The campaign aims to raise awareness among UK food businesses of what makes EU F&B products unique, highlighting a diverse range of product categories, focusing on safety, quality, authenticity, and sustainability.
Objectives:
- To refresh and strengthen awareness among UK food business of the key characteristics (safety, quality, authenticity, sustainability) of European food and beverage products.
- To promote the value of the high sanitary and phytosanitary requirements in place in the EU as well as to improve the recognition and understanding of EU food quality labels: GIs, organic.
- To encourage imports and use of authentic EU agricultural food and beverage products in the UK.
- To contribute to maintaining or increasing the market share for EU agricultural food and beverage products in the UK.
Strategy and activities:
The campaign invites UK food industry professionals to explore this world of EU F&B through a series of engaging events, informative seminars, and interactive experiences. The campaign includes large-scale trade exhibitions, specialised seminars, and webinars in collaboration with leading trade publications. Innovation is showcased through cutting-edge EU food technologies, with study trips to EU countries planned for hands-on experiences with producers.
The target audience encompasses B2B professionals across the UK food and beverage industry, including importers, food trading companies, retail sector representatives, and HORECA professionals.
- Beer
- Beverages made from plant extracts
- Coffee and tea
- Spirits, liqueurs and vermouth
- Wine, cider and vinegar
- Cereals
- Pasta
- Cheese
- Dairy products (excl. Cheese)
- Fishery and aquaculture products
- Fruit (fresh or dried)
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit or nuts (incl. table olives)
- Sweetcorn
- Vegetables (fresh, chilled and dried) excluding sweetcorn
- Honey and beekeeping products
- Bovine meat (fresh, chilled and frozen)
- Meat preparations
- Pork meat (fresh, chilled and frozen)
- Poultry meat (fresh, chilled and frozen)
- Sheep and goat meat (fresh, chilled and frozen)
- Oilseeds, other than soyabeans
- Olive oil
- Vegetable oils other than olive oils
- Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares
- Chocolate and derived products
- Eggs
- Mustard paste
- Natural gums and resins
- Salt
- Sugar
- United Kingdom
- EU organic label
- PDO/PGI