07 Oct Ice cream Expo: an opportunity to grow with Blendhub in India
Indian Ice Cream Expo is one of the most significant events in the global ice cream industry. Actually it is South Asia’s only gathering for ice cream manufacturers. More than 200 exhibitors from all over the world will participate and 8,000 visitors from South Asia are expected from 10 to 12 October in Hyderabad.
Blendhub will participate at this event to show customers and partners the last innovations in the ice cream and frozen desserts segments. Blendhub has more than a decade experience in developing innovative solutions for the ice cream industry in India: we are experts in creating any recipe with any ingredients anywhere. These solutions respond to the new consumer trends towards health -low fat, no sugar-, new flavors and formats… Blendhub has a network of formulators specialized in different segments of the food industry, which enables to adapt recipes to local tastes and optimize processes, achieving products with better performance, taste and texture at a better cost.
At this year’s Ice Cream Expo, Blendhub will introduce the new solutions for low fat ice creams and frozen desserts, premium ice cream and frozen desserts, Ice Candy and Lollies, Mawa Malai Kulfi (the tradicional indian ice), soft serve ice cream and sorbet, thus covering all different segments and trends within the ice cream industry.
Ice cream is currently considered to be one of India’s most popular desserts. Due to the prevailing hot and humid climate in the region, as well as the shift in customer food tastes, dessert sales are constantly increasing throughout the region.
The India ice cream market reached a value of INR 201.4 billion in 2020. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of 14% between 2021 and 2026 to reach a value of approximately INR 442 billion by 2026.
Blendhub has a presence in India since 2011. The company has two production hubs, one in Sri City Domestic Tariff Area (DTA), that mainly serves the domestic market and another one in Sri City Special Economic Zone (SEZ), that serves the Asia Pacific and the GCC markets. Both the hubs at Sri City are FSSC 22000 certified and have a unique patented digitized quality system which ensures highest standards of food safety, consistency and homogeneity.
Local production allows us to better understand the market and the final consumers as well as to better source local raw materials and reduce logistics costs. In this way, we can help any company willing to grow in the ice cream segment in India and Asia Pacific to launch innovative products, tailored to local tastes, more quickly and cost-effectively. Visit us at STAND E1 in Hitex, Hyderabad, India from 10 to 12 October.