iShares STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage (DE) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that aims to track the performance of the STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage Index as closely as possible. The ETF invests in physical index securities. The STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage Index offers exposure to the European Food & Beverage sector as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB). It is a sub index of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. The STOXX Europe 600 Index offers exposure to large, mid and small capitalisation stocks from European developed countries. The index is free float market capitalisation weighted. iShares ETFs are funds managed by BlackRock. They are transparent, cost-efficient, liquid vehicles that trade on stock exchanges like normal securities. iShares ETFs offer flexible and easy access to a wide range of markets and asset classes.