Safcol Canned Tuna

distributor• UAE• Member since 1986

Food Specialities Limited (FSL) presents itself as an award-winning food and beverage ingredients company in the Middle East and Africa, headquartered in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), Dubai. It says it has travelled the world since 1986 to source the finest products and that it is structured into divisions serving the food and beverage industry: FSL Ingredients, which supplies raw materials to food and beverage manufacturers; FSL Trade, which supplies agro and dairy commodities to traders, packers and roasters; and an FMCG brand distribution division. Its site states that it has six ISO 9001:2015 certified offices and warehousing facilities across the Middle East, with over 50,000 sq ft of storage and 6,000 pallet positions for ambient, chilled and frozen goods, and its contact page lists offices in Dubai, Kuwait, Amman, Jeddah and Riyadh. It says its logistics team handles local regulations, halal certification procedures and customs clearance, and that its trade division supplies 19 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. Its FMCG division markets and distributes international brands to hypermarkets, supermarkets, groceries, convenience stores, food service businesses and e-commerce across the GCC. The company names itself an established FMCG supplier in the UAE of Australia's Safcol tuna, salmon and sardines, Koka and Sanwa noodles, and Coco Dee coconut water. It says it is the authorised reseller of milk powders and butter from NZMP (Fonterra) and Valio, and it supplies milk powders from Laktopol, nuts and dried fruits (almonds, cashews, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, raisins, peanuts), bulk spices (cardamom, turmeric, black pepper, cumin, coriander), and starch, rice, chickpeas, sesame, sunflower seeds and desiccated coconut. Its ingredients division supplies bakery, confectionery, culinary, dairy, juice and beverage, meat, snack and plant-based ingredients and flavours. The company names partners including AAK, Cargill, Conesa, Van Hees, Agrana, Austria Juice, Blue Diamond, Almondco and Shoei Foods, and runs an Application & Development Center in Dubai. Its awards include three Gulfood Manufacturing Industry Excellence Awards in 2021 and the Dubai Chamber Top Exporters Award in 2018.