Retailers encouraged to expand their Fairtrade ranges
Following the successful conclusion of the Fairtrade Foundation’s Fairtrade Fortnight yesterday, the organisers of next month’s Natural & Organic Products Europe have announced which of their exhibitors have chosen to participate in the trade show’s popular Fairtrade Trail.
Taking place at London’s Olympia on 3-4 April, Natural & Organic Products Europe has built a reputation for being the best place in the UK to source the widest choice of Fairtrade products from producers all around the world. With the FAIRTRADE Mark now recognised by nearly three quarters of the UK’s general public, the event’s Fairtrade Trail seeks to highlight the wealth and diversity of products on offer across the show floor and encourage visiting retailers to expand the Fairtrade ranges that they offer to their customers.
According to the latest figures from The Fairtrade Foundation, the UK’s Fairtrade market has continued to show strong growth, with sales of Fairtrade products – increasing by 40% in 2010 to an estimated retail value of £1.17bn. From drinking chocolate and confectionery, to tea, coffee, spices and cosmetics – below is a selection of exhibitors that will be showcasing products made using ethically sourced Fairtrade ingredients at Natural & Organic Products Europe 2011:
• 21st Century Health (ecosoapia)
• Abafoods S.R.L.
• Afriteaque
• Alara Wholefoods
• Anyone4 Tea
• Argentine Embassy
• Balarama
• BaobabSuperfruit.com
• Beyond Organic Skincare
• Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc
• Boo Boo Products
• Canaan Fair Trade
• Centella
• Clipper Teas
• Community Foods
• Devon Cottage Organic Fudge
• Diar Argan UK - House Of Argan
• Doves Farm Foods
• Dragonfly & Tick Tock Teas
• Dukes Teas - Arya Monk Darjeeling Tea
• Easy Bean
• Emma Noel
• Equal Exchange
• Essential Care
• Essential Trading Co-operative
• Fair Squared
• Feeding Your Imagination
• Green & Black’s Organic
• Green People Organic Lifestyle
• Hampstead Tea London
• HayFever? HayMax
• Heath & Heather
• Heaven scent incense
• Hemp Oil Canada
• Himalaya For Natural Fragrances
• Ikove Organic Cosmetic
• Independent Irish Health Foods
• Infinity Foods
• Kinetic Natural Products Distributor
• Maribao
• Melvita
• Meridian Foods
• Metropolitan Tea Co
• Mulebar - Fuel For Adventure
• Natural Coffee Company
• Natural Trade Brokers
• Naturgie
• Neobie
• Numi Organic Tea
• Organic Excellences from Umbria
• Organic Monkey Skincare
• Phytoscience (Europe)
• Pukka Herbs
• Radius Toothbrush
• Salty Lamps
• Statfold Seed Oil
• Sud de France Export
• Suma Wholefoods
• Supernutrients
• Suti
• Syroma
• Technico Flor
• Terra Bio Soc. Coop. Consorzio Agricoltori Biologici
• The Eco Bath Co.
• The Organic Herb Trading Company
• The Redwood Wholefood Company Limited
• Tiana Fair Trade Organics
• UAS Laboratories - The Probiotics Company
• Urtekram Body Care
• Visionary Soap Company
• Viva 4 Life
• Weleda
• Yes To
• Zaytoun CIC
• Zotter Chocolate
In total, over 500 exhibitors will take part in Natural & Organic Products Europe 2011. The show annually attracts trade buyers from across the world in their thousands, and over 7,600 attendees walked the aisles of Olympia last year alone.
