Food economy
The food industry or nutrition industry as an economic branch comprises the economic sectors that deal with the commercial production, processing and trading of foodstuffs or foodstuffs . It is part of agribusiness , which is viewed as an agricultural and food economy.
Sub-areas
The definitions vary greatly depending on the economic region and epoch. According to the statistical classification of economic sectors in the European Community . This does not differentiate between company size, production technology, ownership structure in the food industry and the food trade , but brings together similarities in production and operating results. These are branches of industry from Section C “Manufacturing / production of goods”, Section G “Trade” and Section I “Hospitality”. Companies with a wide range of products regularly overlap with Section A “Agriculture and Fisheries”.
Business sectors by department
- Department 10: Manufacture of food and feed
- groups
- 10.1: Slaughter and meat processing
- 10.2: Fish processing
- 10.3: Fruit and vegetable processing
- 10.4: Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats
- 10.5: Milk processing
- 10.6: Milling and peeling mills, manufacture of starch and starch products
- 10.7: Manufacture of baked goods and pasta
- 10.8: Manufacture of other foodstuffs
- 10.9: Manufacture of animal feed
- Department 11: Manufacture of beverages
- 11.05: making beer
- 11.01: Production of spirits
- Department 12: Tobacco processing is partially included if the same legal framework is applied
- Department 55: Accommodation (with catering)
- Department 56: Gastronomy
Trade media
Some German-language specialist media report specifically on the food industry:
- Food newspaper
- Food practice
- Food technology (magazine)
- Food magazine (online magazine)
- Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau , a former association magazine of the food industry, which now appears independently as a specialist magazine
See also
Web links
- Industry figures for German food industry in food Association Germany
- Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (NACE Rev. 2) , RAMON online classification server from Eurostat (multilingual)