Processed Fruits and Vegetables

Processed Fruits and Vegetables

Food processing sector is one of the largest sectors in India in terms of production, growth, consumption, and export. India's food processing sector covers fruit and vegetables; spices; meat and poultry; milk and milk products, alcoholic beverages, fisheries, plantation, grain processing and other consumer product groups like confectionery, chocolates and cocoa products, soya-based products, mineral water, high protein foods etc.

India's exports of Processed Food was Rs. 31551.99 Crores in 2013-14, which including the share of products like Mango Pulp (Rs. 772.97 Crores), Dried and Preserved Vegetable (Rs. 742.74 Crores), Other Processed Fruit and Vegetable (Rs. 2,266.66 Crores), Pulses (Rs. 1,746.34 Crores), Groundnuts (Rs. 3,187.69 Crores), Guargum (Rs. 11,734.51 Crores), Jaggery & Confectionary (Rs. 1,136.91 Crores), Cocoa Products (Rs. 570.80 Crores), Cereal Preparations (Rs. 2,855.01 Crores), Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (Rs. 2,393.54 Crores) and Miscellaneous Preparations (Rs. 2,183.81 Crores).

The Indian food processing industry is primarily export orient. India's geographical situation gives it the unique advantage of connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea.