How candies, chocolates, coffee, chips and packaged food are able to retain the taste for a longer period of time

TO MANAGE THE GROWTH FUELLED BY CONSUMER DEMAND FOR PACKAGED, READY TO EAT, HASSLEFREE FOOD, MANUFACTURERS ARE QUICKLY ADOPTING MODERN ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SOLUTIONS THAT ARE USED AT VARIOUS STEPS OF FOOD PRODUCTION - ALL THE WAY UP THE VALUE CHAIN LEADING UPTO PACKAGING AND STORAGE.

- Deepak Pahwa

For any country’s economy to sustain, its gross domestic product (GDP) plays a pivotal role, which basically means the combined value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. Various factors contribute to economic growth and Food is one of the most crucial subjects for any economy to sustain its population and its future needs. In India too, the sector has been identified as one of the key growth drivers. Other than producing its own large variety of food products on a regular basis, India is also amongst the biggest exporters of processed food across the world.

The Indian food and beverages industry is worth $400 billion, and the food processing sector accounts for about $130 billion. It makes up 10 percent of the agriculture GDP and 12 percent of the manufacturing GDP. The FnB industry puts a lot of attention on the quality, processing, and packaging of the end product by ensuring that the food item meets all the necessary standards and checks before being consumed. The focus on the overall quality has pushed the majority of the industry players to realise the importance of investing in advanced technologies. To manage the growth fuelled by consumer demand for packaged, ready to eat, hassle-free food, these players are quickly adopting modern environment control solutions that are used at various steps of food production, all the way up the value chain leading upto packaging and storage.