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Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event
Gulfood is the world's largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition held in Dubai, UAE. It connects exhibitors and buyers, showcasing over 1.5 million products from 8,500 exhibitors across 240,000 square meters.
Overview
What Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event does
What Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event is
Gulfood is the world's largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition held in Dubai, UAE. It connects exhibitors and buyers, showcasing over 1.5 million products from 8,500 exhibitors across 240,000 square meters.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Event Organizer
- Structured capabilities
- Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 11, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event as an event host
Event focus
Gulfood focuses on various sectors within the food and beverage industry, including beverages, dairy, meat & poultry, seafood, fats & oils, grocery trade, fresh produce, and startups in the food tech space. The event aims to connect producers, buyers, and innovators, fostering collaboration and showcasing new products and technologies.
Format narrative
Gulfood is organized across two venues: the Dubai World Trade Centre and the Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo City. It features a diverse range of exhibitors and participants, including over 8,500 exhibitors from 195 countries and a wide array of products, exceeding 1.5 million items.
Participant value
Gulfood attracts participants from over 130 countries, emphasizing global trade and innovation in the food sector. It serves as a global platform for the food industry, connecting producers, buyers, and innovators.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- conference, summit, and meetup
- Recurrence
- annual
- Modality
- in-person
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 26, 2026
- Next event location
- Dubai, UAE
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Regions
- Asia · Global
Speakers and past editions
Past editions
Gulfood has been a significant event in the food and beverage sector for over 31 years, facilitating trade and innovation.
Common questions
What to know about Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event
Upseed classifies Gulfood - The World's Biggest F&B Event under the Event Organizer organization type. Its current public profile includes event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 11, 2026
Known limits
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