At a glance
- Date range
- City
- Frankfurt am Main
- Country
- Germany
- Industry
- Food & Beverages and Machinery & Industry
- Type of trade show
- B2B
- Frequency
- Every 3 years
- Organizer
- Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH
- Tickets
- No information
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IFFA
May 13–18, 2028 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. IFFA is an international trade fair for processing and packaging meat and alternative proteins for industry, butchers' trade and retail.
Visit organizer websiteTopics and products
Process technologySlaughteringCuttingCoolingPackingWeighingQuality controlCultivated meatMeat alternativesProtein extractionTexturingFermentationSpicesCasings
About the trade show
IFFA 2028 is an international trade fair covering the meat and protein industry, taking place in Frankfurt am Main from 13 to 18 May 2028. Exhibitors present process technology for slaughtering, cutting up, cooling, slicing, weighing and packaging as well as solutions for quality control. Further topics are meat alternatives, cultivated meat, protein extraction, texturing and fermentation, together with spices and casings.
IFFA is aimed at trade visitors from the protein processing industry, the butchers' trade, food retail, gastronomy and supplier industries. In 2025 it counted 1,020 exhibitors and 63,140 visitors. The organiser is Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. IFFA was founded in 1949 and takes place every three years.
Address
By car
Exit Frankfurt West. Address for navigation: Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main.
By public transit
S-Bahn S3, S4, S5, S6, S8; U-Bahn U4; Tram 16, 17. Stop: Festhalle/Messe / Messe.
By plane
Nearest airport: Frankfurt (FRA), approx. 10 km straight-line distance from the venue; approx. 15 min according to the organiser.
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Tickets
No public information available.
Ticket prices are not available here. Please contact the organizer.
Trade show development
Visitors
+4% since 2013- 60,5052013
- 62,4402016
- 66,6702019
- 50,0002022
- 63,1402025
Exhibitors
+6% since 2013- 9652013
- 1,0352016
- 1,0252019
- 9002022
- 1,0202025
Frequently asked questions
When and where does IFFA 2028 take place?
IFFA 2028 takes place from 13 to 18 May 2028 at Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main. It is open from Saturday, 13 May 2028, to Wednesday, 17 May 2028, from 9:00 to 18:00, and on Thursday, 18 May 2028, from 9:00 to 17:00.
How large is the exhibition space of IFFA?
In 2025, the exhibition space of IFFA covered 76,505 m².
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