Setting out their stall at SIAL
A sizeable cohort of Irish food companies is taking part in SIAL Paris 2026, which is the the world’s largest food show taking place from October 17 to 21. More than 8,000 exhibitors will be present – up from 7,500 in 2024 – ‘confirming its enduring appeal to all players in the industry and its position as a global leader’ according to organisers. Here, we profile the Irish companies that will do us proud in Paris
ABP Ireland
ABP Ireland is part of ABP Food Group, first established in Ireland in 1954. For over 70 years, ABP has grown to become one of Europe’s leading food-manufacturing companies, supplying high-quality beef to customers in more than 70 countries, worldwide. ABP Ireland is recognised globally as a leader in delivering premium quality beef, while remaining at the forefront of technological and sustainability innovation in the beef industry. ABP Ireland partners with farmers across Ireland to deliver high-quality beef internationally that is renowned for its superb taste by leading retailers, foodservice operators, and manufacturers. As a result of Ireland's unique geographical location and rich farming heritage, ABP Ireland’s cattle are raised on a grass-based diet. Animal welfare is a top priority, supported by an animal-welfare system that monitors each animal at every step of the process. Tenderness is enhanced by ABP’s unique Ultra-Tender patented process, ensuring the most distinctive, flavoursome beef. ABP is a proud founding member of Origin Green (Ireland's national food and drink sustainability programme) and currently holds gold-member status. It has seven production sites across Ireland, ensuring consistent supply through strategically located facilities and longstanding relationships with suppliers. Its beef division is complemented by Irish Country Meats – its lamb division – which operates two processing facilities in Ireland and delivers premium-quality Irish lamb for customers worldwide. Find ABP Ireland in hall 6, stand H210.
Ashbourne Meat Processors
Ashbourne Meat Processors is a privately owned Irish company supplying high-quality beef to domestic and international markets. The company operates its own slaughterhouse, cutting plants, and modern processing facilities in Ireland, supported by rigorous quality controls and close management supervision. Ashbourne Meat Processors holds higher-level European Food Safety Inspection Service (EFSIS)-approved ISO 9001 status and operates modern processing, cold-storage, and handling facilities. It offers full traceability from farm to fork and is a member of the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme. This focus on quality is complemented by a commitment to reliable, responsive service, helping the company stand out in a competitive marketplace. The quality of Ashbourne’s beef has also been recognised internationally through multiple gold and silver medal wins at the World Steak Challenge over the years. These awards reflect the company’s commitment to producing beef with exceptional flavour, tenderness, and consistency. The company’s experienced sales team has built trusted and lasting partnerships with distributors across Europe and beyond, working closely with customers to understand their requirements and provide dependable supply. Ashbourne Meat Processors is also committed to sustainability and is a verified member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green sustainability programme, supporting its ongoing focus on responsible production and continuous improvement. Find Ashbourne Meat Processors in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J204.
Ballymooney Foods T/A Wild Irish Game
Wild Irish Game was established in 1997 in Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow. Since then, it has become the number one provider of wild game in Ireland. The company is Irish owned and family-run and, it says, it is dedicated to sharing knowledge about the delicious and traditional food products in this category. Based now in Clane, Co. Kildare, the company operates strictly in accordance with current European and Irish legislation. Wild Irish Game is the only game producer in Ireland to be Quality BRCGS AA Food Certified. Wild Irish Game says it is committed to delivering quality while working alongside nature, and to maintain the balance between what it does and what nature provides. Find Wild Irish Game in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J202.
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)
Headquartered in Dublin, Bord Bia [Irish Food Board] is the Irish Government agency charged with the promotion, trade development, and marketing of the Irish food, drink, and horticulture industry, both in Ireland and around the world. To help achieve this, Bord Bia has a network of offices in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia, and the US. Bord Bia’s stated purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, enabling the growth and sustainability of producers. Find Bord Bia in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand K189.
Dawn Farms
Dawn Farms is 'the difference at the heart of ambitious food brands', the company says. It brings deep protein expertise, culinary imagination, and the highest standards together to create what’s next in food, while protecting what matters. At SIAL, Dawn Farms is displaying and sharing information on its 2027 range of fully cooked meat, hybrid, and fermented and dried sausage ingredients for the pizza, sandwich, snack, and prepared meal sectors. Find Dawn Farms in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand K209.
Dawn International
Established in 1993, Dawn International, part of the Arrow Group, is a global leader in supply chain solutions. BRCGS-accredited and AA-rated, Dawn International brings together both providers and procurers within all aspects of the food sector and ensures that they reliably and truthfully represent their needs in brokering long-term and sustainable business. Dawn International ensures the satisfaction of both providers and procurers by understanding the needs of both parties, and expediting transactions between parties in a timely, yet trustworthy fashion. The company says its strengths lie in logistics and planning, comprehensive product knowledge, ability to finance the holding of product, and documentation control systems. Find Dawn International in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J210.
Dawn Meats
Dawn Meats is the supplier of choice to a range of leading supermarket, foodservice, and manufacturing businesses in over 70 countries. The company was established in 1980 in Co. Waterford, in Ireland, and has grown into a global business that now generates €4.75bn in annual revenue while employing over 12,000 staff in 13 countries. Dawn Meats works with many of the world's leading food companies, all of which are attracted by the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability and quality. The business remains true to its farming heritage through the close relationships it has forged with the 30,000 family farms in Ireland and the UK, and 4,300 famer-shareholders in New Zealand, from which the company directly sources grass-fed cattle and lamb for processing at its sites in Ireland, the UK, and New Zealand. In total, Dawn Meats has 11 sites in Ireland; 13 in the UK and six in New Zealand. Trading as Dawn Meats in Ireland, Dunbia in the UK, and Alliance through its joint partnership in New Zealand, the combined businesses process approximately 1.6 million cattle and 8 million sheep, annually. Find Dawn Meats in hall 6, stand D211.
Dawn Pork & Bacon
Dawn Pork & Bacon produces high-quality pork, locally sourced from carefully selected and sustainable stocks. Its state-of-the-art facility is fully customised to process and deliver goods that satisfy a broad range of customer specifications. The pork is prepared from slaughter and deboning through to butchering and delivery, for both national and international markets. The company’s client base stretches from the Irish domestic market to mainland Europe, and beyond, including countries such as Japan, the US, China, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, South Africa, and Korea. The company’s manufacturing facility uses the most up-to-date technology, including a computerised traceability and stock-control system from intake to dispatch. In 2014, the company became verified members of the Bord Bia [Irish Food Board] Origin Green programme. Membership of Origin Green and standard accreditations such as BRCGS, MPQAS, USDA and ISO 14001 ensure that the company maintains constant and continuous development to the highest national and international standards in the food industry. Dawn Pork & Bacon says it uses only the finest livestock approved by Bord Bia and sourced from farms within the Republic of Ireland. This is an important aspect of the company’s procurement policy, it says, enabling it to maintain products of the highest standard above and beyond customer expectations. The company breeds its own pigs at a number of Queally-owned farms located in the south-east of Ireland. It also sources pigs from other Bord Bia-approved farms. With a focused eye on animal breeding programmes, and close working relationships with local farmers, Dawn Pork & Bacon says it strives to ensure that only the finest quality animals are processed at its facility. Find Dawn Pork & Bacon in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J210.
Euro Farm Foods
Euro Farm Foods is a family-owned business with fully integrated slaughter, deboning, and maturation facilities in Ireland and Wales. Both sites operate to the highest industry standards, with BRCGS AA accreditation, Bord Bia approval in Ireland, and Red Tractor certification in Wales. Ireland and Wales combined, the company's operations process more than 105,000 cattle annually, sourced directly from trusted local farming families. Euro Farm Foods was established by the Fox family in Ireland in 2003 and today processes over 65,000 cattle annually. In 2020, the business reached a significant milestone, processing its one-millionth bovine, reflecting decades of commitment to livestock, craftsmanship, and customer service, the company says. In 2019, the Fox family partnered with the Kerslake family to establish Euro Farm Wales in the heart of Pembrokeshire. The facility now processes more than 40,000 cattle per year, providing a strong Welsh sourcing and production platform. Today, these facilities form the home of Foxgrove Premium Beef and Allan Morris Signature Beef, where exceptional cattle, expert butchery, and traditional ageing techniques combine to create beef programmes trusted by chefs, retailers, and foodservice partners around the world, according to the company. Find Euro Farm Foods at the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J208.
Foyle Food Group
The Foyle Food Group is a family-owned beef processor with over 45 years of industry expertise. Headquartered in Northern Ireland, the business operates three divisions across nine processing sites in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, employing more than 1,400 people. Supported by a vertically integrated supply chain and strong farmer partnerships, Foyle supplies high-quality beef to retail, foodservice and manufacturing customers worldwide. As one of the UK and Ireland’s leading beef exporters, the Group combines state-of-the-art facilities to deliver chilled and frozen primals, offal, trimmings, retail-ready packs, and premium dry-aged cuts under trusted brands including Blackmoran Angus, Foyle Gourmet, and Glenslieve Hereford. Innovation, food safety and quality are central to operations, with AA grade BRCGS certification and Red Tractor or Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) approval across all sites. Sustainability underpins the business with aims to achieve net zero gas emissions by 2050. Find Foyle Food Group in hall 6, stand J215.
Fluxe Active
Fluxe Active is an international sports and functional nutrition brand founded by Ian O’Rourke, co-founder and former CEO of VitHit. With a retail-first approach spanning grocery, convenience, forecourts, and travel, Fluxe is designed to bring performance nutrition to a much broader consumer audience. The range combines innovation, convenience and standout branding across: energy gels, hydro-gels, gummy bars, functional gummies, and hydration products. Its innovative Anti-Cramp Energy Gel adds a distinctive point of difference. Fluxe is now focused on building partnerships with retailers, wholesalers, and distributors as it expands internationally. Find Fluxe in hall 7, stand L323.
Kavanagh Meats
In the early 1960s, the Kavanagh family began their business as butchers – rearing, slaughtering, boning, and supplying the local community and the retail trade. The family business has evolved into a recognised beef processor, located just outside Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, in the southeast corner of Ireland. Wexford is known as the 'Model County' due partly to its mild climate and the number of sunshine hours it gets compared to other parts of Ireland. All this, the company says, contributes to some of the best grass growth in Europe and the fantastic feed for the cattle it processes. Find Kavanagh Meats in hall 6, stand M188.
Kepak Group
Kepak Group boasts a turnover of €2bn and operates 14 manufacturing facilities throughout Ireland and the UK, with sales offices in Europe, the US, and Asia. The group markets a broad range of meat products serving the wholesale, foodservice, and retail markets. AgraKepak is the international trading division of Kepak Group, with over 50 years of global trade and logistics experience and a leading exporter to Asian markets with plant approvals for Kepak Longford IE 533EC; Kepak Kilbeggan IE 2007 EC; Kepak Athleague IE 313 EC; Kepak Clonee IE 317 EC; and McCarren’s IE 608 EC. Find Kepak Group in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J200.
Kinisla
Kinisla is a fully integrated dairy business with a strong consumer foods portfolio and leading agri-business, dairy ingredients, and nutritional ingredients divisions. It delivers high-quality dairy solutions with a focus on sustainability and innovation. From partnering with 2,600 Irish family farms to producing dairy products and ingredients for customers around the world, Kinisla says it ensures that every step of its value chain reflects its commitment to quality and excellence. Working closely with customers, farmers and communities, Kinisla develops trusted consumer brands, specialised nutritional products and dairy ingredients that meet evolving market needs. Its expertise, innovation and commitment to sustainable practices help partners create value while benefiting from grass fed, high-quality Irish dairy, according to the company. Find Kinisla in hall 7, stand A161.
Liffey Meats
Liffey Meats is ideally situated in the rich grasslands of Co. Cavan to take advantage of the supply of prime cattle from the surrounding countryside. Over the last 100 years, the company has evolved from a traditional family butchery to become one of Ireland’s leading beef processors, with three locations across the country. It boasts one of the largest, single-site abattoirs in Ireland and, with other sites in Carlow and Galway, slaughters over 180,000 cattle per year, and processes 70 tonnes of beef annually. In addition, it has two sites across France, employs more than 1,000 people, and works with more than 10,000 farmers. Liffey Meats prides itself on adhering to the strictest quality policies (accreditations such as BRCGS, USDA, Bord Bia Quality Assurance, SBLAS). It offers a wide range of premium beef products, including fresh and frozen cuts, gourmet burgers – it produces more than two million quarter-pounders weekly. And, it serves up value-added options designed to meet the needs of retailers, foodservice providers, and international partners – 200 tonnes of fresh value-added products, and 200 tonnes of frozen value-added products, weekly. Every product is fully traceable, sustainably sourced, and crafted to the highest standards of safety, flavour, and consistency. Liffey Meats manufactures a range of reformed, portion-controlled and pre-packed products, including value-added products, in its Sheelin brand, as well as private-label for retailers and foodservice customers across Europe. Its convenience foods include hamburgers, grill steaks and retail-packed fresh meat. Liffey Meats has invested heavily in convenience food R&D, not only in meat technology but also in increasing packaging sophistication and enhancing long-life products. It says its development team is ready to work with customers to bring products to market that meet consumer demands. Find Liffey Meats in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand K203.
Now Juice Ltd/Now Coco
Now Coco is an Irish beverage brand bringing a fresh, modern take to coconut water. Founded in Ireland, the company has developed a range of sparkling coconut waters combining coconut water with real fruit juice to create a refreshing alternative to traditional soft drinks. The range of flavours currently includes peach and mango, watermelon, and strawberry and kiwi, alongside 100 per cent pure coconut water. Now Coco has built a growing retail and foodservice presence across Ireland and is now expanding internationally, with a particular focus on the UK and European markets. The brand is developing its network of retail and wholesale partners while continuing to introduce new products and flavours. At SIAL Paris 2026, Now Coco will showcase its range to international buyers and distributors as it looks to build partnerships across Europe and beyond. Find Now Juice Ltd/Now Coco in hall 5C, stand H082.
QK Meats Ltd
Established in 1992, QK Meats Ltd, located in Co. Kildare, is part of the Arrow Group of companies. This is a privately owned, Irish agri-food group comprising 20+ production sites specialising in primal meat-processing to ready-to eat production facilities. QK Meats is a specialist provider of beef, pork, poultry and lamb proteins, as well as offal for the African and Asian markets and processing industries used in the manufacture of retail and wholesale finished goods. QK Meats has become a major raw material supplier to the pet-food industry. In relation to fresh meat production, QK Meats now packs and quick freezes regular volumes of poultry cuts to enable continuous supply on the worldwide markets, bridging seasonal supply shortages of primal cuts, offal and high-volume commodity raw materials. Over the last 30 years, the company has built on its experience and broadened its market reach. QK Meats differentiates itself as a preferred supply-chain partner for its customers and suppliers by developing and maintaining key partnerships with major global processors manufacturers and retail suppliers, utilising its unique access to EU import/export quotas, and its dedication to food safety and quality. Find QK Meats in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand J206.
Rosderra Irish Meats
Rosderra Irish Meats is the largest pork processing company in Ireland. It operates two state-of-the-art processing facilities and three deboning plants: slaughtering and deboning take place at plants in Edenderry, Co. Offaly and in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, while a deboning facility is located in Clara, Co. Offaly. In addition, the company also has a speciality-meat-ingredients facility, a pork-curing facility, and a cooked-meat facility. Rosderra exports to more than 70 countries in the world, including across Europe, the UK, North America and Asia. Rosderra Irish Meats is an integrated business, with a number of its own pig farms strategically located close to its plants, which form the cornerstone of its supply base. All farms are Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine approved and members of the Bord Bia Sustainable Pig Assurance Scheme (SPAS). The company’s primary focus is to ensure that all the animals supplied are born and reared in Ireland, from farms participating in the national DNA trace back scheme and from national registered farms, certified under Bord Bia’s [Irish Food Board] farm quality assurance scheme; and approved under Rosderra’s quality pig grid for animal welfare, husbandry, biosecurity, healthcare and structures. Find Rosderra Irish Meats in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand K207.
Silver Hill Duck
Silver Hill Duck says it is taking the ‘Wagyu of duck’ to the world! Founded in 1962 with just six ducks, Silver Hill Duck has grown into one of Ireland’s leading premium food exporters, supplying its distinctive duck products to 32 international markets. Based in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan, the company produces 82,500 ducks per week, employs 240 people, and is 70 per cent exports-led. Key markets include France, the Netherlands, Germany, the UAE, UK, Singapore, and Malaysia. Central to its success is Silver Hill’s exclusive hybrid duck, developed over decades to deliver exceptional flavour, tenderness, succulence and crispy skin when roasted. Its superior roasting qualities have made it particularly popular with leading Chinese and Asian restaurants worldwide, earning it the descriptions ‘the mother of all duck’ and ‘the Wagyu of duck’. Silver Hill is also a fully integrated producer, controlling every stage from breeding, egg production and hatching through to processing, cooking and packaging. As international demand grows, the company is investing in a new processing facility that will increase production capacity to approximately 120,000 ducks per week. At SIAL Paris 2026, Silver Hill Duck says it will showcase the quality, provenance and distinctive characteristics that have driven its international success. Find Silver Hill Duck in the Origin Green Ireland pavilion; hall 6, stand K211.
Well Preserved Ltd
Well Preserved Ltd is the Irish company behind award-winning Mór Taste jams, based in Co. Wexford. Mór Taste jams are made with 85 per cent real fruit, less sugar, no concentrates, no preservatives, and no palm oil. Please turn to page 24 for our extended profile of this company. Find Well Preserved Ltd/Mór Taste in hall 6, stand ST016.