Bakery Products

Abstract

Bakery industry in India is the largest of the food industries with an annual turnover of about Rs. 3000 crores. India is the second largest producer of biscuits after USA. The biscuit industry in India comprises of organized and unorganised sectors. Bread and Biscuits form the major baked foods accounting for over 80% of total bakery products produced in the country. The quantities of bread and biscuits produced are more or less the same. However, value of biscuits is more than bread. The industry has traditionally been and largely continues to be in the unorganized sector contributing over 70% of the total production. Bakery products once considered as sick man’s diet, have now become an essential food items of the vast majority of population.