The International Food Products and Technologies Exhibition – WorldFood İstanbul, which provides the opportunity to exhibit and discover the latest innovations and food trends in the sector, will be held at Tüyap Congress and Fair Center on September 6 – 9, 2023.

WorldFood İstanbul, the international meeting platform of the Turkish food industry, is preparing to introduce many new products and the latest technologies to the food industry.

In the exhibition, where more than 600 foreign buyers from 70 countries will be hosted; exhibitors and visitors will have the opportunity to see innovations and products in the market, access international and domestic companies, and develop relations with suppliers and manufacturers. Hosting more than 30 countries like Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Palestinian Authority, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, the exhibition will also host a total of 796 exhibitors, 713 of which are local and 83 are foreigners.

TİM Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board and all its exporters' associations, Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Associations Federation (TGDF) and Out-of-Home Consumption Suppliers Association (ETUDER) joined forces under the name of “Turkish Food Platform” with the aim of making WorldFood Istanbul International Food Products Technologies Exhibition one of the most effective

exhibitions in its field in the world. The Turkish Food Platform aims for WorldFood Istanbul, the largest sector exhibition of Eurasia, to reach new records in terms of visitors, exhibitors, foreign purchasing professionals and business volume. ALZ Fair, one of the leading organizations of the Turkish exhibition organization sector, will take place as the "Cooperation Organization" at the WorldFood İstanbul Exhibition,

which brings together the umbrella organizations of the Turkish food industry by going through historical cooperation.

Welcoming 38,358 visitors from 163 different countries last year, International Food Products and Technologies Exhibition – WorldFood İstanbul not only created new business and partnership opportunities in its 30th year, but also offered a productive fair experience with its informative and inspiring events. By showing a realistic vision of the future to the sector with its Event Program, it brought to the stage many guiding issues for sustainable investments, technological developments and export-oriented projects. While 835 exhibitors from 25 different countries presented their more than 2000 brands to both professional visitors and over 600 foreign purchasing professionals from 77 countries, as a result of the meetings held within the scope of the WorldFood İstanbul VIP Procurement Committee program for 4 days, the targeted “minimum 1 billion Euro business volume” aim was achieved. Participants; More than 7,000 B2B meetings were held with the matching application, which brought together visitors and procurement committees, and new collaborations were signed.

Last year, one of the largest meeting points influencing food and food technologies trends WorldFood İstanbul, where information on healthy and reliable products and zero waste kitchen tips were shared and recipes were prepared with planet-friendly flavors, accompanied by star chefs in order to raise awareness on sustainability and inspire the industry, will meet with its visitors and participants for the 31st time this year with the Food Arena event program, where the sector's agenda will be scrutinized with experts.