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Saudi Arabia• Riyadh

Food Sources (Food Sources Trading Co.) is a Saudi family-owned company headquartered in Riyadh. It states that it was founded in Riyadh in 2015 with a vision of bringing authentic Mediterranean flavours to the Kingdom, and that it specialises in supplying fresh food and deli items to key accounts, restaurants, catering companies and grocery stores across Saudi Arabia. Its stated mission is to provide high-quality products at competitive prices to hotels, restaurants and food refrigeration outlets. According to its published timeline, the company added cheeses and pickles to its olive range in 2017, opened a Jeddah distribution centre in 2019 as its second facility to serve the Western region, passed 200 hotel and restaurant partners in 2021, launched an online ordering portal in 2023, and says it now serves more than 500 establishments across the Kingdom. Its contact page lists locations in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Tabuk, Medina, Khamis Mushait and Qassim, and the company cites temperature-controlled warehousing and a last-mile fleet that maintain the cold chain, a named account manager for every client, flexible order quantities and a maximum delivery time of 48 hours. The company states that it sources directly from Greece, Turkey and Morocco, and that its range covers olives, cheeses, dairy, pickles, labneh and jams, with more than 600 products. Its brand partners shown on the site are: Eltaieb, an Egyptian dairy maker whose listed products include feta, white cheese, double-cream cheese, cottage cheese, natural cream and Labneh Altayib; Laziza, Eltaieb's value label; Joud, a Saudi olives, pickles and jam brand whose listed items include Greek Kalamata olives, whole green Picholine olives, mixed pickles, stuffed eggplants and strawberry, apricot, fig and berry jams; Muratbey, a Turkish cheese brand; Wexford Creamery from Ireland; and the Saudi brand Sahtain. The company states that all its products are SFDA-approved and Halal-certified, that its documentation team handles import clearance, and that its sourcing team visits suppliers to verify quality standards. It also presents activities in marketing, distribution and logistics, catering, wellness products, refrigeration solutions, restaurant-chain supply and support for food manufacturers.

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Tala is the brand of Omar & Mouhja Karkour Food Processing Co., which was established under Investment Law No. 10 of 1991 and started production in May 1994 with a capital of 77.5 million Syrian pounds. Its complex lies in Ashrafiyat Sahnaya at the Al-Bardeh junction, 6 km south of Damascus, on a 10,000 m² site with production halls, cold stores, warehouses and administration. The company produces tomato paste in 22–24%, 24–26% and 28–30% concentrations and ketchup; canned vegetables (green peas, peas and carrots, green beans, artichoke hearts, grape leaves, mixed vegetables) and ready dishes such as okra in tomato sauce and yalanji stuffed vine leaves; fruit compotes (apricot, cherry, peach, pear, fruit salad); jams (apricot, strawberry, cherry, fig, rose, bitter orange); mushrooms and truffles; hummus with tahini, eggplant mutabbal, foul medames, broad beans and chickpeas; pickles; plus green and black olives, pomegranate molasses, sweet corn, hot pepper paste, halawa and qamar al-din apricot paste, in cans and glass jars from 70 g to 5 kg. The company states that its lines are fully automated from washing and grading to cooking and canning, that quality control runs 24 hours a day with an incubation period and testing in its own laboratory, and that its jams contain more than 50% fruit with no added flavourings, colourings or preservatives. Its Gulfood 2026 exhibitor profile describes it as a closed joint-stock company with over thirty years of experience that also makes apple cider vinegar, rose water and natural concentrated juices, and manufactures and packs customer orders in various sizes.

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Al Raky for Food Industries states that it was founded in 1951 in Damascus by the late Kamel Zakaria Durgham, is headquartered in Rural Damascus, and opened a branch in Turkey in 1983. Its catalogue says it owns a 15,000 m² factory in Damascus and a factory in Hatay, Turkey, and that it is led by General Manager Mhd Zakaria Durgham and his sons Yahia and Mhd Eid. Its website lists more than 40 products in 12 categories: first-press virgin olive oil in glass, tin, PET and jerrycan packs from 175 ml to 10 litres; green and black olives (Aleppo, Salkini, Daghma, sliced, stuffed, olive salad); apricot, strawberry, Damascene mulberry, cherry, fig and rose jams; pickles (spiced cucumber, wild cucumber, mixed vegetables); makdous in oil; tomato paste; pomegranate molasses and sauce; white and apple vinegar; vine leaves and yalanji; hummus with tahini and tahini; orange blossom and rose water; plus sweet corn, mushrooms, okra, artichokes and hot red pepper. The company's catalogue states that its products are exported to all Arab countries, Africa, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia. It offers wholesale and private label, and exhibited at Gulfood 2026 in Dubai. No quality certifications are stated on its website.

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Egypt

An Egyptian company specializing in the processing and packaging of olives and olive oil, with experience dating back to the 1970s. It owns its own factories and olive farms, giving it full control over its production chain, and operates both locally and internationally.

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Egypt

One of the leading Egyptian companies producing and exporting fresh and IQF-frozen fruits and vegetables, as well as pickles. It is based in Kom El-Baraka, Kafr El-Dawwar, Beheira Governorate, and exports its products to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

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Egypt

An Egyptian company for olive processing and export, founded in 1999 with Spanish expertise and technology. It started with a production capacity of 300 tons per year, reaching 5,000 tons in 2007. It produces Manzanilla, Picual, and Azizi olive varieties, as well as pickled cucumbers and jalapeño peppers, and is based in Alexandria.

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Egypt

An Egyptian company based in Alexandria specializing in exporting canned foods, pickles, brine-preserved foods, artichokes, and olives of all kinds — green, oxidized, and stuffed. It has farms in several governorates and a factory and warehouses in Sadat City.

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Lebanon

A long-established Lebanese company with over eighty years of experience manufacturing and packaging pickles, olives, jams, tomato paste, sauces, and tahini from its factory in Mrijat, Bekaa. It exports its products to global markets.

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Lebanon

A Lebanese company specializing in the manufacturing and packaging of cracked grains and spices. It has established itself as one of the leading companies in the Lebanese market, and its website showcases ISO quality certifications along with a wide range of products across multiple categories.

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Lebanon

A food manufacturing and export company founded in 1975 by George Nasrawi. It started with halva and tahini and has grown to around 150 products, including seasonings, canned goods, olives, and jams. The company holds ISO 22000 certification and exports to more than 85 countries.

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Qamar al-Din Pickles Makdous Jam

Manufacturer

Pakistan• Karachi

Cousins Food & Spices is a Pakistani food manufacturer based in SITE Phase II, Karachi, operating since 2015. It relies on quality ingredients and modern manufacturing practices to keep taste and quality consistent throughout shelf life. Its range of 100+ products includes plain ground spices (turmeric, coriander, red chilli powder and crushed chilli, ginger, garlic, cumin, black pepper, curry powder, chaat masala, zafrani garam masala) and ready recipe mixes for dishes such as biryani, nihari, karahi, qorma, tikka, haleem and kebabs. It also produces cooking pastes and recipe pastes, dip sauces and Chinese sauces, chutneys, traditional pickles, jams, dessert mixes, salt, crispy fried onion and mukhwas. The company offers private label manufacturing and dedicated HORECA supply, its products are available in more than 14 countries, and it lists Halal, FSSC 22000, HACCP and USFDA among its certifications.