FOOD FILES

At AAHAR-2022, held after two years, several important discussions around the food industry specifically occurred.

- BINDU GOPAL RAO

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in partnership with the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), hosted Asia's largest international food and hospitality fair, AAHAR-2022, at New Delhi's Pragati Maidan. The event saw over 80 exporters from various agricultural product segments, including geographical indication products, processed food, organic, and frozen food products, make their presence felt. We speak to Germain Araud, Managing Director, Monin India, Apurv Patel, Founder, Petpooja; Sanjay Jain, Director, Elanpro and Vikram Goel, MD - India, Unox India, to understand more in this round table.

Please share your experience at AAHAR-2022?

Vikram Goel (VG): AAHAR lived up to its expectations by attracting close to over 90,000 trade visitors from the HoREca sector, including prominent hoteliers, restaurant owners, chefs, influencers, food journalists, and many overseas international buyers. It turned out to be quite a successful event for us to create our brand awareness. Although there were glitches on the first day in terms of organization, overall, we were pretty satisfied with the results we achieved.