16 Israeli food companies will participate in the "Fine Foods from Israel" stall at this year's Anuga food and beverage trade fair in Cologne next week.
The Israeli stall will display a wide range of local foods, including prepared foods, confectionaries, and packaged foods, as well as specialty items such as sheep cheeses, microbaby leaves, Middle Eastern sweets, pita, tehina, halva, jams, and honeys.
Participating companies are Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE:STRS), Achdut Ltd. (Achva), Apiary Ein Harod, Beth El Food Ltd., Carmit Candy Industries, Cohen Or Ltd., DC Paper & Plastic Ltd., Effectiveat Ltd., Gan Shmuel Foods Ltd., juice maker Ganir (1992) Ltd., Gat Foods MP Hefer, Herb & Spice Farm, Israel Sheep Breeders Ltd., Mahroum Oriental Sweets Nazareth Medijuice Ltd., Nasri Nehmeh Bakery Ltd., Neptune Food Products Ltd., olive oil producer Olired Ltd., Sanlakol Ltd., Segev Food Export Import Co. Ltd., SumSum - Health from Nature Ltd., Tahini Alarz, Teshura Agriculture Projects Ltd., Trisun (Israel) Ltd., and juice maker Waknine & Berezovsky Co. Ltd.
Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute director general Avi Hefetz said that most of the companies at Anuga were small niche companies, and that the exhibition was their first opportunity to obtain international exposure for their wares.
The global crisis hit Israel's food exports, albeit less than other industries, according to an Export Institute study. Food and beverage exports totaled $802 million in 2008, and $350 million in the first half of 2009, 17% less than the $422 million in the first half of last year.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 7, 2009
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