Zalloum Group

Zalloum Group states that its first company was incorporated in London in 1972 as the petroleum consultancy Zalloum & Associates, and that it entered the food business in 1977 as Universal Industries with one of the foremost automated biscuit plants, able to produce 42 varieties. Headquartered in King Abdullah II Industrial City, Sahab (Amman), it runs biscuit, canned-food, tomato-paste and jameed plants in Jordan, a biscuit and wafer factory in Sudan, and poultry farms south of Amman producing more than 100,000 eggs a day. The range covers coated biscuits (Yummy Twins, Twins, TICO, Fruity), cream sandwich biscuits (Wheels, Gold Wheels, Dark Wheels, Golden), plain biscuits (Marie, Petit Beurre, tea biscuits, Zee), digestives, ma'amoul digestive with dates, date bars and cookies; canned foods (foul medammas in several recipes, chickpeas, hummus tahina, white beans, green peas) in cans and pouches; tomato paste and puree in concentrations from 18-20% up to 28-30% in cans and jars; and concentrated liquid jameed in 500 ml pouches. The group describes itself as one of the largest consumer-goods manufacturers in Jordan and says its biscuit factory was one of the first to be granted ISO 9001. It states that it exports to regional and international markets and offers private-label production of canned foods, tomato paste, biscuits and jameed. It is listed in the Jordanian Exporters Directory 2025-2026 published by the Amman Chamber of Industry.