«Anuga» - all the world's novelties under one roof in Cologne

Anyone who is connected with the food industry will list several ways with which a business can work more effectively. Modernization is one of them. An exhibition fair Anuga, which is held in Cologne every 2 years, brought together 1600 companies from 198 countries in October 2017. They wanted to demonstrate their achievements in the field of food production or purchase new items.

Anuga is a place where you can get acquainted with the leaders of the food industry, establish direct contacts, learn about new technologies and acquire them in order to develop further. Here at conferences and seminars they will learn about the trends and prospects of the food industry for the near future.

Businessmen engaged in food industry have already gathered here on the international exhibition fair Anuga 34 times. Ready solutions for full range of food and beverage production beginning from the ingredients and ending with the delivery logistics to the final consumer are demonstrated here:

• basic ingredients that improve taste, aroma, colour, texture, food energy value, production, storage, transportation and extend expiration dates of products;
• processing that includes everything from general processing lines and technologies to industrial equipment with specialization in meat, seafood, dairy products, beverages, bakery products, confectionery and other industries;
• packaging materials and equipment for packaging, printing, marking, weighing, sorting and decorating in different industries;
• technologies focused on those who are engaged in processing;
• transport and commercial motor vehicle, storekeeping, operators, intermediaries and service providers.

Anuga Fine Food

Anuga Fine Food is the largest exhibition under the roof of Anuga. It is a trade fair of delicacies for gourmets which is the most important platform for manufacturers, importers and customers of the food industry and catering.

All the abundance of products is divided into the following categories:

• deep freeze in a convenient, unit-of-use packaging;
• meat, poultry, sausage products, wild fowl;
• chilled products - fish, salads, marinated and ready-to-eat vegetables;
• dairy products, including soymilk and lactose-free milk and products thereof;
• bread and all kinds of baked goods;
• non-alcoholic and energy drinks;
• organic products, among which vegetarian have a leading position;
• traditional hot drinks - tea, coffee, hot chocolate;
• cookery, technology, equipment for the catering and fast food markets

Healthy food with natural products is the world trend

The main directions of the development of the food industry were clarified during the exhibition. They are conditioned by the realities of human life on a global scale.

The increase in obesity and in diseases caused by unhealthy diet, such as diabetes and some cancers, are the two most important reasons why consumers require more healthy food. On a global scale, population growth and urbanization are also increasing.

The purchasing power of consumers is growing, as is their standard of living, which allows them to focus on a healthier and more regular life-style. Another important factor is the growth of vegetarianism among many inhabitants of the world.

Absolutely all exhibitors were interested in natural products. For example, the Italian company Chimab, a distributor of ingredients and a manufacturer of mixtures for meat products, ice cream and bakery industries, announced that it is investing in research and development focused on natural products with a clean or «green» label.

Esarom - an Austrian company known for creating flavourings, compounds and emulsions, claims that there is an active interest in natural food products and that we are going back to our «roots». The company noticed that all trendy restaurants in Austria use only natural herbs, roots, fruits etc. as dressings and flavourings.

Anuga found another clear trend - reducing the use of sugar. It is assumed that the natural sugar substitute, which is extracted from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana plants, will account for up to 15% of the world market of sweeteners and confectionery by 2020.