Anuga is said to be the world’s largest food and beverage trade fair, held in Cologne every other year. The event consists of ten separate fairs, each covering a different category. For the first time, Anuga 2025 will include Anuga Alternatives, a trade fair dedicated to alternative proteins. A diverse range of products will be exhibited, including plant-based, algae-based, mushroom-based, and cultivated proteins. The event replaces the Anuga Out of Home fair, demonstrating the growing importance of alternative proteins. Its introduction comes after last year’s Anuga Meat and Anuga Taste Innovation Show featured a significant number of plant-based products. In 2023, Jan Philipp Hartmann took over the position of Director of Anuga, becoming directly responsible for the management and development of the trade fair. We …
Food and beverage trade fair Anuga will return to Cologne, Germany from October 7-11, under the theme Sustainable Growth. The Anuga Taste Innovation Show will take place at the event, with 68 innovative new products set to be exhibited in the central trend area. According to Anuga, “The focus is on alternative proteins, clean label products as well as products with additional health benefits”. Among the top ten, which were selected by an expert jury, there are three alt protein innovations: BettaF!sh TU-NAH Tin by BettaF!sh, Germany — A plant-based tuna alternative made from European seaweed and plant proteins. The product is free of wheat and soy, and comes in a convenient canned format like conventional tuna. Yogurt alternative made from apricot stones by Kern …
Cologne-based Food startup The Oater announces it has closed a seven-figure pre-seed financing round. The Oater’s first product is an oat drink machine for the food service sector, producing fresh barista oat drinks on-site with minimal packaging. Renowned business angels with strong connections to the food and tech sectors contributed to the successful fundraising of the startup’s capital. Notably, Rüdiger Koppelmann, General Manager of SodaStream, was the main investor in this round. In addition to securing financing through this funding round, the startup also obtained significant six-figure grants. Among these grants is the €75,000 WomenTech EU grant, which supports talented and highly educated female founders in the tech industry. This financial boost will play a crucial role in facilitating the market entry and initial series …
Food service provider Aramark announces the opening of Germany’s first purely vegan trade fair restaurant, located at the trade fair grounds in Cologne, as part of the company’s sustainability strategy which aims to reduce meat consumption in all business areas by 30% by 2030. US-based Aramark last November introduced a new range of plant-forward meals into all 500 German corporate restaurants that it operates, including dishes such as Vegetable Noodles with Caramelized Carrot Pumpkin, and Parsley Foam; Baked Kohlrabi with Buckwheat, Spinach, and Smoked Tofu; and Lentil Risotto with Root Vegetables, Gremolata and Walnut Crunch. Also in Germany, Aramark has been serving dishes made in collaboration with startup The Green Mountain, such as burgers with truffle mayonnaise and herb mushrooms or ravioli with coconut cream, …
Cologne‘s famous trade fair space and exhibition centre, Koelnmesse announces that Jan Philipp Hartmann is to take over the position of Director of Anuga at Koelnmesse from 1st April. He will be directly responsible for the management and development of the world’s leading food trade fair. He succeeds Stefanie Mauritz, who took over the role in December 2019. Hartmann, who has been working for Koelnmesse since 2016, has several years of experience as Sales Manager Exhibitors of the confectionery trade fair ISM Middle East as well as ISM. With his international experience and sales strength, he has been able to further advance the development of ISM Middle East as Director since mid-2019 and, among other things, very successfully accompanied its rebranding from Yummex to ISM. …
On September 1, Dutch chain Vegan Junk Food Bar will open its first German location in the city of Cologne. The 222-seat restaurant will be the chain’s largest to date. For the most part, the menu will be the same as other Vegan Junk Food Bar locations, which serve dishes such as burgers, vegan seafood, and plant-based ribs. However, a new dish — Loaded Fries with Bratwurst — has been introduced especially for the German market. The restaurant is located at Hohenzollernring 21-23, which is on the edge of the old city centre in an area known for its shopping and nightlife. The interior is described as having a “futuristic, fresh, street art vibe”, and at night there will be a bar-like atmosphere with dancing, …
Veggly, the world’s leading dating app for vegans and vegetarians, has released new data ranking the best cities in the world for vegan dating, revealing that two German cities have this year overtaken London to become the biggest vegan dating hotspots. Overall, Europe takes the top five spots, however the US still represents the highest number of vegan daters overall of any individual country. This year, two German cities take both first and second place; with Cologne coming in first place with the highest number of users in relation to population – 8,410 users per million, and Frankfurt ranked second in the world in relation to population, with 7,476 users per every 1 million people in the city. London, which took the top place in …
After four days of intensive discussions and presentations of new products, ISM 2022, including the projection of the last day of the fair, ended last week with around 15,000 trade visitors from 96 countries. Our editorial team was also out and about at the popular confectionery fair and was consistently positively surprised by the high number of vegan product exhibitors who presented their latest sweet innovations.
Over 70,000 visitors from 169 countries – spirit of optimism at the leading global trade fair for food and beverages – high level of satisfaction among both the exhibitors and visitors International, inspiring and above all personal – that was the 36th edition of Anuga which was staged from 09.-13.10.2021 in Cologne. With over 70,000 visitors from 169 countries and more than 4,600 exhibitors from 98 nations, the leading global trade fair for food and beverages once again demonstrated that trade fairs of these dimensions are possible again. “We are delighted with this result. It underlines the global significance of Anuga and the trust that is placed in us as a trade fair organisation. Furthermore, it also shows that Germany as a trade fair location …
Under this year’s key theme “Transform,” Anuga 2021 will focus on the future of the international food industry and the development of a more sustainable and efficient global food system. Plant-based or purely plant-based products and other alternative protein products play an important role here. The many national and, above all, international exhibitors from these sectors are already extremely satisfied with the course of the trade fair so far and are enthusiastic about the great interest shown by buyers and investors at Anuga.
The third day of the world’s leading trade fair for the food and beverage industry is over and Anuga is already drawing to a close. But there is still time to explore, inform and network, and there is still more than enough to explore in the plant-based sector. Our vegconomist team on-site also continues to be excited and fascinated by the wealth of vegan innovations presented by both national and international exhibitors.
In 2017, Vegan Junk Food Bar opened its first location in Amsterdam, serving colourful and sustainable plant-based meals. Four years and several restaurants later, the franchise is about to open its first German location.
Day 2 at Anuga: This year, in addition to the numerous exhibitors of vegan products, the trade fair also holds a comprehensive supporting program for the alternative protein industry. A highlight of the show on the second day was the launch of the New Food Conference organized by ProVeg, which this year focuses on cellular agriculture.
Anuga, the world’s leading trade fair for the food and beverage industry, opened its doors in Cologne today and once again invites visitors to explore and network. We from vegconomist are also present this year and have collected first impressions for our readers.
Anuga has partnered with Euromonitor International in an exclusive report looking at evolving food and nutrition trends around the world. The whitepaper paper highlights plant-based eating and alternative proteins as a the key trends, while at the same time global consumption of meat does continue to rise and must be addressed.
November 1st is World Vegan Day. What is the vegconomist team actually doing on this memorable day, which will surely get more attention worldwide than ever before? Of course, everyday editorial work continues in Germany and internationally, filtering important news through worldwide news screening as well as viewing press releases and letters. And, of course, the writing of articles as usual.
