updated taste israel 2014

We invite you on a culinary journey:A trip where all senses

enjoy a world of aromas, a world of colors,

and a world of flavors…brought to you all the way from Israel.

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Jams, jelly, honey and sweet spreads

Beit Yitzhak

Products: Jams, preserves, and spreads

Natural Products Beit Yitzhak is a small family companies producing home-style confitures, no-cane-sugar 100% fruit spread, and a small range of no-cane-sugar super fruits that are preserved without the addition of preservatives, food coloring, or additives.

www.npby.co.il

Ein Harod

Products: Honey and honey products

A kibbutz based apiary, producing superior varieties of raw honey: wildflower, citrus, avocado, starthistle and siziphus (Middle Eastern acacia) and blended (from hives in the Jezreel and Jordan valleys and the Galilee)

www.honey-apiary.com

Lin’s Farm

Products: Honey & honey spreads

Lin’s Farm offers branded honey and honey products naturally sourced from Israel’s fertile regions and diverse terroirs, climate, and landscape: Jerusalem Hills, Negev Desert, the Galilee (Nazareth).

www.linfarm.co.il

Beth El

Products: 100%-fruit-based jams and sauces

Beth El’s select jams and preserves, branded under Aunt Berta’s, are produced from 100% fresh choice fruit. Orchard-freshness and top quality are preserved with Beth El’s immediate pick-to-prep process.

www.be-food.com

Oils

LiveO

Products: Olive oil, olive products, antipasti & spreads LiveO developed a wide range of fine gourmet products based on the purity of extra virgin olive oil. Located in the Negev Desert of Israel, LiveO products bring together east and west, tradition and innovation, culinary pleasure and design.

www.liveo.co.il

Eliad Olive Oil

Products: Olive oil

Eliad produces the finest extra virgin olive oils from its own hi-tech plantations in northern Israel. The state-of-the-art mill and factory allow strict quality controls to preserve the unique characteristics of the exquisite, aromatic and full-bodied olive oil from the Holy Land.

Olia

Products: Highest quality olive oil and olive products

Olia olive products are made and branded by olive variety, from throughout Israel: Nabali, Souri, Barnea and Askal. They are produced by people from a range of cultures and religions: Arabs, Jews, Druze, and Circassians, whose traditions and native terroir inspire Olia’s products.

www.olia.co.il

Shemen

Products: Oil and oil products

Shemen Industries Ltd. is the leading company in Israel for the manufacture, development, and marketing of edible oils, for both consumers and food industry. Shemen’s products include vegetable oils, olive oils and raw materials for both food and feed industries

http://www.shemen.co.il/English/

Products: Oil and oil products

Shemen Industries Ltd. is the leading company in Israel for the manufacture, development, and marketing of edible oils, for both consumers and food industry. Shemen’s products include vegetable oils, olive oils and raw materials for both food and feed industries

http://www.shemen.co.il/English/

Chocolate, confectionary & wafers

Roy Chocolate

Products: Gourmet & Healthy chocolate

Crafted from the highest quality ingredients, Roy Chocolate offers signature chocolate collections. These include Chocolate Dreams

elegant coin shaped pralines. Green Label - 85% reduced sugar dark chocolate, filled with healthy fillings like honey, sesame spread, dates syrup, and spices. All gluten & lactose free, rich in antioxidants, fibers, protein and more.www.roychocolate.co.il

Zer Matok

Products: Chocolate & sweet arrangements for special occasions

Zer Matok (sweet bouquets in Hebrew) is dedicated to create sweet & chocolate arrangements for special occasions. Birthdays, Christmas, weddings and of course valentine's’ day, this hand crafted masterpieces will delight anyone.

www.zermatok.co.il

Manamim

Products: Wafers, wafer rolls, wafer bars and cubes

Manamim, a family run enterprise, produces superior quality wafers, with long shelf life, special home-made taste, using best ingredients possible. All of these factors explain the company’s success in the local Israeli, American, Australian, and Middle Eastern markets.

www.manamim.co.il

Ethnic Products

Nina Bakery

Products: Premium pita bread

Nina Bakery’s pita breads come in all sizes, including exclusive mini bite size. Thick and fluffy, they taste outstanding and hold up well when filled with a variety of gourmet delicacies—truly in a different league than European competitors’ products.

www.pita-nina.com

Rushdi Food Industries

Products: Tahini and halva

Owned by the Bashir family, Rushdi Food Industries is one of the largest manufactures of tahini and halva worldwide. It has preserved ethnic Arab cuisine traditions for generations, and has embraced the goal of bringing Israelis closer to the culture of Arab food and hospitality.

www.baracke.co.il

Sa’aba Bakery

Products: Premium ethnic pita bread

Established in 1985, Sa'aba bakery is a leading, modern bakery for pita bread. its reputation and large market share have been gained by producing top grade products. Sa'aba bakery combines ethnic handmade products with innovation and creativity..

www.saaba.co.il

Prince Tahina

Products: Tahini – sesame seed paste

Prince Tahina is a leading manufacturer of raw tahini for the Israel and overseas hummus industry, and works in conjunction with leading companies worldwide. www.princetahina.com

Cohen-Or

Products: Frozen pastry products

Cohen-Or’s frozen pastries are a melting pot of ingredients fashioned from original blends of regional cuisine – Balkan, Arabic, and Mediterranean. What emerges are unique pastry varieties not found anywhere else—pastries that promote the healthful food trend.

Couscous

Products: Couscous and couscous products COUSCOUS MAISON LTD., a leading Israeli manufacturer of pre-cooked couscous and instant mini pasta, meets all food manufacturing regulations using state-of-the-art technology. These additive-free instant products with high nutritional value, require no cooking – just the addition of boiling water.

www.c-m.co.il

Hamim Ve Taim

Products: Frozen foods

Hamim Ve Taim produces frozen specialty and ethnic hors d'oeuvres and customizes them for the private label market. Produced in Israel with international certification, its delicacies are available in Europe and North America to meet customer demand.

www.hamimvetaim.com

Mahroum Sweets

Products: Ethnic Middle Eastern sweets and baked goods

Mahroum’s delectable ethnic candies and bakery products are all handmade in Nazareth by gourmet artisans. The Mahroum family has earned its outstanding reputation for quality for 4 generations—since 1890.

www.mahroum-baklawa.com

Health, organicgluten & lactose free products

GreenLite

Products: Gluten-free bakery goods & breads

GreenLite develops and produces a wide range of gluten-free baked goods. Distinctive texture and great taste make these gluten-free products taste like regular products.

www.greenlite.co.il

Tvuot Bar

Products: Gluten free pastries, cakes and cookies

Why visit Tvuot Bar: Tvuot Bar produces cakes, pastries and cookies, combining traditional elite baking with advanced manufacturing techniques. Its brands include, “Nostalgia”, “Country style bakery” and “Free bakery”.

www.tvuot-bar.co.il

Effectiveat

Products: Natural, healthful food: granola, snacks, snack bars, salad toppings, and rice seasonings

Effectiveat presents natural, healthful products bursting with flavour. The company’s exclusive snack bars, granola, and snacks, as well as its unique lines of salad toppings and rice seasonings prove that food can be tasty and healthy.

www.effectiveat.co.il

FlorentinMediterranean Food

Products: Organic foods, chilled foods, delicatessen

Florentin produces organic, vegetarian delicatessen with no artificial preservatives, coloring or flavoring, using the highest quality fresh ingredients, otherwise known as good food.

www.florentin-bio.com

Hasadeh Organic

Products: Organic, gluten-, sugar-, lactose-free snacks

Hasadeh Organic, produces delicious baked goods and snacks that are certified organic, gluten-free, sugar-free, and lactose-free with no pesticides, preservatives, food coloring, or genetically modified ingredients.

www.cheekymonkeyorganic.com

Tivit

Products: Gluten-free and sugar-free bars and snacks

Tivit is a private label manufacturer of delicious gluten free and sugar free bars and snacks made with healthy, top-quality grains and seeds.

www.natureshealthysnacks.com

Spices, spice mixes, herbs

Salt of the Earth

Products: Salt

Innovative and advanced sea salt and low sodium products for the retail and institutional markets, low-sodium salt for kids, naturally colored with vegetable extracts, umami salt and natural coarse sea salt.

www.salt.co.il

Neptune Food Products

Products: Spices, seasoning mixtures, rice mixes, sauces

Neptune Food Products. manufactures, markets and exports a wide variety of spices, seasoning mixtures, sauces and snacks. Main sectors served are: Gourmet and specialty, food industry (HoReCa) and private label.

www.neptunefoods.co.il

Ta’am Vareach

Products: Spices and Seasonings

Ta’am Vareach produces herbs, spices and special blends to enhance and enrich the full range of cooking traditions. Our main product lines include spices, herbs, seasonings, grinders and Mediterranean blends.

www.israel-spices.com

Pereg Gourmet

Products: Spices and natural foods

Pereg Gourmet Natural Foods, one of Israel's leading spice manufacturers and marketers of specialty and natural foods, offers the consumer a cornucopia of spice options from the traditional to the exotic.

www.pereg-gourmet.com

2BFRESH

Products: Fresh micro leaves - gourmet vegetable confetti

2BFRESH introduces micro leaves, healthy greens used by top chefs serving the consumer market around the world. With intense flavour, these young leaves come ready to serve and have a long shelf life.

www.2bfresh.com

Dorot

Products: Natural frozen seasoning products

Dorot’s products include frozen crushed garlic, ginger, chilli, coriander, parsley and herb mixes. Packed in easy to use cubes, Dorot’s products are 100% all natural and offer excellent taste and maximum convenience.

www.dorot.co.il

Cookies, crackers, croutons & Matzo

Elsa’s Story

Products: Premium cookies and baked goods

Elsa’s Story cookie brand is considered one of the market’s best by a former Harrods and Selfridges buyer. With professional product development and unique commercial quantity cookie and cake-baking skills, Elsa’s Story preserves all the authentic elements of home-made baked goods.

www.elsastory.com

Shelley Anne

Products: Whole grain crackers

Shelley Anne is the brand name for a wide range of traditional savoury snacks and nutritious healthy crackers. Using only a few natural ingredients, these crackers are made only from seeds, whole grains and water. They come in a range of seductive flavours.

www.shelleyannes.com

Matzot Aviv

Products: Manufacturer of high quality matzot, flat breads, cookies and biscuits

Matzot Aviv, together with its affiliated companies, is a leading manufacturer of matzot (unleavened bread), matzah products, cookies and Passover cookies.

www.matzotaviv.co.il/en/

Barth Ltd.

Product: Gourmet crackers

Barth crackers are paper-thin with a crispy texture. They come in a variety of addictive exotic flavours that appeal to both sophisticated and simple palates.

Einat Food Industries

Products: Baked Goods

Einat Food Industries produces a wide variety of baked goods such as salad sprinkles and coating mixtures (bread crumbs, batters, tempura, shake & bake). Einat is now presenting a new product concept – Rounders. Suitable for soups, salads or as a snack, they taste great and remain crispy for a long time.

www.einatfood.com

Dried fruits, nuts & pickles

Hadiklaim

Products: Fresh and dried dates

Israel's leading dates export company. Supplying the leading supermarkets in the world and in particularly the UK e.g M&S, Tesco, Waitrose etc.

www.hadiklaim.com

Kad Bnei Darom

Products: Antipasti and vegetable spreads

"Kad" Bnei Darom manufactures a broad range of antipasti and pickled products, including grilled eggplant purée and multicolored toasted pepper strips in extra virgin olive oil, and a variety of gourmet vegetable spreads such as basil pesto and sun-dried tomato spread.

www.kad.co.il

Kvuzat Yavne

Products: Pickles and olive products

Kvuzat Yavne features a wide variety of unique pickled items such as mini aubergines (eggplants) as well as salt-cured products, a surprisingly refreshing culinary twist on traditional pickled products.

www.pickles.co.il

Leiman Schlussel

Products: Confectionery and grocery products

Leiman Schlussel LTD. exporters, imports and distributes selected brands of general foods, chocolates, candies, wafers, cakes and cookies.

www.l-s.co.il

Coffee, Tea & Beverages

Espressodate

Products: Date Coffee

Espressodate is an eco-friendly, healthy alternative to coffee. This hand-harvested, natural coffee made from date beans brings to the table the health benefits of fiber, antioxidants and oleic acids, minus the caffeine.

www.espressodate.co.il

Wissotzky Tea

Products: All types of tea

Founded in 1849, Wissotzky Tea is the largest tea company in Israel, producing highest quality tea products as well as beautiful tea gift items. At Anuga, Wissotzky will launch a new collection of Premium silky pyramid tea bags based on nana/mint and a new collection of gift items.

www.wtea.com

Adanim Tea Company

Products: Organic & gourmet teas

Adanim produces a line of organic & gourmet herbal/black/green teas as well, medicinal herbal blends with health benefits. All products are produced from certified organic raw materials and natural or organic flavors which meet the organic regulations of the EEC & the USA. www.adanim-tea.com

Gan Shmuel Foods

Products: Citrus, food and beverages

Gan Shmuel Foods Ltd. supplies a wide range of commodities and custom products to many of the most prominent food and beverage companies worldwide. It is the largest food exporter of the food industry in Israel and a leading company in the citrus industry.

www.ganshmuelgroup.com

Funtastea

Products: Organic Beverages

Funtastea produces pure brewed tea made from fresh herbs grown on an organic farm in the Arava Desert. With unique combinations of tastes such as Verbena-Lemon Grass and Sage-Lemon Grass, these drinks are 100% organic. Stevia is used as the primary sweetener.

www.funtastea.com

Oriental Tea

Products: Health & diet functional teas

Why visit Oriental Tea: With 17 years of proven success, Oriental tea offers a variety of teas and other products designed to heal, prevent, relieve and improve quality of life in a healthy, natural way without any side effects.

www.orientalsecrets.co.il

Sommer Café Automatic

Products: Powders for food & beverage preparation

Sommer Café Automatic manufactures ice coffee, ice vanilla and other ice powders; chocolate, cappuccino and other hot beverage powders; French crêpe, Belgian waffle, muffin and similar dessert powders; and nutrition supplements including protein powders and gainers.

www.coffee-sommer.com

El Viento

Products: Ready-to-drink, all natural fruity margarita

El Viento is the world's first ready-to-drink, all-natural frozen margarita for automatic frozen smoothie makers.

www.elvientomargarita.com

Tempo Beverages Ltd.

Products: Malt beverages (beer, shandy and non-alcoholic)

Tempo is Israel’s largest brewery, leading the market with an approximate 55% market share in beer and malt beverages. In 2005, Heineken acquired a 40% stake in Tempo. Tempo is also the PepsiCo beverages franchisee in Israel. Tempo’s unique and original malt beverages, beers and soft drinks are exported to over a dozen countries around the globe.

www.tempo.co.il

Arack Mabrouka

Products: Flavored Arak

Arack Mabrouka is an innovative line of premium anise - flavored spirits. Arack Mabrouka was the first to introduce flavors in the world of aniseed drinks, combining tradition and creativity.

www.arackmabrouka.com

Quick solutions

Meal Solutions

Products: Shelf stable meal This state of the art, innovative product offers home cooked taste meals, with 3-5 years of shelf life and innovative self heating package. Perfect for the office, camping or home.

http://www.chef-haderech.com/eng/

Maimon’s

Products: Bakery products Maimon’s presents one-stop-shop for all bakery products, creating a new category on the shelf: Cake mixes, flour, fillings, jellies, syrups, custards, cake decorations and more. www.maimons.co.il

Sanlakol

Products: Prepared fruit, vegetable and tomato products

Sanlakol manufactures prepared fruit & vegetables, and produces sauces and salads. It offers fresh products with superior flavor, color and texture, innovative food packaging, and long shelf life.

www.sanlakol.com

Others

Maadaney Yehiam

Products: Meat products

Maadaney Yehiam specializes in producing and marketing pre-sliced, ready-to-eat delicatessen meats and sausages that have a long shelf life, are trans-fat free, gluten free, MSG free, and low fat.

www.yehiam.com

Osem Food Industries

Products: Foods and Beverages

Osem is Israel's leading manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of ambient, chilled, frozen and ice cream food products. It is the national market leader in most of its more than 35 product categories in 29 brands.

www.osem.co.il

Starkist

Products: Canned tuna, salmon, sardines and other fish products

Starkist Food D'or produces a comprehensive range of gourmet fish products packaged in cans of varying sizes to suit diverse markets. For the local Israeli market, many brand names are used, including the Starkist brand.

www.starkist.co.il

Sucrazit

Products: Tabletop sweeteners

Sucrazit is the leading manufacturer of tabletop sweeteners in Israel, producing all forms of sweetener (tablets, liquid, powder) from all raw materials (sucralose, saccharin, and stevia).

www.sucrazit.com

Lemon Tree

Products: Lemon powder

Why visit Lemon Tree: Lemon Tree is a lemon powder made from fresh lemons that have been uniquely dried in order to maintain the fresh taste and aroma of lemon. The product is preservative free and contains no artificial ingredients or sweeteners.

www.lemon-tree.co.il

Ms. Caroline Nave

Business Development ManagerFood & BeveragesThe Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute

Tel: +972-3-514-2859Fax: +972-3-514-2985E-mail: nave@export.gov.il Website: www.export.gov.il