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Top 25 Food importers based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 548 food importers headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 8,359 professional contacts across them, including 1,437 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers food importers headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest food importers based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 740 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With four decades of experience in delivering the highest quality fruits and vegetables to a growing list of clients, many of whom have been with us from the very beginning, Fresh…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 563 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded over 45 years ago, the group has evolved into a multi-dimensional, multi-product business with offices, processing units and cold storage in over 10 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 516 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Safco International is highly trusted and well recognised for it's commitment to quality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 477 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The genesis of Barakat dates to 1976 with our humble beginnings in the trade of fresh vegetables and fruits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 433 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kibsons International LLC was founded in 1980 in the Emirate of Dubai under the vision and leadership of Hussain Ismail Khatri, the Chairman.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NRTC Holding Group is one of the Middle East’s leading integrated fresh food and agricultural supply chain platforms, delivering sustainable farm-to-fork solutions across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 357 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1996, Emirates Snack Foods (ESF) quickly developed into a prominent player in the marketing and distribution of premium food products in both the Retail and Food…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 341 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Journey Since our inception in 1984, Truebell has grown from a humble beginning in the food industry to become one of the most trusted and preferred suppliers across the GCC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aramtec Food Service is a 100% locally owned company that imports and distributes premium food products throughout the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Standing 58 years tall, Farzana believes in long-term sustainable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Admirals Trading LLC is a leading multi-disciplined food and beverage distributor, manufacturer, and third-party logistics service provider operating in UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1977, Greenhouse Foodstuff Trading aimed to be a “One stop shop” provider for the foodservice channel of the UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “In 1990, Baniyas Spike Group of Companies established and became one of the leading importer, exporter, and distributor of Rice, Food and Allied food products in the United Arab…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In every order, every product, every plate, we ensure taste meets trust.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Al Bakrawe Group is one of the leading Fresh Produce supply chains in the United Arab Emirates, GCC and Middle east.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Classic Fine Foods UAE, has been proudly servicing customers for over 17 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Falcon Global has an exciting story to be shared; a remarkable and inspiring business success story.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Delivering Freshness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Modern General Trading (MGT) is the sister company of Modern Bakery LLC established in 1974.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Incorporated in Dubai, UAE in 1996, Faisal Al Nusif Trading Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WALQ FOOD INDUSTRIES LLC is a leading manufacturing, importing, exporting, and packing company headquartered in the UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Golden Dunes is an Organization Structured to have the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We source and distribute some of the best "good for you" food and beverage brands in the world for major retailers and food service businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Beginning our journey with the advent of Prairie Halal Foods in Alberta, Canada, in 2008 as an export company for Canadian halal meat products, we later extended our goodness to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the year 1991, Al Khalil has come a long way to become one of the major importers and re-exporters in the region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food importers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names food importers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food importers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food importers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Food importers based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 548 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food importers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “food importers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food importers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food importers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,437 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Food importers by metro
- Food importers in Dubai345
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food importers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many food importers are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 548 food importers headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Fresh Fruits Company, headquartered in Dubai, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food importers?
Dubai leads with 345 headquartered companies, followed by Deira (20) and Abu Dhabi (19).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,437 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 548 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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