Anuga is the world's largest trade fair for food and beverages, held every two years at Koelnmesse in Cologne. The 2027 edition runs 9-13 October 2027 and marks the fair's 100th anniversary. Organised by Koelnmesse, Anuga gathers around 7,500 exhibitors and draws roughly 140,000 trade visitors, structured as ten specialised trade shows under one roof covering fine food, meat, dairy, frozen food, drinks, chilled food and more.
Anuga is a trade-only tasting and buyer-meeting fair, so its stands are built around sampling and hospitality. Exhibitors need food-safe preparation and display areas, refrigeration, tasting counters and meeting space, which bring plumbing, power and cold-chain requirements beyond a standard stand. Because the fair is divided into ten themed shows, exhibitors build within the relevant hall for their category, and national pavilions group producers by country.
With around 7,500 exhibitors, Anuga fills the Koelnmesse grounds extensively, and placement by trade show and country pavilion matters to how buyers find a stand. Koelnmesse has its own ICE rail station on site and Kuehne+Nagel as official forwarder, which streamlines access and freight, but the fair's scale concentrates load-in through the venue's dock schedule. Given the food-service requirements and Koelnmesse's technical rules, exhibitors confirm design and placement well ahead.
For companies exhibiting at Anuga, a builder with Cologne and Koelnmesse experience is a practical advantage: food-service stands with refrigeration and water carry extra services and inspection, and local knowledge of the venue's forwarder, load-in and approved-contractor rules reduces risk at the world's largest food fair.