PH Food Products, Cooking Ingredients Featured at Alimentaria Horexpo 2019 in Lisbon

Philippine food and beverage products displayed at the Alimentaria Horexpo Lisboa 2019 International Food Fair in Lisbon, Portugal. (Mabille Adrianne Sampaio photo)

LISBON 03 April 2019 – Philippine manufactured food products and cooking ingredients were featured and promoted during the Alimentaria Horexpo Lisbon 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal on 24-26 March 2019.

Portuguese company GAC Ingredients and Food Ltd., an exclusive distributor of Century Pacific food products in Portugal and Spain, featured products such as Argentina Corned Beef, assorted canned tuna, and coconut milk and water products. Century Pacific Food is the company behind household names Century Tuna, Argentina Corned Beef, 555 Sardines, Angel Milk, and Birch Tree in the Philippines.

GAC also promoted meat analogue products of Filipino food manufacturing company Food Flow. The company used Food Flow’s meat analogue as a key ingredient for food products developed and catered for GAC’s clients in Portugal and other parts of the world.  According to GAC owner and Chief Executive Officer Gloria Callimaci, Food Flow’s meat analogue is ideal for creating vegan and vegetarian food products that is growing in demand in markets across the world. 

Macro-Frio, a Portuguese company specializing in importing, producing and distributing of fresh food products, featured fresh frozen Philippine octopus sourced from Zamboanga. Since last year, Macro-Frio has been importing frozen octopus from Filipino seafood-exporting companies based in the Zamboanga Economic Zone.

Alimentaria Horexpo Lisboa is a major international food, hospitality and technology fair for the food and drinks industry, and is considered the largest business platform for the food, distribution and hospitality sectors in Portugal. END

GAC Ingredients and Food Chief Executive Officer Gloria Callimaci (right) shows Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna M. Feria (left) vegan food products  made with Filipino company Food Flow’s meat alternatives as a key ingredient. (Mabille Adrianne Sampaio photo)

Macro-Frio Chief Executive Officer Joaquim Oliveira shows Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna M. Feria (center) and Minister and Consul General Gines Jaime Ricardo D. Gallaga of the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon, the frozen octopus being imported from the Philippines. (Mabille Andrianne Sampaio photo)

For more information, visit www.lisbonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinPortugal/.