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2019’S TASTE TRENDS TuttoFood, the not be missed agri-food event will be held in Milan, Italy from 6 to 9 May 2019. Now in its sixth year, the fair has become a key food and beverage reference exhibition for Italy and greater Europe.
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eld at Milan’s cutting edge exhibition centre, fieramilano, the show gathers all Italian food champions and international players to exchange ideas on process innovation, technology and new
products. The show offers a specific focus on emerging consumer trends. TuttoFood 2019 will feature 12 areas specialised by product category. These range from frozen foods to pasta; bakery to grocery and deli. It is complemented by two co-located events namely, Fruit Innovation, the global meeting point to discover cutting edge products, and Seeds & Chips, the global innovation forum for hi-tech solutions in agri-food. A full line up of meetings, workshops, training and information sessions completes the exhibition offering. This is a strictly B2B event with impressive figures to back it up. Just over 2 850 exhibitors were present at the 2017 edition - 21 per cent from 40 different countries. The show has seen a 10 per
cent increase in terms of internationality compared to the previous edition. The most represented countries in terms of exhibitors are Spain, France, Germany, China and Greece. More than 80 000 professional visitors attended, with a 23 per cent international attendance from 141 different countries. The five most represented countries in terms of visitors were Spain, France, Germany, China and US. Over 18 400 buyers also attended, with 69 per cent of buyers from import and distribution; 13 per cent from large-scale distribution and retail, nine per cent from food service, five per cent from specialty stores and four per cent from e-commerce. •
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80.000 qualified buyers expected from all over the world Italian and international retailers present at the exhibition Several events in the city TUTTOFOOD is even more than this, it’s the largest international exhibition in Italy in the agri-food sector.
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Food Review | November/December 2018
