Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa - August 2015

In this issue

What it takes to grow in the snack food and beverage markets
EVERYONE’s on the go these days and the food industry is doing extremely well in keeping pace with consumer eating habits. On-to-go food products are not only growing in number but expanding in choice of ingredients and flavors, and packaging designs. And of course, consumers always prefer their snacks healthy and nutritious.
In Dubai, one of the major producers of quality snacks is Hunter Foods Limited FZCO which has a wide range of popular brands and a very strong private label business. In boardroom connection, managing director Ananya Narayan speaks of the company as an innovator that steers clear of the beaten path. And that is leading to their continued success.
In the beverage sector, soft drinks and bottled/mineral waters enjoy robust growth. In the GCC alone, the number of manufacturers rose from 231 in 2010 to 318 in 2014, according to the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC). While in Africa, the soft drinks market continues to hold promise for beverage companies. The merging of Coca-Cola and SAB Miller beverage operations in the region last year is telling enough.
How can smaller manufacturers of ready-to-drink products improve their chances in this burgeoning market? The DrinkTech Africa conference held on June 24 alongside Africa’s Big Seven provided attendees with clear-cut recommendations. The answers may not be new to you, but if you want to know what presenters from Distell, Oasis Water and many others had to say, then you can flip to page 9 for our special report.

Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa Magazine Description:

Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Arabic. The magazine provides the region's food & beverage processing industry with the latest information and technologies on ingredients, processing and packaging, food safety and regulatory issues. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the region. Also included are exclusive content and articles from industry professionals throughout the Middle East and Africa and from Ringier's family of food industry magazines covering Greater China region, South East Asia and other parts of the world, inclduing International Food & Beverage Ingredients News for China, China Food Manufacturing Journal, FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal, and Modern Food Processing (India). The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s food website (food.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.