The food processing industry in India is a sunrise industry, which has been growing aboveaverage
and is expected to grow further. Even though India has a large agricultural sector, the
food processing industry has traditionally played a small role and it is only recently that it has
been promoted as a measure to increase food security and generate employment.
Germany’s food processing industry is a well-developed industry that is globally competitive.
Nevertheless, it is faced with saturation in the domestic market, as far as conventional foods
are concerned. Emerging, significant trends in Germany are health and wellness-enhancing
and disease-preventing food products that are often organically produced, procured through
fair trade and are increasingly plant-based (vegetarian/vegan), which coincides with the
increasing popularity of Ayurveda and Yoga. These trends can be seen as areas where India
has been traditionally strong.