FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR OVERVIEW
Statistics, news & updates: everything you need to know about the Food Processing Industry in India
Summary/Snapshot
Food Processing Industry
- The food & grocery retail market in India constitutes almost 65% of the total retail market in India.
- India’s food processing sector is among the World’s largest, and output is expected to reach $535 Billion by 2025-26.
- The industry employs 1.93 million people.
- The sector is growing at an Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR) of around 10.00%
- FDI Received in FPI Sector for 2020-21 is US$ 393.41 million.
- Food grain production is 29.77 million tons more than the average food grain production of the last five years.
- The total geographical area of India is 328.7 million ha and the Gross Cropped Area is 198.4 million ha with a cropping intensity of 142%.
- India’s agricultural and processed food products exports were up by 13% to $ 19.69 billion in nine months of the current fiscal (2022-23) compared to the same period last year.
- India’s agricultural and processed food products exports were up by 13% to $19.69 Bn in nine months of the current fiscal (2022-23) compared to the same period last year.
- For Priority Sector Lending, loans to food and agro-based processing plants, as well as cold chains, have been designated as agriculture operations (PSL).
Growth Drivers
- India has a consumer base of over 130 billion people. By 2030, annual household consumption will treble, making India the 5th largest consumer globally.
- To enhance India’s Manufacturing and exports $146 million is committed under Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in Food Products.
- 41 Mega Food Processing Parks, 353 Cold Chain projects, 63 Agro-Processing Clusters, 292 Food Processing Units, 63 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages Projects & 6 Operation Green projects across the country have been approved.
Sub industries
- Animal food & feed
- Beverages – Alcoholic & Non-alcoholic
- Breakfast cereals
- Coffee & Tea
- Dairy products
- Frozen & Preserved food
- Ingredients & Condiments
- Sugar, Bakery & Confectionery products
Opportunities
- Dairy is the single largest agricultural commodity, accounting for 5% of the national economy and growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6.4 percent over the last five years.
- Due to India’s fast urbanization, there is a growing need for chicken products, with urban regions accounting for 80% of poultry and meat demand.
Challenges
- Gaps in supply chain infrastructure: Inadequate primary processing, storage and distribution facilities. Lack of mechanization, high seasonality, perishability and lack of proper supply chain results in a lack of availability of raw material.
- Infrastructure Bottlenecks: More than 30% of the produce from farm gates is lost due to inadequate cold chain infrastructure.
- Informal Food Processing Industry: Unorganized segments account for almost 75% of all product categories.
- Low-Value Exports: Most processing in India can be classified as primary processing.
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Key Investment Opportunities
- Fruits and vegetables: juices, jams, jellies, purees, soups, powders, dried vegetables, flakes, shreds, and ready-to-eat curries, as well as preserved, candied, glazed, and crystallized fruits and vegetables.
- Fermentation preservation of food: wine, beer, vinegar, yeast preparation, and alcoholic beverages. Fruit-based and cereal-based beverages are available.
- The government’s focus is on supply chain-related infrastructures such cold storage, abattoirs, and food parks, and this segment provides investment potential in food processing infrastructure.
- For 728 districts across the country, the One District One Focus Product (ODOFP) program covers agricultural and associated products.
Recent Developments
- The Production Linked Incentive(PLI) Scheme- to modernize and enhance the competitiveness of the food processing industry by manufacturing specific categories of food products having a high potential for growth in output and value addition for a period of six years till 2026-27.
- India’s food processing market may touch $470 bn by 2025. Tier-II and Tier-III cities could mirror the trend visible in metropolitan areas, by consuming more processed food in the coming years.
- Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) processing and aseptic packaging involves producing dairy products with a longer shelf life.
- Scraped surface heat exchangers, higher pasteurization and modernized mechanical systems.
Key Players in India
National
- Parle Agro
- Mother Dairy
- Vadilal
- Amul
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Unilever
- MTR Foods
- Haldiram’s
- KRBL Limited
- Godrej Beverages And Foods Limited
- Kwality Dairy India Limited
- Patanjali
- Dabur India Ltd.
International
- Kissan
- Britannia
- Nestle
- PepsiCo, Inc.
- Smithfield Foods
- The Hershey Company
- Tyson Foods
- Kellogg
- Oetker Group
- McCain Foods Ltd.
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