Over 2,000 visitors attended this year's Free From Food/Ingredients Expo 2015, in Barcelona, making this year's edition the most successful yet.
The international trade show, which took place on June 4 and 5, hosted more than 160 exhibitors from 21 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US.
Visitors to the expo included a myriad of buyers and suppliers, who were able to source diverse and unique products and keep up to date with trends in this fast-growing market.
Exhibitors included Warburton's, Nak'd, Udi's, Rule of Crumb, Seitz Glutenfrei, Delicious Alchemy, Fishmasters, Oskri, Wellaby's, Glebe Farm Foods and Mrs Crimble's.
Speakers from across the industry including David Jago, from market research company Mintel, Free From expert Hamish Renton and Sarah Sleet from Coeliac UK.
Rule of Crumb, from Northern Ireland, was crowned the winner of the Free From Food/Ingredients Innovation Award 2015. Visitors voted the company's gluten free chicken kievs as the 'most innovative' free from product on show.
Highly commended products incldued Spanish firm Santiveri for its gluten free Quinoa Crispy Toasts; Sin Lactosa from Spain for its gluten free Flan de Huevo, from its Dhul dessert range, and German pasta brand Seitz Glutenfrei for its gluten free Red Lentil Fusilli, due to be launched in August.
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