date:Jul 05, 2012
added processing. The processing of commodities include wheat, rice, spices etc. and the value-added processing would include bakery items, milk products, ready-to-eat (RTE) and ready-to-cook (RTC) items.
The commodity based processing is roughly contributing to about 2/3rd of the processed food market and the 1/3rd is held by value-added processing.
The market size of value-added processing is currently estimated to be Rs 3,00,000 crore and these food items will essentially require refrigerat