Ethiopian Products Debut At Fancy Food Tradeshow

The Fancy Food Show is the largest specialty food tradeshow in the United States.  Held twice a year on the East and West coasts of the US, it brings together over the course of 3 days, up to 2500 exhibitors with 20,000 or more attendees representing thousands of buyers from all over the country.   This year’s Summer show was held June 28-30 at the Javits Center in New York City.

Ecopia is a three year old company that has managed to build up an impressive and very high quality line of naturally grown and processed products from top quality ingredients.  It’s name is meant to signify it’s motto – Ecologically Friendly Products From Ethiopia – and it stays true to everything that implies.  Working with smallholders as outgrowers supplementing its own production, Ecopia ensures that all its products are free from any additives, preservatives or other chemicals.  Its array of exceptionally tasty products include a variety of jams, juices and even traditional recipes such as qochqocha or Ethiopian mustard.  With product labels that enable it to trace the contents of a jar down to the farmer who picked the fruit, Ecopia is taking the giant step to link the extraordinary natural products from Ethiopia with advanced markets in search of them.

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