What Is the Food Processing Industry?

It refers to the food and feed processing industry, vegetable oil processing industry, sugar industry, slaughtering and meat egg processing industry, aquatic product processing industry, edible salt processing industry and other food processing industries.

Food Processing Industry Overview

The raw materials of food are mainly animals and plants, and they are agricultural and sideline products. Therefore, the food industry has a close relationship with agriculture (including agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, vice, and fishery). To develop the food industry, we must first develop agriculture. Agriculture is the basic guarantee for the development of the food industry. The production period of tomato products in canned factories in China is only about one month. Romanian agricultural breeders have carefully cultivated tomato varieties at different maturity stages. The increase in tomato varieties has extended the production period of tomato products in canned factories to about three months. . Most agricultural and sideline products are perishable products. If they can be processed and reduced in time after harvest or fishing, they can greatly reduce the loss of raw materials, increase food supply, and extend the supply time; at the same time, they can increase the income of agricultural and sideline industries and promote the development of production. . Some by-products and wastes from the food industry can also be used as feed or fertilizer to support agriculture ^[1] .

Food processing industry characteristics

The common feature of the food processing industry is to transform raw materials into high-value products. It is a transformation process that ensures food safety and extends shelf life. Generally speaking, food processing includes changes such as increasing thermal energy and increasing temperature, removing thermal energy or reducing temperature, removing moisture or reducing moisture content, and using packaging to maintain product characteristics due to processing operations. In the process of food processing, more or less contains the objectives of meeting consumer requirements, extending the shelf life of food, increasing diversity, and increasing added value, but to add a specific product, the purpose may be different, It is not that you can buy it without preparing it, or achieve the purpose of producing food and making a profit ^[1] .

The food industry has the characteristics of less investment, short construction time and quick results. The products are not only supplied to the domestic market, but also important export materials in China. The development of the food industry will not only provide nutrition-rich, diverse and durable foods to meet the needs of the people, improve and enrich people's lives, but also store materials, adjust supply sources, regulate markets, ensure supply, Contributing to disaster prevention and relief, opening up new food resources, and creating new food ^[1] .

Food processing industry processing project

Food processing industry

Rice milling includes processing rice, millet, sorghum and other raw grains into rice, millet, sorghum rice, etc.

Food processing industry

Including processing wheat, corn, sorghum rice, rice, beans, etc. into flour, corn flour, sorghum flour, rice flour, soybean flour, etc.

Food processing industry , rice products industry

Including the production of vermicelli and rice vermicelli. (The production of pastry is not included in this category, it is included in the pastry industry)

Compounding and mixed feed manufacturing industry: including the production of additive pre-mixed feed, concentrated feed, compound feed, mixed feed, etc.

Food processing protein feed manufacturing

Including the production of animal protein feed, plant protein feed, etc.

Food processing industry, aquafeed manufacturing

Including seawater, freshwater fish, shrimp, shellfish feed processing and other feed manufacturing industries

Food processing industry edible vegetable oil processing industry

Including soybean oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, flax oil, etc.

Food processing industry Production also includes the production of edible vegetable oil products such as margarine, shortening, hydrogenated oil, cocoa butter, etc.

Food processing industry Non-edible vegetable oil processing industry

Including the production of tung oil, castor oil, etc.

Sugar industry

Food processing industry sugar cane sugar industry

Including sugarcane mechanism sugar and semi-mechanism sugar production

Processing sugar industry including refined sugar, cube sugar, refined sugar, etc. Slaughtering industry including all kinds of livestock and poultry slaughtering meat products processing industry including all kinds of livestock and poultry meat frozen products, cured, smoked products, dried products, cooked Production of products, etc. Canned meat production is not included in this category. It is included in the canned meat manufacturing industry. Meat by-product processing industries include animal fat refining products, casings, and biochemical products. Egg processing industries include dried egg products, iced eggs, and processed eggs. The aquatic product processing industry includes the production of frozen products, dried products, cooked products, surimi products of fish, shellfish and algae. The production of canned aquatic products is not included in this category. It is included in the frozen aquatic product processing industry of aquatic product manufacturing industry, including seawater, freshwater fish, shrimp, and shellfish. The frozen processed dry aquatic product processing industry includes seawater, freshwater fish, Processing of dried shrimp, shellfish, algae and salted aquatic products processing industry including processing of salted fish, salted products, etc. and processing of aquatic products, surimi and surimi products processing industry including surimi, fish sausage, fish ball Processing of other aquatic products including seaweed, gel food, pearl processing, and processing of other aquatic products not included. Salt processing industry includes washing salt, crushed salt, refined salt, etc. Other food processing industry includes vegetables. Processing trends

Changes in the World Food Processing Industry

Five major changes have taken place in the world food processing industry:

One is the dramatic increase in animal-based food processing.

Second, processed vegetables and fruits have become important food for humans.

Third, beverages tend to diversify, and juices and health-care beverages have increased dramatically.

Fourth, the development of world alcoholic beverages is very impressive.

Fifth, processed foods have developed rapidly but their quality requirements are strict.

Food processing industry development measures

Five major policy measures to promote the development of China's agricultural product processing industry:

(1) Establish the overall thinking and goals for the development of agricultural product processing industry. At present and for a period to come, in guiding the development of agricultural product processing industry, we must closely focus on the strategic adjustment of agricultural and rural economic structures, and follow natural and economic laws to improve agriculture. Benefits and farmers' income are the focus, market-oriented, measures adapted to local conditions, scientific planning, reasonable layout, and relying on scientific and technological progress to strive to improve the comprehensive processing capacity of agricultural products; gradually realize the transformation from primary processing to high value-added deep processing, from traditional processing technology to The transformation of advanced applicable technologies and modern high-tech, from resource consumption to efficient utilization, to realize the production base of agricultural product processing raw materials, to improve the quality of agricultural products and processed products, and to integrate production, sales and management; The unification of social and ecological benefits promotes the coordinated development of agriculture and the rural economy.

(2) Adhere to the principle of developing agricultural product processing industry

Market-oriented principle. Governments and enterprises must follow the laws of the market economy, carefully study the diversity and variability of the agricultural product processing industry market, and continue to meet market demands for high quality, safety, convenience and nutrition.

The principle of taking advantage of regional comparative advantage. Relying on the specialized production area formed by the natural distribution of advantageous agricultural products, the traditional characteristics of processing advantages are used to realize the combination of processing and raw material bases and the connection of upstream and downstream products.

The principle of moderate operation scale and advanced applicable technology. Determine the processing scale in accordance with the scale of the raw material base and the radius of the sales market, and implement the combination of "large, medium and small" enterprises. Protect and carry forward traditional crafts with distinctive flavors, select advanced and applicable technical equipment, and actively introduce and develop new and high technologies if possible, and implement "high, middle and low" technology combinations.

The principle of equal emphasis on development and protection. Pay attention to environmental protection and food hygiene. Attention must be paid to both preventing product pollution from the surrounding environment and processing enterprises from polluting the surrounding environment.

Strengthen the principle of macro guidance. Through the formulation of policies, plans, and quality standards, the agricultural product processing industry should be guided to rationally prevent it from blindly setting up new stalls and low-level redundant construction, and create a good external environment and market order for enterprises. Agricultural product processing enterprises with excessive production, wasting resources, polluting the environment, and having no guarantee of safety shall be shut down and transferred.

(3) Seize the focus of the development of the agricultural product processing industry and vigorously develop intensive processing of grain, cotton, oil, and meat. Among them, the main processing of grain is deep processing of wheat, corn, potato, soybean, and rice. Mainly deep processing of meat such as cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, rabbits, etc., and continuously develop fur (velvet) series products; actively develop milk processing, implement the national "student drinking milk plan"; develop organic vegetable products and green vegetable products, Develop the preservation and deep processing of fresh and dried fruits, consolidate the traditional processing of sugar, tea, silk, and hemp, and develop the deep processing of high-quality fish, shrimp, shellfish, and seafood. While consolidating and improving the level of agricultural product processing in the eastern region and cities, we actively promote the flow of capital, technology, equipment and talents to other central and western regions and small towns.

(4) To take safeguard measures to promote the development of agricultural product processing industry, we must conscientiously organize and implement the agricultural product processing industry development plan. Relying on the construction of existing agricultural commodity bases, the advantageous products and their production bases will be deployed on the advantageous agricultural product industrial belts, and the construction of improved breed breeding, technology promotion, infrastructure, transportation and sales services will be strengthened to meet the requirements of processing industry development as soon as possible The production base of raw materials with reasonable layout produces special agricultural products with high quality and stability, which provides a strong raw material guarantee for the agricultural product processing industry. Promote agricultural industrialization. Efforts to promote scientific and technological progress and technological innovation. Speed up the establishment of a quality standard system for the agricultural product processing industry. Establish and improve a socialized service system. Bigger and stronger key agricultural product processing enterprises. Actively develop export-oriented agricultural product processing enterprises, introduce foreign capital, technology and management experience, and participate in international agricultural product market competition.

(5) Efforts to create the external environment of the agricultural product processing industry should continue to give more support in terms of policies such as infrastructure construction, technological reform, finance and taxation, credit, technology, exports, and stock listing; establish a raw material protection for agricultural products processing industry, processing enterprises, and quality and safety Five major systems including standards, technological innovation and policy support; development of guidance catalogues and timely release based on development plans and related policies; proposing technical policies and measures to promote the development of agricultural product processing industry; actively promoting the construction of agricultural product processing industry demonstration parks; establishment and improvement of agricultural product processing industry information Collect, analyze and publish the system; Quickly establish the China Agricultural Products Processing Industry Association; Strive to build a modern agricultural administrative management system that integrates production, processing and sales of agricultural products.