With 115 million inhabitants (2020), which according to the World Bank will rise to 200 million by 2050, Ethiopia has long been the largest food market in East & Central Africa. Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the Ethiopian processing industry.
Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously. So it was only natural that more and more leading international ingredient companies took part in agrofood Ethiopia.
With food ingredients Ethiopia, fairtrade is responding to the request of exhibitors for their own partial tradeshow under the umbrella of agrofood Ethiopia.
Just like Iran food ingredients which fairtrade established a few years ago in Tehran under the umbrella of Iran agrofood.
Expenditure in the Ethiopian food & beverage sector to grow significantly

Mr Ahmed Nouira
Area Sales Manager - AKRAS Flavours
Ethiopia is an important market for our company because the food and the beverages industries are growing here in Ethiopia.
I made quite a few valuable leads here at agrofood Ethiopia 2018, interested to work on our behalf as distributors of our products towards the food & beverage industry.
One of the highlights of the show was the visit of the State Minister of Industry Dr. Mebratu Meles to our stand.
Range of exhibits
- Acid starters
- Acidulants
- Antifoam agents
- Antioxidants & antimicrobials
- Aromas
- Bakery raw materials
- Binding agents
- Blends & compounds of fruit juice
- Butcher’s raw materials
- Casein clarifier
- Clouding agents
- Cocoa butter
- Colourings
- Cultures, microorganism
- Curing agents
- Cutting aids
- Distillates
- Emulsifying agents
- Emulsifying salts
- Enzymes
- Extraction agents, solvents
- Extracts, vegetable
- Fat substitutes
- Fatty acids
- Filter aid
- Flavours & fragrances
- Flavours & colours
- Flour improvers
- Flow agents, anti-caking agents
- Food additives
- Fruit and vegetables concentrates
- Fruit and vegetables powders
- Fruit ingredients
- Fruit preparations for bakery & confectionery
- Malt extracts for malt beverages
- Meat extracts
- Mineral substances
- Powdered fat
- Precipitants
- Preservatives
- Propellant gases
- Protective gases
- Proteins
Raising agents- Releasing agents
- Sauces
- Semi-finished products
- Sorbents
- Specialty fats
- Spices, herbs
- Stabilizers
- Starter cultures & enzymes for dairy
- Sweeteners
- Vitamins
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