International Food Industry Gathers in Istanbul

International Food Sector Gathers in Istanbul The "4th International Food, Nutritional Ingredients, Contents and Technologies Fair" will bring together the food sector in Istanbul. The 4th International Food, Nutritional Ingredients, Contents and Technologies Fair Food & Nutritional Ingredients, scheduled for 25-27 May 2022 at Istanbul Convention Centre Hall 10, will host leading companies in the sector. The fair, which will present the latest developments, innovations and agenda topics related to the food ingredients sector worldwide and in Turkey, is expected to attract significant participation this year. Organized by Artkim Fairs for the fourth time this year, Food & Nutritional Ingredients will bring together leading sector companies from 25-27 May 2022 at Istanbul Convention Centre Hall 10. Food & Nutritional Ingredients Fair, serving as a meeting point for domestic and foreign sector professionals where the latest products and technologies in the sector will be showcased, will offer participants the opportunity to develop business relationships and conduct trade in the food ingredients industry, which is estimated to reach USD 40 billion worldwide.

Latest technologies, developments and innovations in the food sector at Food & Nutritional Ingredients

The food industry, recognized as one of the industrial sectors with the most significant socio-economic impacts of our time, stands out as an activity that encompasses numerous sub-sectors. The food industry in the world and in Turkey has undergone significant transformation in recent years. This change affects production and consumption structures, organization, domestic and foreign trade, company orientations and applied policies. Food & Nutritional Ingredients Fair, aiming to increase the successful participant performance from 2019, is preparing to bring together the latest technological developments, trends and raw material varieties achieved in food preservation with more than 3,000 visitors from over 20 countries and more than 100 participants. At Food & Nutritional Ingredients 2022, food and halal food raw materials and organic ingredients with semi-finished products and additives, food analysis and product development systems, food safety technologies, food packaging technologies and food production equipment will be on display.

"Cultured Meat" to be discussed

Food & Nutritional Ingredients Fair, where companies operating in the sectors of food raw materials and ingredients, organic ingredients, flavors and more will gather, will also host numerous special areas and event programs. Within the Conference Program to be organized concurrently with the fair, through presentations by experts from Turkey and abroad, fair visitors, participating companies and universities will have the opportunity to learn about the latest products, formulations and technologies. Over 30-minute periods over 3 days, conferences held by different companies will feature compelling titles such as "Consumer perception and interest in new food and beverage products" and "Packaging that changes standards." Developments in cultured meat production worldwide and in Turkey will be examined in the panel "Are we ready to consume cultured meat?" In the panel where questions about cultured meat will be discussed, gains and losses in cultured meat technology and the impacts of cultured meat on the red meat sector will be addressed.

A taste journey with food engineers and gourmands

At the fair, which will take visitors on an enjoyable journey through 'Aroma and Taste Workshops', food engineers and gourmands will provide presentations on topics such as food and taste formation, and will offer visitors an unforgettable experience through aroma and taste tests conducted in the workshops.

Physical and virtual fair experience combined

Fairs, which are environments that enable domestic and international-oriented, high-volume collaborations, have transformed into more global events as the same functions are transferred to the virtual environment, independent of time and space limitations. Artkim Fairs continues to shape its services in line with the changing fair industry approach brought about by the pandemic, aiming to provide companies with long-term communication opportunities and high brand visibility, and for visitors, to eliminate the disadvantages of limited time and space. At Food & Nutritional Ingredients, the physical fair environment aims to provide participants and visitors with traditional opportunities at the most current and highest quality standards, while the virtual fair platform to be launched immediately after the physical fair will enable participants to meet with visitors in the virtual world for 3 months. Through the mobile application developed by Artkim Fairs, all participants will be able to download allArtkim to their mobile devices to access information about the fairs, plan their fair visits, view company and event details and send meeting requests. Food & Nutritional Ingredients 2019 by the numbers

• In 2019, Food & Nutritional Ingredients Fair hosted 66 participating companies, 26 of which were foreign.
• Over 3 days, the fair was visited by a total of 2,178 sector professionals, including 429 foreign visitors from 61 different countries.
• Within the FNI Conference Program, sector professionals delivered a total of 11 commercial and scientific presentations over 3 days.

Companies wishing to be part of this major gathering of the International Food, Nutritional Ingredients, Contents and Technologies sector and to maintain their competitive position among domestic and foreign sector leaders are invited to participate in the 4th International Food, Nutritional Ingredients, Contents and Technologies Fair Food & Nutritional Ingredients 2022, scheduled for 25-27 May 2022. Registration is ongoing.