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Free From Food Asia 2021:
A great locus for Vegan food businesses
Often getting illustrated in Mintel research, ‘Free From Food Asia’ is gaining popularity in Asia as more and more people are becoming vegan. A business-to-business exhibition, ‘Free From Food Asia’ is the only dedicated Food Exhibition covering free from, organic, functional and vegan food trade for Importers, Traders, Retail and many other distribution chan- nels from the Middle East and ASEAN countries.
Reports suggest that there is a high rise of Lactose and Dairy Intolerance among Asian consumers. Vegan is on the rise as one of the major trends in the big Asian and Middle East cities with millions and millions of habitants visiting Food Service outlets and orde- ring online catering every day.
Recent numbers released by Euro- monitor indicate that 31% of the total trade is directly interested in buying fee from, organic or vegan food pro- ducts. Thus, the expo becomes a key
place to source the most trendy and healthy food products every global bu- yer is looking for.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pan- demic and travel & tourism restricti- ons, VNU Asia Pacific rescheduled the event to September 22-24, 2021. The
new schedule would align with VIV Asia 2021 as co-located shows at IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok’s IMPACT Exhibition Centre is the ‘place to be’ in September 2021 to do Better Busi- ness with the leading suppliers in this category.
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Gulfood: Reflecting changes
Gulfood started a digital initiative named, ‘Gulfood.Community’ to keep things going by shedding light on local independent businesses during this difficult time and beyond the crisis. Gulfood invites businesses to join the move and take advantage of the amazing products and services in the food industry. Gulfood also welcomes participants to Gulfood Virtual, which offers the highest level of digital content in a thought provoking, one-of-a-kind we- binar series that tackles the most recent topics and welcomes the best of the best to share their expertise. The largest food and beverage exhibition in the Gulf region, Gulfood will be back live in Dubai from 21th to 25 February 2021 as it gathers the world once again at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Gulfood facilitates a great entry to the Gulf region. It opens up diverse opportunities for exhibitors as UAE is accessible to major emerging econo- mies, linking shipping routes and facilitating goods' transportation between the various regions in Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa.
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