Fi India 2026 Mumbai: 400+ Exhibitors, How to Find the Right Contacts and Build Pre-Show Connections
In 29 days, Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai will host professionals from 50 countries, 400 exhibiting companies, and 15,000 food and beverage industry decision-makers.
Fi India 2026 is India's only dedicated food ingredients event. It runs August 26 to 28. And unlike most trade shows where you can walk in and figure it out on day one, this one rewards the people who did their homework three weeks before the doors opened. The Fi India 2026 exhibitor list is already public. The R&D directors, purchase managers, innovation heads, and import contacts behind those 400 companies are not.
This guide shows you how to find them before August 26.
What Is Fi India 2026 and Why Does It Matter
Fi India is short for Food Ingredients India. It is organised by Informa Markets, the world's largest trade show company, and is the only event in India focused entirely on food ingredients, additives, supplements, and allied food technologies.
The show runs August 26 to 28, 2026 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai. Opening hours are 10 AM to 6 PM on the first two days and 10 AM to 5 PM on the third day.
What makes Fi India stand apart from other trade shows is the international mix. Professionals and exhibitors from 50+ countries attend every edition. Global ingredient companies from Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia use Fi India as their entry point into the Indian market. That means the exhibitor base is a combination of established Indian companies and international suppliers who are actively looking for Indian agents, distributors, and buyers. The sectors covered include bakery and confectionery, food supplements and nutraceuticals, beverages, dairy ingredients, pharma excipients, natural products, sauces and seasonings, healthy food, frozen food, and personal care ingredients.
Key exhibitors confirmed for 2026 include Brenntag, KP Manish Global, UniBourne, Norex Flavours, Drytech Processes, and ACE Ingredients among 400+ companies.
The Problem That Makes Pre-Show Outreach at Fi India Harder Than Other Shows
Finding the right contact at a food ingredient company is not the same as finding a procurement head at a machine tools firm.
Depending on what you sell or source, the right person at an Fi India exhibitor could be any of these:
- An R&D director evaluating new ingredients for a product reformulation
- A food technologist assessing technical specifications
- An innovation manager looking for novel ingredients for a new product launch
- An import head managing the India supply chain for an international brand
- A business development contact looking for Indian distributors
These are not the titles that appear easily in a Google search. They are rarely on the company website's contact page. And for international companies exhibiting at Fi India, finding the right India-facing contact from outside the country adds another layer of difficulty.
For 400 exhibitors from 50 countries, doing this research manually means a week of work before you have sent a single message.
Fi India and ProPak India Run Together at BEC: One Floor Plan, Two Shows
This is worth paying attention to. Fi India 2026 runs concurrently with ProPak India 2026 at Bombay Exhibition Center on the exact same dates.
ProPak India covers food processing machinery, filling and sealing equipment, labelling, coding, and packaging materials for the food and beverage industry. That means BEC on August 26 to 28 has:
- Food ingredient suppliers from Fi India
- Food processing and packaging companies from ProPak India
- The same buyers walking both floors on the same days
If you supply ingredients, equipment, packaging, or services to the food industry, you can prospect both exhibitor lists in a single outreach run. One trip to Mumbai, two audiences already contacted before you arrive.
How Most Teams Approach Fi India and Why It Does Not Work
Here is what most vendors and suppliers targeting Fi India are doing right now, on July 28, with 29 days left before the show.
- Waiting until mid-August to start building a contact list
- Planning to find relevant contacts on company websites on the day
- Intending to network on the floor and collect business cards
- Sending follow-up emails the week after the show closes
Here is what the teams that consistently close business at Fi India do differently. They start building their list in late July. They have verified contacts by the first week of August. They send personalised outreach to the right people at exhibiting companies explaining specifically why their product or service is relevant. They book meetings in the second week of August for slots on August 26, 27, and 28.
By the time BEC opens on August 26, their schedule is already filled with people who know who they are, what they do, and why the conversation is worth having. 29 days from today is enough time to do this. Starting today.
How to Get Verified Fi India 2026 Exhibitor Contacts in Under 5 Minutes
Leadline by EaseMyExpo takes the Fi India 2026 exhibitor list and returns verified decision-maker contacts for every company on it. Name, work email, direct phone number, and LinkedIn profile — verified before you receive them.
- Step 1: Go to exhibitors.figlobal.com/fii26 and copy the URL of the exhibitor directory page.
- Step 2: Open leadline.in, select the URL extraction option, and paste the link. Leadline by EaseMyExpo reads every company listed on the page automatically.
- Step 3: For each exhibiting company, Leadline by EaseMyExpo finds the right person for your use case. R&D contacts, procurement heads, innovation managers, import heads — whatever role matches what you sell. Contact information is verified before being returned, helping you build a cleaner prospect list.
- Step 4: Download the CSV. Import directly into HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive. Start outreach this week.
Total time: under 5 minutes. You can run the same process for the ProPak India 2026 exhibitor list and combine both files for the full BEC opportunity on those three days.
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For Exhibition Organisers: The Opportunity Doesn't End When the Show Closes
For organisers, the exhibitor list is more than a directory of companies attending an event. It is the foundation of a larger exhibition ecosystem. The real opportunity is to help exhibitors and visitors discover relevant people, businesses, and opportunities before they arrive at the venue—and continue those connections after the exhibition ends.
For a large event like Fi India, where hundreds of companies and thousands of industry professionals come together, creating meaningful connections can help improve engagement and make the overall event experience more valuable. This is where the future of exhibitions is moving: from a three-day event to a connected digital ecosystem that continues to create value before, during, and after the show.
Read more: How to Generate Leads Before a Trade Show
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Building the Future of Connected Exhibitions
Lead generation is only one part of the exhibition ecosystem. At EaseMyExpo, we're also exploring how organisers, exhibitors, and visitors can stay connected beyond the exhibition dates through Connect by EaseMyExpo.
The goal is simple: help exhibitions become more than a few days on a calendar and create a digital ecosystem where meaningful connections can continue before, during, and after the event.
Are you an exhibition organiser looking to build a more connected experience for your exhibitors and visitors?
Fi India 2026 Frequently Asked Questions
When and where is Fi India 2026?
Fi India 2026 runs from August 26 to 28, 2026 at Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC), Mumbai. Opening hours are 10 AM to 6 PM on August 26 and 27, and 10 AM to 5 PM on August 28. Organised by Informa Markets.
Is the Fi India 2026 exhibitor list publicly available?
Yes. The exhibitor list is available at exhibitors.figlobal.com/fii26 and on the official website at figlobal.com/india. Company names and categories are listed. Individual decision-maker contacts are not included in the public directory.
How many exhibitors are at Fi India 2026?
Fi India 2026 has 400+ exhibiting companies from 50+ countries. The show expects 15,000+ attendees over three days.
Does this work for ProPak India 2026 as well?
Yes. ProPak India 2026 runs concurrently with Fi India at BEC. Run the same process for the ProPak India exhibitor list and combine both contact files for the full BEC opportunity.
What does Leadline by EaseMyExpo cost?
Free to start. You only pay for verified results. Plans start from 199 rupees per month.
What sectors does Fi India 2026 cover?
Bakery and confectionery ingredients, food supplements and nutraceuticals, beverages, dairy ingredients, pharma excipients, natural products and herbal extracts, sauces and seasonings, healthy food and beverages, cereals and snacks, frozen food, and personal care ingredients.
Fi India is not a show where walking in on day one and seeing what happens produces results. The companies that leave with signed agreements and new partnerships are the ones who arrived knowing exactly who they were meeting, why, and what they wanted from the conversation.
The Fi India 2026 exhibitor list is live. 400 companies. 50 countries. 29 days from today. Start building your contact list now.