IBA 2025 in Munich, Germany

IBA 2021 is the leading international trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snack foods, held every three years in Munich and was founded in 1949. This is an international meeting for bakers, pastry chefs, restaurateurs, cafe owners and food retailers, as well as hotel and catering professionals.

Exhibitors showcase innovations from across the industry, and offer a comprehensive overview of all new products on the market, not only in raw materials and ingredients, but also in production and distribution technologies. IBA provides optimal solutions and approaches tailored to clients’ needs. The exhibition generates impulses that provide strong movement towards a growing market with a future. In addition, an extensive program completes the exhibitors’ offer.

Particularly noteworthy is the iba-UIBC-cup, a unique international competition for bakers and confectioners; in 2018, the team from China took first place. In addition, there are usually factory tours, where mainly foreign visitors can learn about the expertise of German bakeries, while seminars and discussion forums highlight new trends.

Main thematic sections of the Iba 2021 exhibition:

Production Technology: Modern production technologies will be presented here and machines will be demonstrated in operation. Automation and process optimization are hot topics for the food industry, but also for small and medium-sized businesses.

Raw materials and ingredients: Information is available on bakeries, premixes and flavors, as well as everything related to organic trends, wedding cakes and trendy pastries such as colorful macarons.

Snacks: not just a quick and happy healthy snack, but everything in the snacks area. The section includes not only fresh snacks, gourmet and frozen foods, but also store design, display baked goods, hot drinks, coffee machines and technical equipment, microwave ovens, toasters, refrigerated transport systems.

Coffee: Good old coffee and cappuccino are making a comeback. The trend of the day is cold brewed coffee with less bitter substances and acids.

Retail and shelving equipment: The customer should immediately feel comfortable when they enter the store. Exhibitors at the exhibition show how to evoke the right and proper atmosphere, skillfully use light accents and highlight the freshness and quality of products with refrigerated display cases.

Packaging: Not only does packaging play a key role in terms of shelf life and food hygiene, packaging seduces and highlights the quality of its contents.

Logistics: To ensure smooth operations, there are automated collection systems, climate boxes, storage systems and much more. Visitors can explore the topic of predictive purchasing – the art of correctly assessing future purchasing decisions.

Cleaning and Hygiene: This is the psychology of management and a fundamental requirement to ensure the quality of products to a high standard. The range of products and technologies is huge: from work clothes, floor and wall coverings, to recycling containers.

Energy, HVAC Technologies: Visitors can learn all about energy, ventilation and air conditioning technologies.

Kitchen accessories: Here are all the big and small helpers that make cooking easier. Whisks, cookie cutters, pastry bags, baking mats, knives, plates, or baking sheets – there is everything that the master desires.

IBA 2018 in numbers

• 1,373 exhibitors 76,800 trade visitors €2.1 billion
• 100 lectures in iba.FORUM and iba.SPEAKERS CORNER
• 1,776 “travellers” at the virtual bakery festival
• 28 bloggers at the “BLOG’N’ROLL” event

Facts and figures IBA 2015

• 1,309 exhibitors from 57 countries;
• 77,814 visitors from 167 countries.

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