Preview of the 123rd Canton Fair | A Bite of Canton Fair

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Canton Fair is the first promotion platform as well as the barometer for China’s foreign trade. Currently, we are committed to make the Canton Fair more international, professional, market- and IT-oriented, so as to set up a “Smart Canton Fair” and “Green Canton Fair” and make it a multi-functional trade platform.

With the popularity of Brunch, staple salad and avocado, more and more new concepts and food are leading the trends in food. Global consumers have never stopped their steps for pursuing delicious food. It’s reported that in the last decade, the global food consumption has shown an increasing trend, which will continue to be so in the next decade with dairy and confectionary products being the growth points. China has become the fifth largest food exporter in the world with a qualified rate of over 99.9%. In 2017, China maintained its positive momentum in food trading, exporting 63.08 billion dollars of food, a year-on-year increase of 3%.

Canton Fair is your first choice to purchase good food from China and other parts of the world. As an exhibition at national level, Canton Fair boasts a large variety of food, which will be exhibited in three products zones including leisure food & candies, comprehensive food, tea, beverage & food packaging in National and International Pavilions.

Buyers from all over the world give the Canton Fair thumbs-up

Product zone of Leisure Food & Candies

There are more than 180 exhibitors in product zone of Leisure Food & Candies. They present a wide range of products. For candies, there are up to 18 types, including hard candy, jelly drop, chocolate, lollipop and so on.

Apart from candies, there are various types of leisure food. Guangdong Nan Xing Rainbow Nut Co., Ltd. brings us Brazil Nut, which is also called Abalone Nut for the similar appearance. This nut contains 18% of protein, 13% of carbohydrate and 69% of fat. Among all nuts, Brazil Nut is the one with the highest amount of saturated fat. Although it is named Brazil Nut, China has long been growing it in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Product zone of Comprehensive Food

There are over 400 exhibitors in this zone, providing traditional quality food including beans, rice and flour products, canned food, fruits & vegetables, honey, edible fungus and seasonings.

Nowadays, companies strive to find breakthrough in deep processing of traditional agricultural products so as to satisfy needs from the market and customers. For example, they have launched new products like organic soy sauce and soy sauce for children.

To provide buyers with healthy food, Qinghai Three River Fertile Soil Ecological & Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. brings us quinoa which is very popular in the western world. Quinoa originates from Andes Mountain Region in South America. It has been over two decades since quinoa was introduced into China. In 1980s, quinoa was used by NASA as the food for their astronauts. Quinoa was classified by FAO as the most suitable full-nutrient food for human beings.

Product zone of Tea, Beverage & Food Packaging

There are over 100 exhibitors in this zone, their products covering tea, alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and food packaging.

You must be well-informed that tea can be divided into six categories, namely green tea, black tea, dark tea, yellow tea, white tea and oolong tea. Apart from that, there are other variations like flower tea, fruit tea, healthy tea and grain tea, all of which can be found in Canton Fair. Canton Fair would like to bring good quality tea to the over 2 billion tea lovers in the whole world.

The highlights of this zone in this session include organic tea and tea extract. Guizhou Province Fenggang County Hongmei Organic Tea Co., Ltd. will introduce to you their organic black teaIt is rich in multiple trace elements like zinc and selenium, and 17 amino acids which are completely originated from tea plants’ natural adsorption to zinc and selenium in soil.

Good food and beverage also depend on advanced techniques and decent packaging. Companies dealing with food packaging are also here. Leading the new trends in this field, they improve the packaging of food and beverage while at the same time maintain their original tastes.

Food Area of International Pavilion

China is a large food importer. As a platform for China to open up, Canton Fair also attracts numerous foreign quality food suppliers.

This year, Canton Fair will continue to work with trade delegations from Germany, Malaysia and Korea, and well-known companies from New Zealand, Russia and the US to present food including kitchen food, tea drinks, leisure food, dairy products and dietary supplements.

As a “fast path to enter Chinese market”, Canton Fair has provided a platform for lots of foreign companies to open Chinese market.

Drinks: Gerolsteiner mineral water from Germany, Hey Song Sarsaparilla from China Taiwan, Bitburger beer from Germany, Duerrenmatt-folk wine from Australia, Rui Guan liquor from Korea.

Desserts: Butterfly and chess pieces shape cookies from Macau Yeng Kee Bakery, dried pork slice from Xiang Ji, almond cookies from Koi Kei Bakery;

Dietary Supplements: Hanyinhong ginseng from Korea, wild holothurian from OceanStar, schwarzwald honey from Germany.

The Food Exhibition Area of Canton Fair would serve as a communication platform for food producers and traders to create more business opportunities and promote the development of the industry.

Article Source:  http://www.cantonfair.org.cn/html/cantonfair/en/info/2018-04/46436.shtml