Twenty-five Irish agri-food companies and organisations are travelling to France to take part in the largest food and beverage trade show in the world.

SIAL (Salon International de 'Alimentation) Paris will host thousands of businesses from the agri-sector from 105 countries. It begins this Sunday 19 October and runs until 23 October.

The trade show will showcase 6,300 exhibitors across different sectors in the agri-food industry, food retail and catering. Visitors will have the opportunity to taste food products, meet new business partners and get ideas to plan for their future.

Bord Bia and the Irish Dairy Board will be there to represent the Irish food industry. Checkout Magazine and European Supermarket Magazine will also travel from Ireland to exhibit at the trade show.

The full list of Irish businesses exhibiting at SIAL is:

  • ABP Food Group
  • Ashbourne Meats Ltd
  • CP Ingredients
  • Dawn Farms
  • Dawn International Ltd
  • Dawn Meats Group
  • Dawn Pork and Bacon
  • Feldhues GMBH Fleischwarenproduktion
  • Glanbia Consumer Foods
  • Irish Country Meats
  • Kepak Group/Agrakepak International
  • Kildare Chilling
  • Liffey Meats Ltd
  • Purebred Gluten Free from Gallagher's Bakery
  • QK Meats Ltd
  • Ribworld and Callan Bacon
  • Rosderra Irish Meats
  • Shows for Crews (Europe) Ltd
  • Slaney Foods International
  • Traditional Meat Company Irl Ltd
  • Vit Hit
  • To find out more about SIAL, see http://www.sialparis.com/