The Saudi Arabian poultry sector has experienced major production growth in recent years, according to a recent report from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Dubai chocolate maker Delice has started selling its products in London department store Harrods’ chocolate room, and plans launches in three more markets this year.
Italian food exports to the GCC were up 21% in 2013, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia leading the growth and sales, according to figures from Italian food export organisation Cibus.
Saudi Arabia's younger consumers and working women are driving a gradual shift towards microwaveable meals, but wider change will be slow to come, according to research firm Euromonitor.
Saudi dairy and poultry producer Almarai has signed a deal for berth and processing facilities at King Abdullah Port (KAP), in order to import its own animal feed.
Saudi Arabia's poultry production will rise 52% over the next four years, as the country's total agricultural sector is set to hit US$1.7bn in value, according to a new report.
Brazilian food processor Marfrig is planning to set up its first factory in the Middle East within the next five years, with Saudi Arabia the most likely location.
Saudi Arabia is threatening to impose trade sanctions on the Netherlands following anti-Islamic and anti-Saudi statements from a far-right Dutch politician.
Saudi Arabia is building two new grain silos worth US$79m along with a US$53m flour mill in its eastern Al-Ahsa province, the country's grain authority has announced.
Poultry from Ukraine may soon be exported once again to Saudi Arabia, said the Ukrainian minister of agrarian policy and food Igor Schweich, after meeting with Judiya Z Alhathal - the ambassador for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Ukraine.
Saudi Arabian authorities have warned seven domestic and international infant formula manufacturers and importers that they face severe penalties for illegally driving up the price of their products.
Any further escalation in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine could have a serious and adverse impact on the food supply situation in the Middle East, including countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), according to the World Bank.
Australian agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce led a delegation to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain this week to boost Australian agricultural trade with the region, following problems with live sheep imports.
The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) is hopeful a new agreement, which will enable Saudi Arabia to import its products will help boost the country’s poultry sector.
Along with the camel and the world’s highest tower, the humble date is one of the most enduring icons of the UAE, and soon it will be recognised for its importance to international agriculture.
Pakistan’s food exports to the UAE could potentially triple to US$1.2bn from last year’s US$400m because of local demand for the country’s products, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UAE, Asif Durrani, said at Gulfood earlier this month.
The contribution of agriculture to Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product was last measured at 2.49% in 2010, according to the World Bank. Moreover, it is set to drop even lower once the country’s cultivation of wheat is phased out by 2016.
Saudi Arabia and New Zealand have signed a protocol to allow livestock imports from New Zealand for breeding, with imports to start by the end of the year, a government minister has revealed.
Mondelez International will start producing more of its snack products in Saudi Arabia, as part of its programme to improve production efficiency, the firm has said.
Amid rumours that Saudi Arabia’s ban on the import of US beef could be lifted in April, small American beef producers say they have already ceded valuable ground to countries like Australia and Canada.
An Indian conglomerate and a Saudi prince have teamed up with plans to make Dubai a regional hub for basmati rice—the leading food imports from the subcontinent to the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia is increasing its investments in Pakistan's food production sector, with the countries agreeing a number of deals following an intense period of high level diplomatic activity.
Nearly 18 months since Australian exporters voluntarily suspended sheep exports to Bahrain, Australian Live Exporters’ Council CEO Alison Penfold has told globalmeatnews.com that Australian exporters are keen to resume trading: "Bahrain is a market...
Saudi Arabia is overhauling its agricultural sector to reduce water consumption and improve efficiency, according to the chairman of the country's Agriculture Development Fund (ADF).
Saudi Arabia’s food and beverage consumption will continue to grow robustly over the next year, according to a new report from research firm Business Monitor International.
Saudi Arabia has indicated it may soon allow the import of poultry products from Pakistan, eight years after banning them to prevent the spread of bird flu.
The Middle East’s non-alcoholic beer market is ripe for beverage makers to tap into, provided they continue to innovate to adapt to the vagaries of the region’s culture and Islam-dominated societies, an expert said.
Food and beverage companies must take note of the growing awareness of diabetes in the Middle East if they want to truly tap the market to its full potential.
One of the largest chicken producers in Saudi Arabia has teamed up with one of Europe’s leading multi-material packaging manufacturers, LINPAC Packaging, in a new deal that looks set to have great impact on both the companies’ presence within the region,...
Food plays a huge role in Middle Eastern society, from celebrations to hospitality and pleasure pastimes, and consumer demand is booming across the region.
The gradual opening up of Saudi Arabia to the world in social and political terms may also be helping to open the country’s food and beverage market to keen processors.
Japan has appealed to the State of Qatar to lift restrictions on food imports from the Asian country following the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011, when a large number of countries imposed restrictions on Japan over fears of importing radiated...
US beef exports fell in March compared to same time last year, but increased slightly in value, according to statistics released by the US Department for Agriculture (USDA).
The antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic properties of the curry tree make it a ‘prominent’ natural preservative that has potential to replace synthetic food preservatives in the future, researchers suggest.
Britain’s food and drink exports are remaining resilient during the recession – with total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports for last year maintaining their value of £12.1bn, according to the Food and and Drink Federation (FDF).
Teams from both the European and Asian editions of FoodNavigator are on the ground at Gulfood 2013 in Dubai, a food, processing, packaging and ingredients show which, according to its blurb, claims to be the biggest in the world.
Mondelez is expanding in the Middle East having recently signed a joint venture in Saudi Arabia last week. ConfectioneryNews.com asks the industry giant if halal certification and alcohol-free labeling have been factored into its growth plans.
Tate & Lyle has reached an agreement to sell its minority stake in sugar refineries in Saudi Arabia and Egypt to Saudi-based sugar refiner Savola, the companies have said.
Biotech firm DuPont has further strengthened its position in China,
announcing this week the formation of a joint venture with one of
the country's largest seed production companies.
Nestlé, the world's biggest food firm, has taken out adverts in
Saudi Arabia to refute rumours that two of its dairy products are
Danish, as unlucky Arla Foods continues to suffer from 'those
cartoons'.
Arla Foods said its future on the key Middle East dairy market was
in jeopardy, after the group stopped production for the area amid a
widescale boycott on Danish products by Muslim consumers.
