Catalonia takes part in Gulfood 2025 with a line-up of leading exporting companies

The Government of Catalonia, through PRODECA, the Catalan food promotion agency, is organising the grouped participation of 14 Catalan companies at Gulfood 2025, the world's leading food and non-alcoholic beverage event, held in Dubai (UAE) from 17 to 21 February.

Together the companies in the Catalonia Pavilion have turnover of more than €4.2 billion and come to Gulfood representing the diverse food and drink offering of the agri-food business community. In this way, Catalonia reaffirms its commitment to internationalising the sector and especially to a presence in an expanding market such as the Middle East.

The companies representing Catalonia at Gulfood come from various sectors, including meat and cured meats, gourmet products, olive oil, snacks, dairy, nuts and processed products, reflecting the diversity and excellence of the Catalan agri-food fabric. The aim is to consolidate business relationships and build new synergies in an increasingly competitive market.

Companies taking part in the Catalonia Pavilion: 

•    Cacaolat
•    Grup Pons
•    Compass World
•    BonÀrea
•    Borges International Group
•    Finca La Noguera
•    Llàgrimes del canigó - Canigoooil    •    Idilia Foods
•    Conservas Dani
•    Sanmy
•    Neocafe Engineering – Alternativa 3 
•    Madagascar Tastes
•    Tosta Rica
•    Edma Foods

A strategic presence in an expanding market

Gulfood is a key meeting point for international producers, distributors and buyers looking for the sector's latest trends, and turns Dubai into the hub of the sector's international trade for the event's five days.

The 2024 edition generated a significant economic impact, with turnover of more than $12 billion. Catalonia's participation in Gulfood 2025 is therefore a unique opportunity to expand market share and strengthen the global positioning of Catalan products.

Catalan companies have consolidated their presence at Gulfood in recent years, aware of the commercial opportunity the region represents, and the Middle East has become a strategic market for the agri-food sector. Dubai and the United Arab Emirates have become, thanks to their strategic location and highly developed logistics, the gateway to the Middle East market and the Indian subcontinent, and one of the area's main re-export hubs (they re-export more than 30% of imported products to close to 140 markets worldwide).