian products
– Fair trade products
– Kosher products
The trend theme “Vegan products” is new to the list. Almost 1,000 Anuga exhibitors have announced that they will be presenting vegan products at Anuga.
Special events
“Anuga taste15”– Anuga’s new products and trend show (trade fair Boulevard North)
“Anuga Wine Special” – seminars and speeches on themes to do with wine and delicatessen, wine sampling with almost 200 wines (Hall 7)
“Anuga OliveOil Market” – special event on the theme of olive oil, with consulting and sampling (trade fair Central Boulevard) – with a selection of around 90 oils. Supported for the first time by COI – the International Oil Council based in Madrid.
“Anuga Organic Market” – an overview of the diverse range of organic food in the trade (Hall 5.1)
“Anuga Culinary Stage” – powered by UmamiNature – venue for the Final of the “Anuga Chef of the Year. In addition to this, the program includes cooking demonstrations from China and Egypt, a special presentation on cinnamon from Sri Lanka and many more.
Top events – highlights
Final of the “Anuga Chef of the Year” – 12 October 2015, all day. Eight young chefs will strive to impress a first-class jury (chaired by Dieter Müller).
Final of “Patissier of the Year” – 11 October 2015, all day. Eight aspiring young patissiers will be battling out to claim the title.
25th Forum Professional Food Service Forum – knowledge platform and industry meeting point of the Initiative Circle for the restaurant trade within DEHOGA.
ifood 2015 – Innovation Food Conference – the German Institute for Food Technology (DIL) will discuss the themes food production and global food security of the future with representatives from the worlds of business, research and politics (Rheinsaal, Congress Centre North).