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Saudi Arabia• Yanbu

The Malaysian Alami Group established Arab Malaysian Vegetable Oil Products Co. Ltd. (Zeyut) in Saudi Arabia in 2007. The company states that it operates two integrated complexes for refining, processing, manufacturing and packing vegetable oils and fats in Yanbu: one in the Royal Commission Light Industrial Area and one at King Fahd Industrial Port. Its range covers RBD palm olein, sunflower, corn and soybean oils, blended oils, NoveLin oil, RBD palm oil and palm stearin, plus non-hydrogenated vegetable ghee, shortening, margarine and specialty fats. It states ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000:2005 and HACCP certification and also packs under clients' private labels. The group owns sister companies for metal and plastic packaging and for transport, delivering Zeyut products to customers in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and neighbouring countries. The head office is in Jeddah.

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Pakistan• Karachi

Dairyland (Dayfresh) is a Pakistani dairy company based in Karachi that operates its own dairy farm and processing facility with more than 4,000 Australian cows. It is described as Pakistan's first producer of lactose-free milk, with a presence across five regions of the country.

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Tunisia• Nabeul

El Mazraa is a Tunisian subsidiary of Poulina Group Holding (PGH), founded in 1968 and specialised in poultry rearing and slaughtering as well as the processing and marketing of poultry products. Its rearing operations cover about 90% of its slaughterhouse's live-bird needs, and its range of more than 300 products spans chicken, turkey, marinated meat, frozen products, charcuterie and eggs, with a new frozen-products plant started in 2017. It produces about 10,000 tonnes of fresh charcuterie a year and distributes through more than 1,500 points of sale and a fleet of 150 refrigerated trucks.

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Tunisia• Tunis

Délice states it began in 1978 and has become the number-one dairy brand in Tunisia, serving 8 million consumers a day from factories spread across the country. Group companies include the Cap-Bon dairy plant (Soliman), the Northern dairy plant (Bousalem), and the Sidi Bouzid dairy plant, founded in 2011 and in production since April 2014, as well as STIAL (Délice Danone) and the Compagnie Fromagère at Borj Cedria. Its range covers milk and milk drinks such as flavored milk, milkshakes, leben and raïeb, cream and butter, yogurts and dairy desserts, and processed cheese (triangles, squares, grated) and fresh cheese, alongside juices and water. The company lists ISO 22000 certification for its Northern and Cap-Bon dairy plants and ISO 17025 accreditation for its laboratories, and has an export department and an export catalogue published on its website.

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Bahrain• Al Hajar

Awal Dairy Company states it is the first dairy company in Bahrain, established in 1963, a closely held private limited company producing and distributing dairy products, juices and ice cream. It lists FSSC 22000, Halal (GSO 2055-1) and HACCP certification. Its Awal-branded range includes full cream, low fat, skimmed and lactose-free milk, evaporated and flavoured milk, creamy Turkish-style labneh, laban and yoghurt, shredded mozzarella, salted and unsalted butter, thick, cooking and sterilized cream, alongside Fabion ice cream and juices. The company is based in Al Hajar, Bahrain, with branches in Dammam (Saudi Arabia) and Kuwait. Bahrain's labour fund Tamkeen describes it as an exporter of its products to regional markets, supported in an expansion to raise production and exports.

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Saudi Arabia• Riyadh

Almarai states that its story began in 1977 with fresh milk and laban processing in Saudi Arabia, later expanding into modern dairy farms and state-of-the-art processing plants. Its website says it offers 670 products across 20 brands and produces 4 million liters of milk a day. The Almarai dairy range covers fresh and long-life milk, laban and yoghurt, feta, halloumi, mozzarella, sliced and tinned cheeses, butter, ghee, gaimar and cooking cream, evaporated and sweetened condensed milk, milk powder and ice cream, alongside brands for juices, bakery and poultry. The company states it runs the largest food and beverage fleet in the Middle East (more than 12,000 vehicles) and that its products reach more than 220,000 points of sale across 7 countries, with offices and warehouses in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. It applies an ISO 22000 / FSSC 22000 food safety management system and has a dedicated foodservice and manufacturing sales division, Almarai Pro.

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Almanar Trading Company, based in Idlib, Syria, states that its activity began in 1993 and that over the years it built the ALMANAR brand in local and international markets. It is part of OGARETCO GROUP (Ugarit Group of Companies), which has established companies in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), the UAE (Dubai), Turkey (Mersin), Germany (Hamburg) and Sudan (Omdurman); the group's website cites 3 factories, more than 200 employees and more than 12 branches. The company is known for manufacturing and trading olive oil under the ALMANAR and Ugarit brands, in tins from 175 ml to 16 kg, plastic bottles from 500 ml to 5 L and glass bottles of 500 ml and 1 L, and for ALMANAR dried figs (10 kg bulk, 1 kg display packs, fig strings, trays and round packs of 300 to 750 g). The range also covers mahlab and spices (black seed, cumin, anise, turmeric, cardamom, saffron and more), dried fruits (raisins, apricots, qamar al-din apricot paste), pulses (red, yellow, green and black lentils, fava beans, chickpeas, mung beans), nuts (pistachios, walnuts, almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts) and Brazilian coffee. The company says its olives are collected from old olive trees, pressed and tested with modern technology and packed to international standards, and that its figs are naturally dried, washed and sterilised before packing. The group's website cites an annual volume of more than 50,000 tons; the group exhibited at Gulfood Dubai in 2020 and Almanar Trading Company exhibited at Gulfood 2026.

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Alarjawi is a Damascus brand whose story began in 1914 in the Al-Buzuriyah souq, founded by Hamdi Hamza Alarjawi; the family has kept its traditional recipes for more than a century. According to the company, the third generation modernised production in the 1990s and introduced new blends, including its signature red za'atar with natural pomegranate molasses. It runs a shop in the Midhat Pasha souq in Al-Buzuriyah, a distribution company in Aqraba and a factory on the Airport Road (Hteitet al-Turkman). Its range covers za'atar blends (green, royal, red, red with chili, royal mix with pepper, and with onion and tomato), spices (seven spices, fine black pepper, curry, caraway, shish spices), ready seasoning mixes (shawarma, shish tawook, kabsa, mandi, biryani, tandoori, broasted, crispy chicken, escalope, grills, fish and fish fillet), plus natural pomegranate molasses and tamarind, extra virgin olive oil, dried molokhia, kishk and freekeh. The company says it selects the finest natural ingredients and applies strict quality and food-safety controls from raw material to finished product while keeping its secret recipes, and that Alarjawi za'atar is a trusted brand in local and regional markets. Its Gulfood 2026 exhibitor profile states that it delivers its products from Damascus to markets around the world.

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UAE• Dubai

Al Rawabi Dairy states that its journey began in 1989 on its farm in Al Khawaneej, Dubai, with 500 cows imported from Germany, and that it is now one of the UAE's leading dairy and juice companies, with more than 14,000 cattle on a 300-acre farm serving over one million customers a day. Its website says it produces more than 250,000 liters of milk per day from its Dubai farms and has a daily capacity of 275,000 liters of dairy products and 150,000 liters of juices. Its range covers fresh and long-life milk, flavored milk, laban, yoghurt, cream, halloumi, mozzarella, sliced and triangle cheeses, cream cheese spread and Turkish labneh. The company states its products reached Oman in 1992, marking the start of its international markets, that it has earned ISO certifications for quality management, environmental management and food safety, and that it built a 1.3 MW biogas power plant in 2021. It also says it was named the #1 Most Chosen Brand in the UAE in Kantar's Brand Footprint 2025 report.

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Jordan• Amman

Habibah Sweets is a Jordanian oriental-sweets brand whose story, according to the company, began in 1947 with Al-Hajj Mahmoud Habibah, who came from Nablus, learned to make oriental sweets in a shop at Bab Al-Khalil in Jerusalem and developed his own kunafa recipe. According to its Gulfood exhibitor profile, Al Bandar Group was established in 2022 under a licence to use and operate the Habibah Sweets brand from Al-Hajj Mahmoud Habibah & Sons; it is based at the Al Bandar complex in Dabouq, Amman, and also runs the Solidaire brand of upscale desserts and chocolate. The website mentions a team of more than 400 people and a modern confectionery factory. Its range covers hot sweets (fine, coarse, mabrooma, mhayarah and bein nareen kunafa, kullaj, nammoura and warbat), oriental sweets (baklava, fingers, surrah, kol w oshkor and the 'Mumtaz' assorted mix in 700 g to 2 kg boxes, petit fours), sugar-free sweets, kaak and maamoul with dates, pistachio and walnut, frozen ready-to-heat kunafa, and cold sweets such as osmalieh with cream, layali lubnan, om ali and halawet el jibn, as well as Solidaire cakes and desserts. The website displays LRQA ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certificates issued to Al-Hajj Mahmoud Habibah & Sons Co. (scope: manufacture, packing, packaging and distribution of Arabic sweets), Jordan Quality Mark certificates, the Jordan Food & Drug Administration 'Trust' programme certificate (factory category) and a 2024 Superior Taste Award. The group exhibited at Gulfood 2026 in Dubai.

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Turkey• Bornova, İzmir

The company states that its story began in 1938 when Anthony Micaleff started olive oil production in İzmir, and that it was incorporated in 1945 as Ticaret ve Sanayi Kontuvarı T.A.Ş. It describes Kristal as Türkiye's first branded olive oil and the first to export branded, packaged olive oil. Besides olive oil, the company produces vegetable oils such as sunflower and corn oil, and states that it exports olive oil to more than 35 countries. It has been an affiliate of Arkas Holding since a 2007 partnership, set up an olive oil company in Valencia, Spain, in 2018 and joined the TURQUALITY programme in 2021. Its factory is in Bornova, İzmir, with another plant in Ayvalık, and its laboratory has been recognised by the International Olive Council since 2014. It lists BRCGS, ISO 22000, ISO 9001, FDA, FSMA, Kosher, Halal and organic certifications.

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Turkey• Istanbul

Muratbey produces its cheeses in the most delicious and healthiest form while preserving the naturalness of milk, drawing on half a century of expertise. Muratbey produces its cheeses in the most delicious and healthiest form while preserving the naturalness of milk, drawing on half a century of expertise.