Overview
- The edition runs from September 25 to 28 at Bharat Mandapam after an evening launch attended by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev and senior Indian ministers.
- Organisers project participation from over 90 countries with more than 1,700 exhibitors and 500 international buyers expected across the four days.
- New Zealand and Saudi Arabia are partner countries, with Japan, Russia, the UAE and Vietnam designated as focus countries.
- Programming is structured around five pillars: sustainability and net-zero processing, India as a processing hub, advances in processing and packaging, nutrition-focused processed foods, and livestock and marine products.
- Parallel events feature FSSAI’s Global Food Regulators Summit, SEAI’s India International Seafood Show and APEDA’s reverse buyer–seller meet to deepen standards alignment and export linkages.