Dubai Halal Company Considers Building a Halal Food Plant in Brazil

A Dubai company is considering building a halal food plant in Brazil. As the halal food industry grows, halal-certified food is becoming more and more popular, and a well-known Dubai halal food company is considering establishing a halal food factory in Brazil. Building a plant in Brazil would help the company build relationships with local suppliers and meet demand for halal-certified food in the UAE and Gulf countries.

In the halal food industry, Dubai-based Al Islami Foods is planning to open an office in Sao Paulo as it looks to expand its operations in Brazil, it has been reported.

The company, which produces halal food and in 2014 said it was looking to create 1,000 new jobs with a factory in Dubai that will triple production levels, is also considering opening a poultry processing plant in Brazil, the Brazil-Arab News Agency said.

The company specialises in halal products, which are prepared in accordance with Islamic tradition, and has a long-standing history of doing business with Brazilian suppliers, it added.

Al Islami executives reportedly visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce offices earlier this month to discuss their plans for expansion in the country.

By opening the office, the company intends to “secure a foothold in the country” in order to consolidate its relationship with suppliers, the news agency said, adding that it is also looking to its imports to cater to the UAE and other Gulf countries.

The company owns two plants in the UAE and is planning another one in Saudi Arabia. An eventual plant in Brazil would come as part of a strategy to cater to demand for halal food products outside the Gulf, including the Muslim community in Europe.