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VeggieWorld is a trade fair for the vegan lifestyle. There are exhibitors from the food and non-food sector. The offer includes food, direct food, clothing, cosmetics, vegan services, vegan initiatives, projects and non-profit associations.

At almost all food suppliers you can try products before you buy. Many exhibitors give a trade fair discount on their products.

Most exhibitors are in the food sector. At VeggieWorld locations in Germany, the ratio is on average 70% (food exhibitors) to 30% (non-food exhibitors).

Food, cosmetics, clothing and textiles must meet the “vegan” criterion. Projects, initiatives, services, media and other non-food products are approved if they are vegan or interested in a vegan lifestyle. We also include adjacent areas for which the vegan target group is potentially interested, such as zero waste, kitchen accessories and yoga.

Only vegan products can be shown and sold at VeggieWorld. However, companies are also admitted as exhibitors with vegan products that do not operate purely vegan.

No, only products that are vegan may be exhibited and sold at VeggieWorld.

Yes. The group of non-food exhibitors at VeggieWorld includes exhibitors from the fields of cosmetics, clothing & textiles, services, NGOs, projects, media and other products that are of interest in connection with a vegan lifestyle. However, the larger proportion of exhibitors belongs to the food sector. These exhibitors offer food or food for direct consumption. The proportion of non-food exhibitors at VeggieWorld locations in Germany accounts for an average of 30%.

Only vegan products can be exhibited, tasted and sold at VeggieWorld. The restriction to vegan products includes all products that are vegan according to the recipe, i.e. animal ingredients are not intentionally added throughout the manufacturing process. Trace indications for animal ingredients do not mean that animal ingredients are actually contained in the final product. The information draws attention to possible impurities and allergens, which can occur to a minimum extent and due to production. Such possible impurities can often not exclude vegan producers if they do not have their own production facilities. In terms of the value chain, food must be vegan from harvest onwards.

With our approval criteria for vegan foods at VeggieWorld, we are guided by the international standards that underlie licensing with the vegan V-label. Licensing as vegan by the V-label or other vegan seal of approval is desired, but not a prerequisite for admission to VeggieWorld.

Before an exhibitor is admitted to the fair, we check the offer. Each exhibitor confirms in the registration process that only vegan products are exhibited. Our team on site checks the exhibited product ranges on site in the best possible way.

If you still discover a product that is not vegan with an exhibitor, please let us know. The best way to contact our team on site is to respond as quickly as possible. There is always someone from our team on site at the information in the entrance area as a contact person for you!

At VeggieWorld, small and large companies will show what is new in the vegan sector – and of course the tried and tested. There are purely vegan manufacturers as well as companies that do not operate purely vegan. At VeggieWorld you will find the vegan product innovations of established brands, as well as vegan founders and start-ups, vegan gourmet products, online retailers and also larger food retailers and corporations. Both food and non-food products are approved, as well as vegan services, vegan initiatives, projects and non-profit associations. Political parties are also admitted as exhibitors. VeggieWorld positions itself as a party-politically neutral event, for this reason no party political content is allowed in the lecture program.

Any company that decides to add vegan products to its range contributes to making vegan products more popular and popular. The aim of VeggieWorld is to promote and promote the spread of the vegan lifestyle. For us, this also includes mapping the great availability of vegan products and targeting a broad target group.

We warmly welcome the decision of large food retailers, discounters, (meat) companies and other companies with great market power to include more and more vegan products in their assortment.

At VeggieWorld, we will be showing the widest possible range of companies of all sizes, as we see a great social benefit in bringing a simple implementation of the vegan lifestyle closer to a broad audience.

All products on display and sold at VeggieWorld must meet the “vegan” criterion. Apart from ingredients of animal origin, we do not currently prohibit any other potentially critical raw materials or packaging.

VeggieWorld wants to show as much variety as possible and inspire a broad target group for the choice of plant alternatives. We see a great ecological and social benefit in bringing an uncomplicated implementation of the vegan lifestyle closer to a broad audience. Choosing plant alternatives is the most effective way to reduce its ecological footprint. For many end users, a strictly vegan zero-waste lifestyle is not conceivable, but the choice of vegan alternatives is often the first step in this direction.

For most vegan people, careful use of resources and the prevention of waste are already part of this. Our exhibitors also know this. Many VeggieWorld exhibitors deal with the topic and use sustainable packaging or work intensively on sustainable supply chains and solutions. You will also find exhibitors at VeggieWorld who offer products from the Zero Waste sector.

The products on display and sold at VeggieWorld must meet the “vegan” criterion. Apart from ingredients of animal origin, we do not currently exclude raw materials.

Especially for palm oil, it is fundamentally not a “bad” oil. It takes less space and time to grow than comparable oil plants. Cultivation projects for fair organic palm oil show that primary and secondary forest clearing can be avoided and for local smallholders the cultivation of oil palms can be a way out of poverty.

In general, we do not think it makes sense to categorically exclude certain raw materials. Of course, the list of plant raw materials that have potentially critical effects on the environment and animals is almost endless: avocados and almonds from water-poor areas, cocoa, coffee, bananas and other southern fruits, flying goods and even the regional organic tomato can theoretically be grown wonderfully in the heated greenhouse. In our highly complex global economy, raw material is not the same as raw material.

What is certain, however, is that the choice of plant products is the most effective way to reduce its ecological footprint in the field of nutrition. On the basis of the previous statements, it does not seem reasonable to us to further restrict this core criterion of VeggieWorld.

Many VeggieWorld exhibitors already obtain their raw materials from carefully selected sources and are working intensively on sustainable supply chains and solutions. We call on all our exhibitors to operate as sustainably as possible.

We oblige our exhibitors to use only reusable solutions or environmentally friendly disposable solutions for tastings and direct consumption. We offer exhibitors a rinsing service for reusable dishes as well as an ordering option for environmentally friendly disposable dishes. You can help reduce the amount of garbage by bringing your own reusable solutions for tasting and direct consumption. Since the hygiene regulations in Germany are very strict, unfortunately not all foods can be tasted without the need for waste.

Our online ticket does not have to be printed out, but can also be scanned by showing it on your smartphone.