Mufaddal started as a humble trading house in Cairo in 1979. Since then, the company has diversified its operations into the trading of tea, pulses, grains, wheat, sugar, spices, herbs, oil seeds, animal feed and dried fruits. Mufaddal in Arabic translates as being "the preferred". With its innate belief in becoming "the preferred," Mufaddal justified its name by becoming the preferred trading house and partner for scores of international suppliers and customers。