Food Manufacturing
Food manufacturing is the process of taking ingredients and turning them into food products for people to consume.
The ingredients may be raw or cooked. The food product may be made from one ingredient as in the case of fresh raw apples to make apple puree, or the food product may be made form a combination of ingredients.
Food Product Manufacturing can comprise of a small number of steps or a combination of many different steps depending on the product being made & the ingredients being used.
The different steps involved in food manufacturing can include:
Cleaning
Processing
Packaging
Distribution
Marketing
NPD – New Product Development
Food Manufacturing businesses work on developing safe food products for consumers. They look at creating products that meet the needs, wants & preferences of the consumer.
If there is a product niche that has not yet been fulfilled then a successful food manufacturer will aim to fulfil that product niche which can involve new product development whereby products are produced to fulfil specific needs and wants of consumers.
A large food manufacturing business through marketing, advertising and branding can create products whereby there is not necessarily a want or need for a specific product, though the large food manufacturing business through advertising, marketing & branding can create a want or need for a specific product.
Food manufacturing is a complex and highly regulated industry that requires strict adherence to food safety and quality standards. Manufacturers must follow strict guidelines and regulations set by local and international authorities to ensure that the food they produce is safe for human consumption.
This includes measures to prevent contamination, ensure proper food labelling, and maintain proper hygiene and sanitation practices throughout the production process.
What is the manufacture of food?
The manufacture of food can comprise of washing ingredients, processing ingredients which can include things like cutting and combining ingredients to produce edible products for the end consumer to enjoy.
Any food that is manufactured that is for retail or wholesale purposes generally always has to be uniform in weight, size, taste texture, consistency & appearance.
So the end consumer knows exactly what they are purchasing the products should generally always look, feel & even taste exactly the same. Not only is it important for uniformity with the packaging of the product, it is equally important for their to be uniformity with the actual product.
Processed Food Manufacturing is all the steps required to make & produce processed foods such as baby foods.
Food manufacturing provides a business with the means of being able to do this with ease.
Who are the Largest Food Manufacturers Globally?
Listed below are the top 5 global food manufacturers:
1. Unilever (a British multinational consumer goods company with head quarters in London, UK. Founded in 1929.
2. The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, commonly known as ADM is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902.
3. PepsiCo – an American multinational food, snack and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, USA. Founded in North Carolina, USA in 1920.
4. Nestlé SA is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing corporation, which engages in the manufacture, supply and production of prepared dishes and cooking aids, milk-based products, pharmaceuticals and ophthalmic goods, baby foods and cereals. It is headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. Founded in 1866.
5. Cargill Incorporated, an American privately held global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865. Cargill, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
Who are Australia’s largest food manufacturers? For a complete list taken from research conducted in 2021, a complete list of the Top 100 Australian Food & Beverage Manufacturers.
Who is Australia’s Largest Food Manufacturer?
Australia’s Top 100 Food and Drink Companies – 2021.
Top 10 Australian Food Manufacturing Businesses
1. Fonterra
2. JBS
3. Coco-Cola Amatil
4. Lion
5. Asahi Holdings
6. Teys
7. Treasury Wine Estates
8. Saputo Dairy Australia
9. Ingham’s
10. Nestle
Top 20
11. Goodman Fielder
12. George Weston Foods
13. Bega Cheese
14. Thomas Foods International
15. Lactalis Australia
16. Pepsico Australia & New Zealand
17. Baiada Poultry
18. Wilmar Sugar
19. Mars Rigley
20. The A2 Milk Company
21. Mondelez Australia
22. Manildra Group
23. Simplot Australia
24. Turners & Growers
25. Costa Group
26. Unlilever
27. Sunrise
28. Queensland Sugar
29. Kraft Heinz
30. NH Foods Australia
31. Mccain Foods
32. Arnott’s
33. Allied Pinnacle
34. Bright Food Group
35. Midfield Meat International
36. Tuross
37. Norco Co-Op
38. Perfection Fresh Australia
39. Diageo Australia
40. Freedom Foods Group
41. Pernod Ricard
42. Tassal Group
43. Bindaree Beef Group
44. Casella Family Brands
45. O Merchant
46. Accolade Wines
47. Peters Food Group
48. KB Food
49. Sanatarium Health Food Company
Top 50
50. Kellog’s Australia
51. Scalzo Food Industries
52. Freshmax
53. Gerladton Fisherman’s Co-Op
54. Sunny Queen Farms
55. Patties Foods
56, Rivalea
57. Wammco International
58. Maccay Sugar
59. General Mills
60. Huon Aquaculture
61. San Remo
62. Hazeldene’s Chicken Farm
63. Kinrise
64. Monde Nissin
65. MSF Sugar
66. HSK Ward
67. Vittoria Food & Beverage
68. Craig Mostyn Group
69. Frucor Suntory
70. Cordina Chicken Farms
71. Brown-Forman Australia
72. One Harvest
73. Golden Cockerel
74. Coopers Brewery
75. Australian Vintage
76. MPO Dairy Products
77. Nolan Meats
78. Select Harvests
79. G & K O’Connor
Top 80
80. Ferrero Australia
81. Sunpork
82. Almondco Australia
83. Beam Global Australia
84. NCMC
85. Moet Hennessy
86. Vesco Foods
87. Lindt
88. Kerry Ingredeints
89. Bundaberg Sugar
90. Bertocchi Small Goods
91. Conga Foods
92. Langdon Ingredients
93. Chobani
94. De Bortoli Wines
95. Tully Sugar
96. Boundary Bend
97. Safcol
98. Mccormick
99. Australian Bakers
100. Petuna
Top 100
Many of these businesses are either international businesses who have set up in Australia or are Australian businesses that have been bought out by international businesses as in the case of Arnott’s.
The difference between a large food manufacturing business, a Food Producer and an Artisan Food Producer?
A large food manufacturing business is a business who manufacture large amount of food and or beverages on an industrial scale using large industrial food processing equipment to do so. They use food processing lines. The food manufacturing plants can be located in Australia or overseas as such food products can be processed & made in Australia or overseas.
A Food Manufacturer manufactures food products on a commercial scale using commercial food production, food processing equipment. Some equipment may be produced on a commercial scale and some may be produced on more of an industrial scale depending on the type and scale of food required to be produced which helps to determine the type and size of equipment that is required. An Australian Food Producer will generally produce food products in Australia.
An artisan food producer on the other hand will generally always produce food products in Australia, locally, some artisans food producers may produce food products nationally. The creation of the food products are produced on a much smaller scale. The equipment used although commercial is not industrial in size.
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