Exhibitors and industry sponsors are showing great commitment ISM and the co-located supplier fair ProSweets Cologne are under starter's orders and will open their doors on 30 January 2022. A few weeks before the opening of the fair, with current registration figures of around 1,200 exhibitors from over 60 countries, the leading trade fair for sweets and snacks is looking optimistically ahead to the upcoming 2022 event. With around 230 exhibitors, ProSweets Cologne also boasts a very good booking situation. In total, the trade fair duo will cover exhibition space spanning 139,000 square metres.

ISM & ProSweets @home is opening up new opportunities for both exhibitors and visitors After a successful Anuga, the leading global trade fair for food and beverages, the motto for the trade fair duo, ISM and ProSweets Cologne, is now also "Always on": In the scope of the new digital platform, ISM & ProSweets @home, Koelnmesse is ensuring that all relevant players of both industries can not only network at the fair grounds, but also digitally and remain up-to-date on current themes. The exhibitors will benefit from the chance to access new target groups and present their solutions to an even broader public. The visitors can go live any time or call up content precisely then when they have the time. In addition, the digital components also offer those people, who cannot participate on-site, a new form of participation without missing out on the trade fair altogether. The platform is available to the exhibitors and visitors from 01.-02.02.2022. The physical trade fair already commences on 31.01.2022.

The winners are Confiserie Burg Lauenstein from Germany, Selectum from Austria and Francois Doucet from France The New Product Showcase has been the central platform for the industry's new products since 2009 and has established itself as an appealing attraction for all decision-makers at ISM. Normally, the largest trade fair for sweets and snacks in the world presents the new products to the visitors in a high-calibre special exhibition during the trade fair. This year, ISM opted for a digital edition of the New Product Showcase due to the cancellation of the trade fair.

67 products have made it onto the exhibition area of the Anuga taste Innovation Show The international food and drinks industry will once again be meeting up at Anuga in Cologne from 9 to 13 October 2021. The world's largest trade fair for the food industry is also setting new benchmarks with its digital format and will additionally bring professionals from all over the globe together from 11 to 13 October via the new digital platform Anuga @home. Under the key theme "Transform", over the next five days more than 4,600 exhibitors from 97 countries will present a variety of products in 10 trade shows. New trends and international product innovations are of particular interest here.

"Anuga Organic Market" is presenting itself as an organic product idea exchange for the trade The coming Anuga from 9 to 13 October 20217 in Cologne offers an overview of the international offer of organic products. A concentrated spectrum of organic products that carry proof of a recognised organic certification commonly-found on the marketplace awaits the visitors in the specialised "Anuga Organic" trade show.

The world’s leading trade fair for the food and beverage industry will provide a targeted format for the halal market Halal-certified foods, which are foods that may be consumed under Islamic dietary law, have been gaining traction in the food industry for some time now. More and more halal products are entering the conventional food retail market – including in Europe. With the Anuga Halal Market in Hall 4.1, the world’s leading trade fair for the food and beverage industry, hosted from 9 to 13 October 2021, will provide a targeted format for the halal market.

A strong participation of more than 4,600 exhibitors from 98 countries - industry shows strong commitment to the leading global trade fair for food and beverages Anuga, the largest trade fair regarding the number of exhibitors and exhibition space, opens its doors in the regular mode at the fair grounds of Koelnmesse on 9 October. The result is impressive, because with over 4,600 exhibiting companies, Anuga 2021 boasts an excellent alignment after the pandemic.

The trend for freshness, health and sustainability is making frozen products increasingly popular with consumers – Over 370 national and international exhibitors from the frozen food segment will be represented at the event Consumers’ desire for fresh, healthy and sustainable food has grown even further during the coronavirus pandemic – much to the benefit of frozen products, which profited significantly from this trend.

 ­  ­ Plant-based meets cellular agriculture: Two complementary approaches for a more resistant food system COVID-19 has once again revealed the weaknesses and fragility of the global food supply chains. We are on the threshold of one of the fastest and far-reaching changes in the food system. The sales of plant-based products are exploding, whilst cellular agriculture and precision fermentation have the potential to change the way we grow our food for ever. In partnership with Anuga 2021, the New Food Conference is picking up on precisely this and is inviting food professionals from all over the world, both on-site in Cologne as well as across the digital platform, Anuga @home, to inform themselves about the progress of cultivated protein technologies from 10.-11.10.2021.

With the aid of the new funding programme of the Federal Government, the leading global trade fair for food and beverages is supporting the re-start of German exhibitors at trade fairs