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Vienna, Austria – June 2026 – Free From & Premium Food 2026 has successfully concluded, welcoming thousands of visitors from across the food industry for two days filled with discovery, networking, and innovation. The event brought together leading producers, buyers, retailers, distributors, and industry professionals, reinforcing its position as a key meeting point for the growing free from, health-focused, and premium food sectors. 

The 2025 Free From Speciality Food 2025 in Vienna proved to be an outstanding event from Balviten Glutenfree’s perspective. During the fair we met with number of companies ranging from smaller, individual businesses, through cooperatives consisting of dozens of smaller, gluten free shops, up to buyers representing leading Austrian retailers.

With more of the highest-quality visitors than ever before, Free From Specialty Food & Wine Expo 2025 was the most successful edition in its history.

Its growth mirrors the trend for free-from, healthy and specialty food, which continues to thrive right across Central Europe.

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Mehr als 4.200 Einkäufer, eine Steigerung von 15 Prozent gegenüber der vorherigen Ausgabe, nahmen nach Veranstalterangaben am 17. und 18. Juni an der Free From Specialty Food & Wine 2025 in Wien teil. Sie trafen auf über 250 Produzenten aus 31 Ländern, darunter Ungarn, Italien, Bulgarien, Algerien, die Slowakei, die Tschechische Republik, Spanien, Deutschland, Österreich, die Schweiz und die Niederlande.

Free From Specialty Food & Wine 2025 – A big bang in Mid Europe
A thriving edition in Vienna, Austria that is here to stay

With the highest quality visitors than ever before, Free From Specialty Food & Wine Expo 2025 was the most successful edition in its history. Its growth mirrors the trend for free from, healthy, and specialty food—which continues to thrive right across Mid- and Central Europe. This twelfth edition in Vienna featured more than 250 producers from 31 countries around the globe, including Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Algeria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. It attracted more than 4,200 buyers—up by 15% on the previous edition.

Die Free From Food Expo findet 2025 in Wien statt und zeigt, wie Produkte "ohne" von der Nische zum Mainstream geworden sind.

This partnership remarks our commitment to supporting the gluten-free industry and promoting greater awareness of safe, high-quality food options for people with coeliac disease and gluten sensitivities.

This partnership brings solid data-driven expertise to the event, ensuring that exhibitors, buyers, and industry professionals gain the most comprehensive and actionable market insights into the rapidly growing healthy, free-from, organic, plant-based and specialty food and solutions sectors.

The European Sustainable Food Coalition (ESFC), which was established to empower the grocery retail and foodservice sectors to embrace a sustainable future, has held its first online event, involving representatives from Migros, Ahold Delhaize, the European Commission, EuroCommerce, FoodDrinkEurope and Wageningen Economic Research.

We are proud to partner with the Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) for Free From & Specialty Food+Wine 2025, taking place on June 17-18, Vienna. As the leading organization advocating for coeliac-friendly food standards across Europe, AOECS plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and availability of gluten-free products.

We are excited to announce our partnership with Service Allergie Suisse for Free From & Specialty Food+Wine 2025, taking place on June 17-18 at Marx Halle, Vienna. This collaboration is a major step in our mission to promote safer, allergy-friendly products and ensure greater transparency for consumers with allergies and intolerances.

The trend towards all-natural food and ingredients is not new, but is becoming a “must-have” for food companies, like food safety. Plant-based is another trend. TOP started 15 years ago with plant-based food – particularly plant proteins – combined with a low sugar, low carbohydrate approach. It’s now accelerating through the entire food chain. Convenience is becoming an ever stronger part of retail, especially in mainland Europe. We work with our clients to ensure the optimum balance between productive operations, an efficient supply chain, and an adequate product shelf life, which in reality means 2-3 weeks.