By foodstuffs industry or also nourishing industry one understands the whole of the companies, which manufacture or process food.

In Germany important companies and organizations of the foodstuffs industry in the Federal union of the German nourishing industry (BVE) organized themselves.

According to data of this federation 5,880 enterprises are also active over one half million person employed in the foodstuffs industry in Germany. The conversion amounted to in the year 2004 approximately 130 billion euro, of it 21.6% for the export.

In Switzerland the companies of the foodstuffs industry in the federation of Swiss food industries (fial) organized themselves.

Food industry in Switzerland consists of approximately 200 enterprises, which employ about 33,000 humans in 250 production enterprises. The gross income of 13 billion Swiss Franconia (approx. 8,5 billion euro) divides on into 2 billion Franconia of exports and 11 billion inland sales.

On European level the foodstuffs industry will represent among other things by the European federation of the foodstuffs industry (CIAA).

Some exponents of the foodstuffs industry

• Danone (frz. Food company)
• Dr.Oetker (getting thing)
• Givaudan (flavour manufacturer)
• Kraft Foods (food company from the Altria group)
• (largest food manufacturer of the world)
• Procter&Gamble (food company)
• VK mills AG (of Europe largest mill company with well-known marks such as diamond, Aurora & Mueller's mill)
• Unilever (mark company)
• Symrise (flavour manufacturer)
• OSI group (world-wide active main supplier of the McDonald's company for meat products.)

Related links

• BVE Federal union of the German nourishing industry registered association (BVE)
• CIAA
• Web catalog of the foodstuffs industry

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