Halal food is expanding across global F&B markets. Global halal F&B launches recorded a 13% CAGR between 2021 and 2025, reflecting sustained growth across markets and product categories.
For manufacturers, exporters, distributors and retailers, this growth has implications beyond religious compliance. Halal certification is increasingly relevant to product development, sourcing, and market access.
What Is Halal Food?
“Halal” means “permissible” under Islamic law. In the food industry, halal food refers to products that comply with Islamic dietary requirements across ingredients, production, processing and handling.
In general:
- Products must not contain pork or pork-derived ingredients
- Products must not contain alcohol or other prohibited substances
- Halal meat must meet specific requirements for the animal and slaughter process
- Production must prevent contamination with non-halal substances
- Ingredients and processes must meet relevant halal certification requirements
Halal extends beyond meat to processed foods, confectionery, beverages, snacks, sauces and ingredients.
For manufacturers and exporters, this makes halal a supply-chain consideration. Certification can affect ingredient selection, suppliers, production processes, storage and logistics.
Where Is the Halal Food Market Growing?
Halal innovation is expanding across both markets and categories.
Asia accounts for 55.61% of global halal F&B launches, followed by Africa at 20.05% and the Middle East at 11.72%.
The product mix is also broadening. Bakery represents 15.71% of launches, followed by Cooking Sauces & Seasonings at 11.42% and Snacks at 10.75%. Dairy and snacks are showing strong momentum, recording 12.93% and 12.22% CAGR respectively between 2021 and 2025.
For manufacturers, this points to opportunities beyond traditional halal staples and halal meat. For buyers and distributors, it means a wider sourcing pool across everyday, convenience and value-added products.
Why Halal Matters to F&B Businesses
Halal certification can influence product development, production and market access.
Certification requires businesses to understand their ingredients and production processes. Indonesia’s halal authority, BPJPH, links halal certification with quality, safety, transparency and traceability.
Halal requirements can also affect market access. In Indonesia, products within mandatory halal categories entering and being traded in the country must comply with its halal certification regulations.
For manufacturers and exporters, halal should therefore be considered early in product and market-entry planning. For buyers and distributors, the growing number of certified products creates more sourcing options, but also increases the importance of certification, supplier capability and product-market fit.
Southeast Asia’s Role in the Global Halal Market
Southeast Asia sits at the centre of the halal opportunity.
Indonesia leads global halal F&B launches with 19.05%, while Malaysia accounts for 10.81%. Together with activity across other Southeast Asian markets, this reinforces the region’s role in halal product development and trade.
For international manufacturers, Southeast Asia represents significant consumer demand. For buyers and distributors, it provides a growing sourcing base. For regional producers, halal certification can support expansion into international markets.
Indonesia is also strengthening international certification links. By the end of 2025, BPJPH reported that 93 overseas halal institutions across 62 countries had signed mutual recognition agreements with Indonesia.
This combination of demand, production, and trade reinforces Southeast Asia’s importance within the wider global halal market.
Halal Food at THAIFEX – Anuga Asia
At THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2026, the dedicated Halal Showcase brought halal-certified products into one focused sourcing area for trade buyers. Halal-certified exhibitors were also represented across the wider exhibition, reflecting the category’s presence across different F&B segments.
THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2027 will take place from 25–29 May 2027 at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. As an international F&B trade show in Asia, THAIFEX – Anuga Asia brings buyers and suppliers from around the world together to discover products, assess market opportunities, and build business partnerships.
For halal manufacturers and suppliers, this creates opportunities to meet international buyers, develop distribution partnerships, and pursue growth across regional and global markets.
Register your interest to exhibit at THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2027 →
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Halal food is expanding across global F&B markets. Global halal F&B launches recorded a 13% CAGR between 2021 and 2025, reflecting sustained growth across markets and product categories.
For manufacturers, exporters, distributors and retailers, this growth has implications beyond religious compliance. Halal certification is increasingly relevant to product development, sourcing, and market access.
What Is Halal Food?
“Halal” means “permissible” under Islamic law. In the food industry, halal food refers to products that comply with Islamic dietary requirements across ingredients, production, processing and handling.
In general:
- Products must not contain pork or pork-derived ingredients
- Products must not contain alcohol or other prohibited substances
- Halal meat must meet specific requirements for the animal and slaughter process
- Production must prevent contamination with non-halal substances
- Ingredients and processes must meet relevant halal certification requirements
Halal extends beyond meat to processed foods, confectionery, beverages, snacks, sauces and ingredients.
For manufacturers and exporters, this makes halal a supply-chain consideration. Certification can affect ingredient selection, suppliers, production processes, storage and logistics.
Where Is the Halal Food Market Growing?
Halal innovation is expanding across both markets and categories.
Asia accounts for 55.61% of global halal F&B launches, followed by Africa at 20.05% and the Middle East at 11.72%.
The product mix is also broadening. Bakery represents 15.71% of launches, followed by Cooking Sauces & Seasonings at 11.42% and Snacks at 10.75%. Dairy and snacks are showing strong momentum, recording 12.93% and 12.22% CAGR respectively between 2021 and 2025.
For manufacturers, this points to opportunities beyond traditional halal staples and halal meat. For buyers and distributors, it means a wider sourcing pool across everyday, convenience and value-added products.
Why Halal Matters to F&B Businesses
Halal certification can influence product development, production and market access.
Certification requires businesses to understand their ingredients and production processes. Indonesia’s halal authority, BPJPH, links halal certification with quality, safety, transparency and traceability.
Halal requirements can also affect market access. In Indonesia, products within mandatory halal categories entering and being traded in the country must comply with its halal certification regulations.
For manufacturers and exporters, halal should therefore be considered early in product and market-entry planning. For buyers and distributors, the growing number of certified products creates more sourcing options, but also increases the importance of certification, supplier capability and product-market fit.
Southeast Asia’s Role in the Global Halal Market
Southeast Asia sits at the centre of the halal opportunity.
Indonesia leads global halal F&B launches with 19.05%, while Malaysia accounts for 10.81%. Together with activity across other Southeast Asian markets, this reinforces the region’s role in halal product development and trade.
For international manufacturers, Southeast Asia represents significant consumer demand. For buyers and distributors, it provides a growing sourcing base. For regional producers, halal certification can support expansion into international markets.
Indonesia is also strengthening international certification links. By the end of 2025, BPJPH reported that 93 overseas halal institutions across 62 countries had signed mutual recognition agreements with Indonesia.
This combination of demand, production, and trade reinforces Southeast Asia’s importance within the wider global halal market.
Halal Food at THAIFEX – Anuga Asia
At THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2026, the dedicated Halal Showcase brought halal-certified products into one focused sourcing area for trade buyers. Halal-certified exhibitors were also represented across the wider exhibition, reflecting the category’s presence across different F&B segments.
THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2027 will take place from 25–29 May 2027 at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand. As an international F&B trade show in Asia, THAIFEX – Anuga Asia brings buyers and suppliers from around the world together to discover products, assess market opportunities, and build business partnerships.
For halal manufacturers and suppliers, this creates opportunities to meet international buyers, develop distribution partnerships, and pursue growth across regional and global markets.
Register your interest to exhibit at THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2027 →
