Health food and health food supplements is another rapidly rising segment of this industry which is gaining vast popularity amongst the health conscious. Food processing industries in India has registered a record 18 per cent growth this fiscal. It witnessed 10 per cent jump during the last four years. food processing sector is emerging as the leading sector for economic growth of the country in the Eleventh Plan.

    India is the worlds second largest producer of food after china, and has the potential of being the biggest with the food and agricultural sector. The total food production in India is likely to double in the next ten years and there is an opportunity for large investments in food and food processing, Specialty processing, Packing, Frozen Food/Refrigeration and Thermo Processing. Fruits and Vegetables, Fisheries, Milk and Milk Products, Meat and Packaged/Convenience Foods, Alcoholic Beverages and Soft Drinks and Grains are Important sub-sectors of the food processing industry. Health food and health food supplements is another rapidly rising segment of this industry which is gaining vast popularity amongst the health conscious.