Posted By: Jessica Schulz

The Natural Products Expo East is the largest tradeshow on the east coast featuring organic, specialty and gourmet foods, beauty and natural living supplements with 25,000 attendees each year. The 2012 show will feature new products that are now unavailable to the public. Also, The Organic Summit and All Things Organic-BioFach America tradeshows will be co-located during Expo East in Baltimore this Sept.

"An amazing crop of new product and brand launches will be revealed on the show floor this September. With this significant influx of exhibits we have brought back the New Products Pavilion, which is sure to be where the buzz of the show initiates," said Erica Stone, Show Director. 

Expo East is ranked as one of the top 200 tradeshows in the U.S. The industry is growing despite the current economic environment. The Natural Foods Merchandiser Market Overview recently reported, “the natural products industry climbed to $81 billion in total revenue last year, 7% over 2009, showing that consumers are spending again, returning to natural products stores, and that this market is healthy and growing."

Expo East has been in operation in Boston for the past three years, but is returning to Baltimore for the 2011 show. “The familiar convenience of the Inner Harbor, both from a cost and access to market perspective, will maximize the ability for retailers and manufacturers alike to be successful," said long-time Natural Products Expo East attendee Ralph Celebre of Basil Bandwagon.