This year, SIAL brought together around 5,500 companies from more than 100 countries on its 215,000 sq m exhibition area, providing exclusive access to wholesalers and allowing more than 150,000 visitors to take part in conferences, roundtables and find new business ideas. The main areas of the exhibition were: beverages, dairy products, fresh frozen food and ice cream, seafood, delicatessen, canned food, grocery, confectionery, dried and smoked products, fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, organic products, health products, food ingredients and additives.