Ukraine:World Food Ukraine 2012

World Food Ukraine hosts a wide range of food and drink suppliers, demonstrating their latest products and showcasing the best the market has to offer. The event has become an important meeting place for the industry, enabling international suppliers to meet local buyers, including producers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers and restaurateurs.

In 2010, the event featured 229 exhibitors and achieved an attendance of 4100.

Ukraine has become an attractive market for international investors. The country has seen a sharp increase in the number of supermarkets and hypermarkets, and consumers are becoming more demanding, with sales of high-quality, healthy, unusual and convenience foods on the rise.

Tasting Contests is a traditional event of World Food Ukraine. We invite the manufacturers from Ukraine and abroad to participate in tasting contests in the following nominations: WORLD VINUM UKRAINE, WORLD JUICE UKRAINE, WORLD SPIRITUS UKRAINE, WORLD AQUA UKRAINE, WORLD MILK UKRAINE, WORLD MEAT UKRAINE, WORLD CONSERVE VEGETABLES&FRUITS, WORLD FISH & SEAFOOD UKRAINE, WORLD TEA & COFFEE UKRAINE.

Official supporters

Ministry of the agriculture Policy of Ukraine

National Association of meat and meat products — “Ukrmeat”

Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine

Ukrainian bakers association

Assosiation of mushroom producers in Ukraine

World Food Ukraine 2011 is

229 exhibitors

29 countries: Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Egypt, India, Italy, Canada, China, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, USA, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, France, The Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Japan

6127 visitors, among them - 5331 field specialists

4100 square meter of display area

Research analysts have found that Ukraine's food sector is developing very quickly. Signals include:

a sharp increase in the number of supermarkets and hypermarkets

a consumer shift towards higher quality and healthier products

a consumer shift towards a more diverse range of food and drinks

in urban areas, growing demand for convenience foods

These are positive developments for the food industry as new, quality foods have both the demand and infrastructure to support them.

The dynamic situation in the Ukrainian food and drink market, sparked by rising consumer incomes and increasing consumer choice provides significant opportunities for domestic and international suppliers.

Well organised trade exhibitions are always effective means of promotion and communication and they are even more important in dynamic markets. World Food Ukraine is the country's premier food industry event and provides the right environment for suppliers to meet and do business with many influential professionals in Ukraine's food and drink sector.