SIAL 2023 Canada

June 16, 2023

SIAL Canada originally ran it's first show back in 2001 in Montreal as SIAL Montreal. By 2007 due to very popular demand it was cemented as a yearly show and continued to grow rapidly. In 2009 it changed it's name to SIAL Canada and the following year the first Toronto show was launched. Since inception it has quickly become one of the premiere food tradeshows in Canada.

From SIAL Canada's website: 

"Own the Change"

The My Basket's Team regularly attends the SIAL Canada tradeshow to keep it's eye out for new potential supplier partnerships. 

Our highlights from SIAL Canada 2023: 

Graci Functional Cereals 

We absolutely loved meeting Graci Functional Cereals. Their stylish pouch-style packaging looks wonderful with healthy ingredients geared towards supporting the body de-tox, such as dried fruits, pumpkin seeds and quinoa. 



They also carry cereal, or muesli as it's called in many other parts of the world, that's designed for atheletics, packed with protein rich ingredients.

Along with granola bars, quick pre-prepared meals and other great formats, you will likely see Graci at a health food store near you soon! 

BEST CHEESE WE TRIED: 

SATORI CHEESES
After a couple hours of taste testing all the incredible cheeses, we were pretty cheesed out! Even though there were many, many really delicious vendors, the one which really stood out was from the Satori Family. 



Lactose-Free Cheddar Cheese
They've been hand-crafting some of the best cheese since 1939, for over 4 generations. We learned something really interesting about lactose is cheeses. Apparently, the natural sugars found in milk are lactose and so cheeses that undergo the natural aging process, the example given to us was cheddar, have very little, or really no lactose. So old-aged cheddar is considered lactose-free, even though it will not say this on the label. If the nutirition label says 0g of sugar, that means there is no lactose as well.

 WE LOVED:

Tasting all the different cured meats from South America! We were looking for some new contenders for some new products and were pleasantly surprised by the options this year at SIAL 2023 Canada. 

OUR FAVOURITE BOOTH: 

This year our favourite section was LATVIA! We were very impressed by the diversity of product offerings and how knowledge the vendors came across. The booth set up and all the displays looked great and we enjoyed meeting everyone. 



What is particularly effective with regards to the SIAL tradeshows are that every country is organized in sections across the space. It feels a little like a vendor tour around the world and makes for creative ways for the vendors to express their branding and interact with the audience. 

We enjoyed the return of SIAL Canada to Toronto and we recommend anyone interested in international food vendors to check out the next show happening in Montreal in 2024. 

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