8th Nanjing Catering and Hotpot Ingredients Expo will be held from March 11 to 13, 2026, at the Nanjing International Expo Center. Covering 60,000 sqm across Halls 4 to 7, the expo will feature over 2,000 exhibitors and welcome more than 100,000 professional visitors. Showcasing categories such as pre-cooked dishes, hotpot ingredients, seafood, condiments, BBQ supplies, snacks, beverages, kitchen equipment, and food processing machinery, the event is organized by Qiyang Group. It aims to connect suppliers and buyers, foster business cooperation, and promote the high-quality development of the catering industry in East China.
Range of Exhibition
- Pre-cooked Dishes:
Prepared food ingredients, frozen dim sum, ready meals, pre-made dishes, semi-finished products, instant food, meat and vegetarian packs.
- Hotpot Ingredients & Specialty Products:
Beef and lamb, tripe, omasum, duck/goose intestines, duck blood/paws, vermicelli, seasonal vegetables, mushrooms, meatballs, shrimp/fish paste, noodles, tofu products.
- Hotpot Base & Condiments:
Hotpot soup base, broths, dipping sauces, cooking oils, compound seasonings, flavor pastes.
- Seafood Products:
Mini lobsters, sliced snails, crab legs, oysters, raw prawns, sashimi, squid, carp belly, crabs, abalone, collagen, scallops, sea cucumbers.
- BBQ Ingredients & Supplies:
Poultry and meat by-products, seafood side-products, tofu products, rice/flour-based foods, marinated foods, meat paste items, sausages.
- Snacks & Light Food:
Spicy fish skin, crispy twists, rice cakes, fries, brown sugar rice cakes, glutinous rice crackers, spicy bean curd sheets.
- Kitchen & Restaurant Equipment:
Catering furniture, takeaway packaging, kitchenware, hotpot tables/chairs, POS systems, food delivery robots, cooking robots, uniforms, interior design.
- Meatball & Paste Products:
Cheese chicken balls, foie gras balls, spicy beef balls, crystal shrimp balls, cuttlefish/fish paste, hand-made meat/fish balls, Chaozhou fish eggs.
- Beverages & Alcohol:
Alcoholic beverages, fruit juice, carbonated drinks, milk tea, fresh-made drinks, desserts, instant beverages.
- Frozen & Chilled Food:
Frozen beef/lamb, poultry, meatballs, buns, dumplings, tangyuan, steamed bread, pancakes, dairy.
- Food Processing & Packaging Equipment:
Central kitchen equipment, meat processing machines, packaging machines, cold chain logistics equipment, packaging materials, testing devices, refrigeration, vegetable washing machines.
- Supporting Services:
BBQ/hotpot store design, POS systems, food delivery robots, intelligent food prep robots, staff uniforms.
Target Audience
Food distributors, hotpot chain operators, catering franchisees, supermarket buyers, hotel food procurement, restaurant supply chain managers, food e-commerce platforms, cold chain logistics providers, food equipment distributors, food industry investors.