Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing
(1) drying (including freeze-dried) and/or dehydrating fruits, vegetables, and soup mixes and bouillon and/or (2) drying and/or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, such as rice and dry pasta.
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Example Companies
- ●Nestle- Dehydrated foods
- ●Kraft Heinz- Dried foods
- ●Olam Food Ingredients- Dehydrated ingredients
This Code is NOT For...
NAICS 311423 does not cover the following activities. Use the correct code instead:
Milling rice and packaging it with other ingredients
Manufacturing dry pasta and packaging it with other ingredients
Manufacturing fruit, grain (except rice), and vegetable flours, meals, and powders
Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated potatoes, rice, and pasta, and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, and mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for soup mixes and bouillon
Manufacturing dry salad dressing and dry sauce mixes
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