The future of food in the Gulf

The Gulfood Exhibition is an international event held in Dubai each year, attracting hundreds of vendors and thousands of attendees from all over the world. Bahrain Food Monitor visited the exhibition earlier this year and here are some key findings:

As the world's largest food exhibition, Gulfood showcases products and trends from more than 90 countries and hundreds of exhibitors.

Growth and opportunities in cultural and religious diets sectors

IIn a Fireside chat hosted by Paul Newnham, Executive Director - SDG2 Advocacy Hub with Awal Fuseini, Halal Sector Senior ManagerAgriculture and Horticulture Development Board and Qasim Al Shamsi, Section Head - Emirates

Iinternational Accreditation Centre around Halal food growth and trends. On the topic of Halal food safety assurance, hygiene and reliability were raised. Various standard requirements around the

Bahrain’s participation

Bahraini companies participating in this year's edition of the Bahrain Pavilion at "Gulfood 2023" were Awal Dairy, Deeko, BMMI, and Kazerooni Brothers. In addition to a special section for startups that includes MEST, Akron Pack Factory, Labelle Group, Tradish, and Eco Fibre.

Going green:

The first GULFOOD GREEN 2024 event, launching in the UAE in September will provide an indispensable global platform for the entire food ecosystem to share and exchange on technology, regulations, practices, solutions and changes in consumer food culture to achieve sustainability in all its dimensions from farmers, to supply chains, food production, logistics, consumption, and demand for food traceability and security.

globe when it comes to halal slaughter and possibly looking at an international agreement which would make halal slaughter more efficient and more sustainable was also discussed. The talk also looked at the production, certification and regulation and how to navigate these was another topic discussed. The role of halal accreditation bodies in developing the halal food sector and how meeting the halal meat production leaders, learning about their best practices and how these opportunities would be beneficial for this sector as a whole concluded the conversation.

Agriculture will be huge at the next event

GULFOOD AGROTECH 2024 will run in tandem with GULFOOD GREEN and will galvanise all sectors of the global agriculture and food supply chains to create a more sustainable food ecosystem for all, bringing together like- minded stakeholders from around the world to explore the innovative ways and transformative technologies required to address development challenges and advance the global transition to sustainable food systems.