Abstract:
Baking industry occupies an
important position among Indian food
processing industries with an annual
turnover of about Rs. 3000 crores. The
spurt in the production of bakery
products could be attributed to their
advantages over other processed foods.
Bakery products are ready to eat,
convenient to use and posses
satisfactory nutritional quality. 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 same, however, value of the
biscuits is more than bread. The industry
has traditionally been and largely
continues to be in the unorganized
sector contributing to over 70% of the
total production. Bakery products once
considered as sick man’s diet.
