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Saudi Arabia• Jeddah

Gulfwest Company Limited (Arabic legal name: Gulf West Import Company Limited) states that it was established in Saudi Arabia in 1996, with its head office on the South Corniche in Al Khumrah, Jeddah. It describes itself as a leading food importer and distributor in the Kingdom – "not just a distributor, but your partner" – and as a one-stop food import and distribution partner for hotels, restaurants, catering and modern trade. The website lists seven centres in Jeddah, Riyadh, Madinah, Dammam, Buraidah, Tabuk and Abha, while its About page also mentions a presence in Makkah, Al Qassim and Khamis Mushait, serving more than 3,000 customers through its own facilities with chilled and frozen cold-chain delivery. The company says it expanded into institutional food service in 2002, implemented SAP ERP in 2019 and opened its Buraidah branch in 2024, and that it serves QSRs, modern trade and professional kitchens. The company states that its portfolio covers more than 1,600 SKUs from 50+ global brands across 14 categories: beef from Australia, Brazil, the USA, Russia and Canada including Wagyu, lamb, poultry, seafood, frozen vegetables and fruits, pasta, potato products, cheese and dairy, condiments, sauces and ingredients, rice, frying media and beverages. Brands listed on its site include Certified Angus Beef, Galbani, De Cecco, Fiji Water, Unilever Food Solutions, Knorr Professional, Hellmann's, Baker & Baker, Cavendish Farms, Simplot, Agristo, Miratorg, Lerøy, Tiptree, La Lorraine, Zeeba Rice and Fonte Margherita. The company says it introduced Certified Angus Beef products to the Saudi market in 2005 and won CAB awards for four consecutive years (2012–2015), that it serves as exclusive dealer for renowned brands, and that all its products are Halal certified. Its news section also reports USA Cheese food-service training held in Riyadh and Jeddah with the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

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Saudi Arabia• Jeddah

Abbar Foods, legally Abbar & Sons Food Company, is a Saudi food and consumer-goods distribution company headquartered on King Fahd Road in Jeddah. The company states that it was founded in 1955 and has more than 65 years of experience; it is a subsidiary of Ghazi Abdullah Abbar Company, chaired by its founder Ghazi Abdullah Abbar, with Hani Abbar as CEO since 2013. It operates two core divisions: distribution and logistics, and trading and partnerships with international brands. The company cites more than 450 employees and 11 main branches with warehouses in Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Makkah, Taif, Madinah, Tabuk, Abha, Jizan, Qassim and Al Ahsa, plus 9 warehouse hubs totalling 27,900 m², and is adding a 15,000 m² temperature-controlled central warehouse in Jeddah. Its sales coverage also extends to Najran, Hail, Sakaka, Qurayyat, Arar, Hafr Al Batin, Yanbu and Al Baha. It reports 60 vans, 80 merchandisers (excluding Panda and Othaim), coverage of more than 8,500 outlets and more than 1,000 modern-trade partners, and serves major retail chains, HoReCa clients (restaurants, bakeries, fast-food chains and hotels), wholesale and discount markets, and e-commerce platforms. Its product categories include canned food, spices and condiments, pasta, rice, baking and sweets, dairy products, olive oil, confectionery and snacks, ready-mix desserts and beverages. Brands it distributes include Haribo (gummies and Chamallows), Swiss Kägi (chocolate wafers), Italian Pezzullo pasta, Olio Sasso (olive oil and pomace olive oil) and Spanish Salgado olive oil, British Green's (dessert mixes, custard, jelly, cake and pancake mixes), Chtaura (hummus tahina, rose and blossom water, pomegranate molasses) and Omani Nabil biscuits. The company owns two private brands: Hafel (cream fudge, butter cookies, microwave popcorn, rice and tuna) and Freshco (New Zealand milk powder, Thai tuna, Italian tomatoes, mayonnaise, ketchup, BBQ sauce, rice, grape leaves and breakfast cream). It also refers to its retail partnership with STAR Super & Hypermarkets, part of the Ghazi Abbar Group, and states its vision of being the partner of choice for global suppliers, trade clients and retailers in the Kingdom.

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Algeria• Ain Romana, Mouzaia, Blida

SIM Group is an Algerian agribusiness group founded in 1990, presented on its website as the first private company in milling-semolina in Algeria and a leading producer of pasta and couscous in the country. It is based in the Ain Romana industrial zone, Mouzaia, Blida, and its activities also include oils, water and animal feed. The Algerian chamber of commerce register lists egg pasta, semolina and flour among its products.

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Algeria• Oran

MAGIMIX Algérie was established in 1999 in Oran by Mr. Lezzar Ahmed, starting with an aromatic instant beverage and growing into a comprehensive food and beverage enterprise. Today it produces more than 10 product lines including JUS VIF PLUS juices, MANIGOUT and MAGIGOUT bouillon cubes, RONY pasta, STEVIA and MAGILIGHT health products, vanilla sugar, baking powder and more. The group is committed to the highest quality and consistency across all its products, distributing locally and exporting to international markets.

Jordan• Amman

Interbrands is the Jordanian affiliate of the Lebanese Fattal Group, whose website now appears under the name TAMINA. It is based in Amman, in Abu Alanda on the Ring Road, Al Ayoubin Street, Interbrands Building No. 12. The group's Jordan page says Interbrands holds a significant share of the fast-moving consumer goods market in Jordan and has gained the respect and confidence of multinational suppliers. Group news reports that in May 2025 Interbrands celebrated 25 years of presence in Jordan with a gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Amman. The company states that its distribution network covers modern trade (supermarket chains), traditional trade and groceries, wholesalers, pharmacies, the hotel, restaurant and café (HORECA) sector, and cosmetic shops. The parent group presents itself as operating in nine countries — Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, the UAE, Algeria, Egypt, France and Cyprus — and cites, at group level, 27,000 customers, 82,000 SKUs, 100,000 square metres of warehouses and 500 suppliers across four business segments. In consumer goods in Jordan, the group page lists among the "partners we represent" the food brands Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate, Sante breakfast cereals, Krynica Vitamin drinks and Rawnaq Al Khaleej Food Industries, alongside non-food partners such as Coty, Kenvue, Reckitt, Mirato and Giant Industrial Group (GIG). The Jordan appliances page also lists Conair and Helen of Troy. Group news notes that Interbrands received Mirato's Highest Growth Award for the MENA region for 2024, an appreciation award from Giant Industrial Group marking six years of partnership, and that it took part in an Amman Chamber of Commerce meeting on improving the investment environment. The group says it was listed in 2025 among Forbes Middle East's Top 100 Arab Family Businesses.

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Jordan• Amman (Daba'a)

South Amman Mills (SAMills) is the trading name of Gulf Industrial Development Co. Ltd. The company states it was founded in 1997 as a mill specialising in wheat milling; its plant is in the Daba'a area south of Amman (P.O. Box 69, Amman-Jeezah 16010). Its website says it runs Swiss Bühler machinery with a daily milling capacity of 1,000 tonnes and 100,000 tonnes of storage. It is linked to the Al Hazaa Group, whose e-mail appears in its exporters-directory entry. Its products include flour for all types of bakery, such as Al-Shams Zero Flour in 1.25 kg bags; coarse, fine and Alfarkha semolina under the Al-Shams brand in 1.25 kg packs for oriental sweets such as halva and ravani; pasta (penne, fusilli, elbows, fettuccine and 250 g big shells); and instant noodles in chicken, vegetable, curry and hot & spicy flavours in 60–65 g packs. The company states it holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, HACCP and halal certification, that its laboratories are accredited to ISO 17025, and that it runs a baking laboratory for recipe development and flour testing. It says it serves the Jordanian market and export markets, with active regional exports. It is listed in the Jordanian Exporters Directory 2025–2026 published by the Amman Chamber of Industry.

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Sudan• Khartoum North, Khartoum

DAL Food entered the pasta market in 2006 and became a pioneer in pasta manufacturing in Sudan, according to the official DAL Group page. The plant runs four Swiss Bühler production lines with a total capacity of 336 metric tons per day and is HACCP certified. The pasta is made from 100% semolina using Australian and Canadian wheat. Brands: Nobo and Milli.

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Jordan• Amman

Al-Jadeda Foods Company specialises in pasta, spaghetti and vermicelli and operates under the Al-Hazaa Investment Group in Amman, Jordan. The group's website gives 2014 as its founding year. The page states that the Pasta Mama brand offers 34 varieties of short-cut pasta and 8 types of long-cut pasta, with a capacity of 184 tonnes per day on three production lines using Swiss Bühler technology. The page names Lebanon, Iraq and Qatar as export markets, along with other regional markets.

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Libya• Misrata

Zad Al Watania presents itself on its website as a leading pasta manufacturer in North Africa, focused on quality, reliability and excellence. It states that it uses premium natural ingredients and advanced techniques. Its range lists spaghetti in premium and traditional lines, Imbuka pasta, Kharz (beads) pasta, Binah pasta and curved Makkoufah pasta. The factory is located in Misrata, Libya.

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Tunisia• Sousse

Warda was founded in 1997 and is part of the Tunisian food group Rose Blanche. The company states that its pasta is made from 100% durum wheat semolina from its centennial mill and that its production capacity exceeds 520 tons per day. The range covers long, short, special, traditional, soup, whole grain and organic pasta, plus couscous, flour and semolina. Its site lists ISO 9001, HACCP and ISO 14001 certifications. It is based on Avenue Hédi Nouira in Sousse and states that its products are exported to 63 countries across 5 continents.

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Lebanon• Chouaifet

Viva Food Industries is a Lebanese company based in Chouaifet; its website gives 2023 as its founding year. It states that its pasta is made from high-quality durum wheat from trusted local farmers and that it offers a wide variety of pasta shapes and sizes suited to dishes from lasagna to spaghetti. Its products shown on the site are pasta, Varmo cheese and pizza and pasta sauce, and it mentions quality checks at every stage from milling to drying.

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Djibouti• Djibouti City

Twingulf Industries is a pasta producer operating in Djibouti since 2016, serving local and regional markets. Its plant is in the southern industrial zone of Djibouti City. Its products include small macaroni, big macaroni and spaghetti, sold under brands including Maida and Hadhimo.