Food and Beverages Industry Overview

Bottled water companies are involved in purifying and bottling water, and then marketing and disributing it for commercial and personal use. End users for bottled water group constitute both on-trade and off-trade consumption that include institutional and retail customers. Retail customer can purchase bottled water from different retail or food service formats. Institutional customers such as restaurants, offices and hotels purchase bottled water from wholesalers or distributors.

Cigarettes, Cigars & Cigarillos segment includes establishments involved in manufacturing cigarettes, bidis, cigars, cigarillos and other rolled-cigarette products. There are a large number of cigarette manufacturing companies and widespread availability of cigarettes in both developed and developing countries.

The alcoholic beverages industry includes establishments that manufacture alcoholic beverages through the fermentation process and that produce distilled alcoholic beverages.

The non-alcoholic beverages market comprises establishments manufacturing beverages that do not contain any alcohol. Non-alcoholic beverages provide hydration, nutrients, vitamins, sugar or calories based on the ingredients used in the manufacturing process.

The grain products market includes establishments involved in milling flour meal from grains or vegetables, preparing flour mixes or doughs from flour, milling, cleaning and polishing rice and manufacturing malt from barley, rice and other grains.

The dairy market comprises establishments involved in manufacturing dairy products from raw milk and processed milk products, manufacturing dry, condensed, concentrated and evaporated dairy, and producing some dairy substitute products.

The meat, poultry and seafood industry includes establishments involved in animal slaughtering and processing, poultry processing and seafood product preparation and packaging.

The frozen food industry includes establishments manufacturing frozen fruits, juices, vegetables, and frozen specialty foods. This market does not cover meat products.