The Natural Food Show 2013

With visitor registration now open for this year’s Natural Food Show at Natural & Organic Products Europe, over a thousand retailers and buyers from across the world have already booked their free trade pass to the UK’s only dedicated natural and organic products event, which returns to London’s Olympia on 7-8 April 2013.

Showcasing thousands of speciality food and drink brands from over 300 exhibitors – from established big brands such as Green & Black’s, James White Drinks, la BIO IDEA, and Community Foods, to a host of innovative new artisan suppliers in the Soil Association Organic Marketplace and Organic Trade Board Pavilion – the Natural Food Show annually provides thousands of professional food buyers with the widest choice of natural, organic, biodynamic, Fairtrade, eco-friendly, free-from and special diet products from suppliers all around the world.

The Natural Food Show’s ever-diverse cross-section of exhibitors – over a third of which are new to the event this year – reflects the astonishing growth of producers and suppliers within this sector over the last decade.  Whilst a rising demand for more natural/clean label products has been fuelled by consumers of all ages who have become increasingly interested in the provenance, sustainability and nutritional benefits of their food and drink.  It’s a trend that’s set to continue, according to a recent Global Industry Outlook 2013 report (source: Leatherhead issues global food industry outlook for 2013, 18 December 2012) by UK-based independent research organisation Leatherhead Food Research, which says sustainability, health and wellness, natural, ethical and free-from will be among the key drivers of innovation within the food and drink industry for 2013.  This can only be good news for prospective Natural Food Show visitors – who range from specialist retailers, multiples and contract caterers, to delis, restaurants, farm shops, cafes, and wholesalers – as the two-day event is already firmly established as the leading trade event for this lucrative market.

“Food is changing – today’s consumers are better informed and much more discerning about the products they consume,” says Carol Dunning, the new event manager of Natural & Organic Products Europe. 

“Whether their purchases are driven by a lifestyle choice, their personal ethics or special diet requirements, they expect to see more choice available in their local stores and eateries, anNews