Exhibition date： 2026 November 3-5 (once a year)

Exhibition location： Dubai World Trade Center and Dubai Expo City Exhibition Center in the United Arab Emirates (double hall linkage)

Exhibition scale： 52000 square meters

Exhibition introduction

once a year Gulfood Manufacturing Since its establishment in 2014, the Dubai Food Processing and Packaging Exhibition has developed into the Middle East, Africa and South Asia ( MEASA） It is the largest, most authoritative and most influential professional event in the food processing and packaging industry in the region. It is also the core hub exhibition for global food industry technology docking and supply chain trade cooperation.

2026 With the core theme of "Technology Empowers the Food Industry and Sustainably Drives Global Trade", the annual exhibition has newly upgraded the dual-hall joint exhibition model and achieved a leap-forward expansion of the exhibition scale. The exhibition focuses on the intelligent upgrading and green sustainable development of the food industry, accurately covering the entire industry chain of food processing, packaging, ingredients, and quality control. Previous exhibitions have gathered high-quality exhibitor resources from around the world. Exhibitors come from dozens of countries and regions including the United Arab Emirates, China, Germany, Italy, France, the United States, Spain, and Turkey, creating a diversified international exhibition lineup. The exhibition attracts a large number of high-quality professional buyers from around the world all year round, with a high proportion of overseas buyers. It is a golden business docking platform for companies to deeply explore the blue ocean market in the Middle East and lay out the trillion-dollar food industry market in Africa and South Asia.

Exhibition scope

Food processing machinery and equipment / Intelligent automated food production line / Food packaging machinery, packaging equipment and supporting consumables / Biodegradable environmentally friendly packaging materials / Food additives and functional ingredients / Halal food ingredients and raw materials / Food quality testing equipment / Food safety control system and traceability technology / Food cold chain processing and storage equipment / Food industry digital technology and software applications / Cleaning and sterilization equipment and supporting solutions / Special processing equipment for oils, dairy products, baking, snack foods, etc.

Audiences come from

Food production and processing plant / Food deep processing enterprises / Halal food manufacturing company / Beverage and alcohol manufacturers / Baking and dairy processing plants / Food packaging production company / Food ingredient R&D and production enterprise / Import and export trading companies, food distributors, wholesalers / Food supply chain buyers / Supermarket food supply chain department / Food quality inspection, scientific research and certification agencies / Catering Group Central Kitchen / Overseas food investment companies, etc.

Overview of the last session

Total exhibition area： 50000 square meters

Number of exhibitors： 2500 Many exhibitors come from dozens of countries and regions around the world, gathering together multi-national characteristic industry pavilions

Number of visitors： 35000 professional buyers in the industry, over 45% of whom are overseas professional buyers outside the UAE, covering global core markets such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Europe and the United States.