Discover the flavour that launched a thousand ships. Sri Lanka is the only source for true Ceylon Cinnamon and our terroir has greatly influenced the flavour of all the Ceylon Spices, making them a distinct ingredient of flavour and fragrance.
The 15th
most important spice exporting nation
US $461.84 million
export revenue in 2024
51268.59 MT
2024 annual export volume
The EDB will be organizing Sri Lanka’s participation at GULFOOD 2026 Exhibition scheduled to be held from 26th - 30th January 2026 at the Dubai Expo City, Dubai, UAE. GULFOOD is one of the largest Food & Beverage Exhibitions in the world which connects around 5,000 exhibitors and more than 100,000 visitors from over 125 countries.
The World’s Leading Fair for Organic Food will be held from February 10th to 13th, 2026 at Nuremberg Germany. Sri Lanka Export Development Board is organizing a country pavilion at ‘BioFach 2026’ International food fair with the presence of Sri Lankan export companies
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) is organizing a National Pavilion at the Foodex 2026 International Food and Beverage Exhibition, from 10th to 13th March, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan.
EDB is organizing a Sri Lanka Country Pavilion at the “THAIFEX – Anuga Asia -2026”, international food fair to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 26th May to 30th May, 2026
Cinnamon was one of the first traded spices of the ancient world. Cinnamon was a popular spice in the ancient Arab world and Arab traders have paved the way for Cinnamon to travel a long distance through the spice route to the Europen market. Cinnamon has motivated many historical voyages leading to discovery of New World by Christopher Columbus and Vasco De Gamma to Sri Lanka & South India...
Ceylon Cinnamon is known to offer plenty of health benefits, including the following.
Diabetes. Recent studies have found that cinnamon may help control blood sugar levels. In 2003, for example, Diabetes Care found that people with type 2 diabetes who took 1, 3, or 6 grams of cinnamon reduced their fasting blood glucose levels by 18–29 percent, and also reduced triglycerides by 23–30 percent. It also reduced LDL cholesterol by 7–27 percent, and total cholesterol by 12–26 percent.
