Top Food Manufacturing Companies in Thailand

The food manufacturing industry in Thailand is a significant contributor to the country's economy, providing employment for millions of people and contributing significantly to the country's GDP. In 2022, the industry continued to show growth and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with key statistics indicating its importance to the country's overall economic health.

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BUNGE16,878 +65 6227 0090

At Bunge (www.bunge.com, NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. With more than two centuries of experience, unmatched global scale and deeply rooted relationships, we work to put quality food on the table, increase sustainability where we operate, strengthen global food security, and help communities prosper. As the world’s leader in oilseed processing and a leading producer and supplier of specialty plant-based oils and fats, we value our partnerships with farmers to improve the productivity and environmental efficiency of agriculture across our value chains and to bring quality products from where they’re grown to where they’re consumed. At the same time, we collaborate with our customers to create and reimagine the future of food, developing tailored and innovative solutions to meet evolving dietary needs and trends in every part of the world. Our Company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and we have more than 22,000 dedicated employees working across more than 300 facilities located in more than 40 countries.

COFCO INTERNATIONAL6,107 +65 6805 8600

COFCO International is a global agri-business with a clear vision, strong values and a positive culture, focused on being a leader in the global grains, oilseeds and sugar supply chains. We provide the food the world needs in a responsible way. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, we are ambitious, with the right structures and culture to meet the world’s increasing and changing needs. With 11,000+ people in 35 countries, our global portfolio includes assets across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We trade with over 50 nations, while providing farmers unique direct access to the growing Chinese market.

DANONE67,302 +65 6213 9000

Danone is a leading multi-local food and beverage company building on health-focused and fast-growing categories in 3 businesses: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With its ‘One Planet. One Health’ frame of action, which considers the health of people and the planet as intimately interconnected, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices. To accelerate this food revolution and create superior, sustainable, profitable value for all its stakeholders, Danone has defined nine 2030 Goals, and paved the way as the first listed company to adopt the “Entreprise à Mission” status in France. With a purpose to bring health through food to as many people as possible, and corresponding social, societal and environmental objectives set out in its articles of association, Danone commits to operating in an efficient, responsible and inclusive manner, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. By 2025, Danone aims to become one of the first multinational companies to obtain B CorpTM certification. With more than 100,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €25.3 billion in sales in 2019. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, Volvic, among others) as well as strong local and regional brands (including AQUA, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Horizon Organic, Mizone, Oikos, Prostokvashino, Silk, Vega). Listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX market via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability indexes including the ones managed by Vigeo Eiris and Sustainalytics, as well as the Ethibel Sustainability Index, the MSCI ESG Indexes, the FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and the Access to Nutrition Index.

DIANA963 +65 6779 4551

Diana was acquired by the Symrise Group years ago, a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition and cosmetic ingredients. This page is not updated anymore, please follow the Symrise AG page for all news.

AAK2,761 +65 6916 0320

Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.AAK specializes in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. We enhance their sensory experience – by giving the silkier mouthfeel in premium chocolate, the juicier texture in a plant-based burger, and the puffier appearance in a lower-fat pastry. We can also optimize their production by substituting existing ingredients with plant-based equivalents that give better efficiency. AAK’s value-adding solutions enable our customers to be successful in a better way.At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 16 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities.Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 150 years.

EW NUTRITION314 +65 6735 2395

EW Nutrition is an animal nutrition company that offers integrators, feed producers, and self-mixing farmers comprehensive animal nutrition solutions for gut health management, feed quality, young animal nutrition, and more.Our mission is to mitigate the impact of antimicrobial resistance by providing comprehensive animal nutrition solutions. To turn our commitment into reality, each of our programs delivers a key dimension of our mission. By pursuing our objectives in animal nutrition, our work contributes to increasing the efficacy of human healthcare.In close cooperation with each customer, we develop tailor-made solutions to improve performance parameters and animal welfare. These solutions typically include services, products and consultancy.Customers are served directly by our own personnel in 50 countries. Our tagline, “Functional Innovations backed by Science”, is operationalized through technical support at local, regional, and global level.EW Nutrition researches, develops, manufactures, markets, and services its products and programs. Headquartered in Germany, EW Nutrition operates manufacturing facilities on 4 continents. Innovation is driven by our own research labs in Germany, with development centers in the 5 most important animal nutrition markets. New biotechnology-based solutions are upscaled at EW Nutrition’s subsidiary EW Biotech.Our actions are based on our core values: always putting the customer first, continuously seeking excellence, being curious, understanding the needs of our customers, and using this knowledge as a basis for innovation, program development, and tailor-made solutions.ew-nutrition.com

GOODMAN FIELDER2,255 +65 6357 9850

Goodman Fielder is a leading regional food company across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. We manufacture, package, distribute, market and sell a wide range of food products including bread, milk, cheese, chicken, flour, cooking oils, spreads, baking ingredients, ice cream and snacks.We boast a diverse portfolio of consumer brands that people know and love; including Meadow Fresh, Vogel’s, Helga’s, Wonder White, Praise, White Wings, CSR Sugar, Pampas, Puhoi Valley, Crest, Edmonds, Meadow Lea, Molenberg, Irvines and many more.For generations, millions of consumers have turned to our well known brands to deliver essential food items to them every day.Our leading product offering is supported by efficient distribution networks that enables delivery to over tens of thousands of outlets every day including supermarkets, dairies, service stations, cafes and restaurants.From filling your pantry to lining your plate; our products cover every eating occasion.At Goodman Fielder our aspiration is to be the leading integrated food solutions business in the Region. We are a team that believes that anything is possible. A team that understands our business and focuses on the right things that make the biggest difference and one that considers our end to end value chain when making decisions to optimize our business. We drive change as an opportunity for us to innovate and transform our business and to achieve beyond what we think is possible.

KEMIN INDUSTRIES1,790 +65 6755 1633

Kemin Industries is a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services. The company supplies over 500 specialty ingredients for human health, food safety and protection of the global food supply chain. Kemin ingredients offer solutions across various industries including animal health, nutraceuticals, pet food, food technologies, crop technologies, textiles, aquaculture and animal vaccines. Serving customers in more than 120 countries, Kemin works each day to provide ingredients that feed a growing population and is committed to the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products.Established in 1961, Kemin is a privately held, family-owned-and-operated company with more than 3,000 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.

LANGDON154 +65 6223 5617

Langdon is one of the largest suppliers of quality ingredients and product development expertise, to food manufacturers throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific and the U.K. & Ireland.In 2022 Langdon will celebrate 170 years of exploring and sourcing the globe for the very best ingredients that form the foundation of new product creations by 1,000+ food manufacturing partners, bringing a world of taste to consumers around the world. Our insatiable sense of curiosity for discovering new taste experiences sees our highly qualified team of food technicians advising and collaborating with our emerging and established clientele, to develop hundreds of new products a year which ultimately become household favorites. Coupled with long-standing international supplier relationships, many that have lasted multiple world wars and pandemics, our highly skilled team import, export and deliver traceable, reliable & consistent quality ingredients for our manufacture partners around the world. Our custom-built, humidity-controlled pantry of 26,000sqm is home to our 2,500+ ethically sourced ingredient options. Quality control and logistical operations are all contained in-house minimizing unnecessary handling; we take care of all sourcing, storing, processing, blending, and packing to deliver safe, reliable, and customized end-to-end solutions. Langdon is the door to a world of taste, providing access to emerging food trends, flavour profiles and highest quality ingredients - from the truly ancient to the most innovative.

ADEKA SINGAPORE27 +65 6775 9355

Manufacturers of frying oil, shortening, margarine, frozen dough, taste sheets, mayonnaise products. Frying oil:Our refined processed vegetable oils feature a great safety from oxidation. Foods fried with the oil stay fresh for prolonged periods.Moreover, the light and plain taste of the oils bring out the natural flavours of ingredients. The clean, light flavour makes fried foods including bread, donuts, snacks, appetizers, tempura, tonkatsu, and varieties of cooking, taste better than ever before.Shortening:Our fine vegetable fat shortening products are designed for various applications, suit each intended use, including cake, bread, cookies, biscuits, fats for chocolate and so on. Reliable Quality as well as wide assortment of products are the pride of RISU BRAND.Margarine:RISU BRAND margarines are supported overwhelmingly by food professionals, bring out the best quality in your creations. We have two types of margarine, use pure vegetable oils and fats, or high-class fresh butter contains, which both available in sheet and box size. Some of our margarine products are additive free of emulsifier, color and salt.Sheet type margarines are perfect to create gourmet croissant, Danish pastries and pies.Block type margarines are great kneading margarine for making breads and cookies.Frozen Dough:Our diverse type and size of high quality frozen dough, bakes up light and flaky, excellent ability to create puffs.Taste Sheet:(Chocolate, Custard, Coffee)Excellent cream sheets for roll-in and filling use, perfect to create tasteful layer breads.Mayonnaise:Baking Mayonnaise - Designed for baking. High egg content, when baked it retains its shape and has a great baked appearance and flavor.Restaurant Jas Mayonnaise - Mild, fresh handmade taste. Use for a wide variety of foods, including sandwiches, salads, deep-fried items and meuniere-style items.

FRIESLANDCAMPINA16,157 +65 6580 8100

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. is fully owned by Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A., with 15,703 dairy farmers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany as members. Through the cooperative, these member dairy farmers own the company. Together with member dairy farmers, FrieslandCampina manages the entire production chain: from grass to glass. FrieslandCampina provides consumers with dairy products, such as milk, yoghurt, condensed milk, dairy-based beverages, cheese, butter, quark and cream. The dairy company supplies specific nutrition geared to meet the needs of specific consumer groups, such as children, the elderly and sportspeople. Professional customers, such as bakers, pastry chefs, chocolate confectioners, chefs and caterers can also rely on our broad product range, including creams, butter, desserts and fillings. In addition, the company supplies high-quality ingredients to international foodproducers and pharmaceutical companies. In 2021, 10,564 member dairy farms in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium supplied almost 10 billion kilos of milk for processing into dairy products and ingredients. FrieslandCampina has branches in 32 countries and exports to more than 100 countries worldwide. In 2021, FrieslandCampina employed an average of 22,961 employees (FTEs).Our company has an inclusive culture that reflects our heritage. That means people here are open, friendly, straight-forward and pragmatic. Our team players are always seeking collaborations built on trust and respect, and that spirit fuels the power of ‘We’. Our culture is about embracing the power of differences in order to grow together. It is the diversity of our people, their individual enthusiasm and collective commitment to shaping the future of dairy that makes FrieslandCampina such a special place to work. We believe that when you stay true to your nature, you will get the most out of your natural potential. If that is in your nature too. Bring your spark. Join us. Grow with us.

FOOD EMPIRE138 +65 6622 6900

SGX Mainboard-listed Food Empire Holdings is a a multinational food and beverage manufacturing and distribution group headquartered in Singapore. Food Empire’s products are sold in over 60 countries, spanning North Asia, Eastern Europe, South-East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North America. The Group has 23 offices worldwide and operates 8 manufacturing facilities located in 5 countries.Food Empire’s branded products include a wide variety of beverages and snack food, such as regular and flavoured coffee mixes and cappuccinos, chocolate drinks, flavoured fruit teas, bubble tea, instant cereal mixes and potato crisps. Its food ingredients business comprises of Freeze Dry instant coffee, Spray Dry instant coffee as well as non-dairy creamer.Food Empire owns a family of proprietary brands – including MacCoffee, Café PHO, Petrovskaya Sloboda, Klassno, Hillway and Kracks. MacCoffee – the Group’s flagship brand – has been consistently ranked as the leading 3-in-1 instant coffee brand in the Group’s core markets. The Group employs sophisticated brand building activities, localised to match the flavour of the local markets in which its products are sold.Since its public listing in 2000, Food Empire has won numerous accolades and awards including being recognised as one of the “Most Valuable Singapore Brands” by IE Singapore (now known as Enterprise Singapore), while MacCoffee has been ranked as one of “The Strongest Singapore Brands”. Forbes Magazine has twice named Food Empire as one of the “Best under a Billion” companies in Asia and the company has also been awarded one of Asia’s “Top Brand” by Influential Brands.Food Empire was presented with the Sustainability Award at the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) 20th Investors’ Choice Award and also emerged as the winner of The Enterprise Award at the Singapore Business Awards 20/21.

HELLERS NZ'S BUTCHER169 +64 800 803 909

The Heller family tradition of butcheries began when Gorg Heller emigrated from Germany to New Zealand during the gold rush of the 1880’s and started supplying the gold miners with smallgoods from a small shop in Arrowtown.Todd Heller continued the long line of butchers by opening his first butchery in New Brighton, Christchurch, in 1985. Todd began offering greater variety and new flavours – very little of which were available at the time. His customers responded well. Todd Heller Meats started supplying supermarkets and moved to a new plant at Kaiapoi and began supplying throughout the South Island.The company continued to flourish and after merging with Tasty Bacon became Heller Tasty Limited. The purchase of Vienna Sensational Foods gave the company national distribution and in 2002, Heller’s Sensational London Pride sausage was judged New Zealand’s best.In 2008, Hellers won the Supreme Sausage award with Hellers Cheese Kransky and the 100% NZ Bacon of the year award with Hellers Middle Eye bacon. In May 2011 Hellers launched its Free Farmed Bacon and in the 100% NZ bacon awards of the same year won gold with its Middle Eye and silver with Middle and Ribeye Bacon.Today over 400 staff can produce up to 350 tonnes of sausages in 80 different varieties a week along with bacon, ham and other service deli smallgoods.Manufacturing and technical excellenceOur modern plants have kept pace with technology without compromising the traditional values and standards of quality upon which our reputation has been founded. The strictest health and quality guidelines are applied to all our processes and only the very best ingredients are acceptable.Hellers is always ready to embrace new technology in order to keep ahead with product innovation and consumer appeal. Our research and development programmes continue to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers in supermarket and food service markets.

BARRY CALLEBAUT GROUP8,111 +65 6486 7118

The Zurich based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to producing the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations and compounds. The Group runs more than 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse and dedicated global workforce of more than 13,000 people. The Barry Callebaut Group serves the entire food industry, from industrial food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users of chocolate, such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers, hotels, restaurants or caterers. The global brands catering to the specific needs of these Gourmet customers are Callebaut® and Cacao Barry®, Carma® and the decorations specialist Mona Lisa®.The Barry Callebaut Group is committed to making sustainable chocolate the norm to help ensure future supplies of cocoa and improve farmer livelihoods.

NOVUS INTERNATIONAL, INC.700 +65 6252 0688

Novus International, Inc., headquartered in Missouri, U.S. is a global leader in health and nutrition solutions for the animal agriculture industry. Customers worldwide trust the family of Novus products to be an integral part of their daily animal agricultural operations. At Novus, we believe in Solutions, Service and Sustainability, which is why we employ Animal Nutritionists and Doctors of Veterinary Medicine who work continuously to create new products and programs for sustainable animal nutrition. Novus’s vision is to help feed the world wholesome, affordable food to help others achieve a higher quality of life; our mission is to make a difference in sustainability while doing so.Connect with us at:www.novusint.comwww.facebook.com/novusintwww.youtube.com/novusinternationalSocial Media For Public Usage and User Generated Content Policyhttp://www.novusint.com/pages/socialmediaforpublicusageandusergeneratedcontentpolicy

SYMRISE AG5,901 +65 6779 4551

Symrise develops, produces and sells fragrance, flavoring and food ingredients, cosmetic active ingredients and raw materials as well as functional ingredients and solutions that enhance the sensory properties and nutrition of various products. With a market share of 10 % (2021), Symrise is one of the worlds top suppliers in the F&F market.The company’s approximately 34,000 products are mainly produced on the basis of natural raw materials like vanilla, citrus fruits, onions, fish, meat, blossoms and plant materials. Its flavors, substances, perfume oils and sensory solutions are often central functional components for its customers’ end products. These customers include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics and foods, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of nutritional supplements, pet food and baby food.The company has two segments: Taste, Nutrition & Health and Scent & Care.The Taste, Nutrition & Health segment is built around Food & Beverage, Pet Food and Aqua Feed. The Taste, Nutrition & Health segment uses its combined expertise as well as scientific research to offer customers and partners unique, natural ingredient-based and sustainable solutions in the areas of taste, nutrition and health.The Scent & Care segment breaks down into the Fragrance, Cosmetic Ingredients and Aroma Molecules divisions. They produce and sell fragrances, cosmetic ingredients, aroma molecules and mint aromas. The segment has sites in more than 30 countries and markets over 16,000 products in 135 countries. The combination of the segments Taste, Nutrition & Health and Scent & Care sets us apart from the competition. Through it, we offer our customers a unique portfolio, work in innovative segments and tap new markets.

TATE & LYLE3,321 +65 6335 7700

Tate & Lyles purpose, Transforming Lives Through the Science of Food, inspires everything we do. Whether it’s by making food and drink healthier and tastier; continuously improving how we work; promoting a safe working environment; or making a difference to our local communities, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. What is it we do? Simply put, we make healthy food tastier and tasty food healthier. Our work is driven by consumer health needs and trends, governments desire to build and support healthy communities, and the need for affordable food and nutrition in many parts of the world. We deliver ingredients and solutions to meet all these needs. Our speciality sweeteners and fibres help reduce sugar and calories. Our fibres fortify food and improve digestive health. Our texturants and stabilising systems help extend shelf-life and make food manufacturing easier. Across the globe, we are transforming lives through the science of food. And we need talented and skilled people to help us on this journey.

FONTERRA12,676 +65 6800 8888

Fonterra Cooperative Group is the worlds largest exporter of dairy products, a leader in dairy science and innovation, owner of a significant portfolio of brands in Asia Pacific, and a partner to many of the worlds leading food companies. Fonterra is headquartered in New Zealand, with offices in more than 40 countries around the world.

WILMAR INTERNATIONAL5,726 +65 6216 0234

Wilmar International Limited, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Singapore, is today Asia’s leading agribusiness group. Wilmar is ranked amongst the largest listed companies by market capitalisation on the Singapore Exchange.At the core of Wilmar’s strategy is an integrated agribusiness model that encompasses the entire value chain of the agricultural commodity business, from cultivation and milling of palm oil and sugarcane, to processing, branding and distribution of a wide range of edible food products in consumer, medium and bulk packaging, animal feeds and industrial agri-products such as oleochemicals and biodiesel. It has over 500 manufacturing plants and an extensive distribution network covering China, India, Indonesia and some 50 other countries and regions. Through scale, integration and the logistical advantages of its business model, Wilmar is able to extract margins at every step of the value chain, thereby reaping operational synergies and cost efficiencies. Supported by a multinational workforce of about 100,000 people, Wilmar embraces sustainability in its global operations, supply chain and communities. Wilmar is ranked 192nd on the 2022 Fortune Global 500 and 362nd on the 2022 Forbes Global 2000: The Worlds Biggest Public Companies.

MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL38,668 +65 6303 6900

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 80,000 individuals around the world.Our PurposeOur purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.Our BrandsWe’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.Our People Our 80,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do Whats Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.Our StrategiesWe are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth• Execution: drive operational excellence• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Top Food Manufacturing Companies in Thailand

Key Statistics from 2022

In 2022, Thailand's GDP growth rate was projected to be around 4.7%, driven by strong performance in the food manufacturing, services, and agriculture sectors. The food manufacturing industry alone is estimated to have contributed approximately 2.3% to the country's GDP. Moreover, the sector employed around 800,000 people, making it a significant contributor to the country's overall employment figures.

Factors Contributing to Growth and Success

The food manufacturing industry in Thailand has been buoyed by a number of factors, including government initiatives aimed at promoting food security and export growth, increased foreign investment, and a strong agricultural sector.

The Thai government has been actively promoting food security and export growth through various initiatives, such as the "Kitchen of the World" campaign, which promotes Thailand as a global food hub. Moreover, the government has also introduced various incentives to encourage foreign investment in the industry, such as tax breaks and streamlined approval processes.

Additionally, Thailand's strong agricultural sector has helped to support the growth of the food manufacturing industry, providing a reliable and abundant supply of raw materials for food production.

Industry Growth and Comparison to Previous Years

The food manufacturing industry in Thailand has demonstrated strong growth in recent years, with the sector expanding by an average of 3.8% per year between 2016 and 2020. In 2022, this growth rate was projected to increase to 4.2%, driven by continued investment in food processing technology and the growing demand for high-quality, healthy food products.

Moreover, the industry has shown resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with food manufacturing continuing despite lockdowns and other restrictions. This can be attributed in part to the sector's strong ties to the broader economy, as well as the government's ongoing commitment to promoting food security and export growth.

Key Trends

The food manufacturing industry in Thailand is also being shaped by a number of key trends, including the increasing adoption of new technologies and the growing demand for healthy and sustainable food products.

One of the most significant technological disruptions in the sector has been the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, such as automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and product quality. Moreover, the industry has also seen increased use of food safety technologies, such as blockchain and traceability systems, aimed at improving food safety and quality.

In addition to these technological trends, the food manufacturing industry in Thailand is also being shaped by growing demand for healthy and sustainable food products. This includes the use of natural and organic ingredients, as well as efforts to reduce waste and promote more sustainable packaging.

Challenges

Despite the positive trends in the food manufacturing industry in Thailand, the sector still faces a number of challenges. One of the most significant of these is the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted supply chains and resulted in increased production costs.

Moreover, the industry also faces challenges related to environmental impacts, such as reducing waste and promoting sustainable sourcing practices. Addressing these challenges will be key to ensuring the long-term success and sustainability of the food manufacturing industry in Thailand.

Future Outlook

Looking ahead, the future outlook for the food manufacturing industry in Thailand is generally positive, with continued growth and investment expected in the years to come. By addressing the challenges facing the sector and embracing sustainable practices and technologies, the industry can ensure its long-term success and contribute to a more prosperous and sustainable future for Thailand.

To address the challenge of production costs and supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the food manufacturing industry in Thailand will need to focus on enhancing supply chain resilience and diversifying sourcing channels. This may involve investing in digital technologies for supply chain management and exploring new trade agreements with other countries to diversify sourcing channels.

In terms of sustainability, the industry will need to continue to innovate and adopt new practices and technologies aimed at reducing its environmental impact. This may include the use of renewable energy sources, the promotion of sustainable packaging, and the adoption of circular economy principles.

Moreover, the industry will need to work closely with government and other stakeholders to develop policies and regulations that promote sustainable practices and address the sector's environmental impact.

Conclusion

Overall, the food manufacturing industry in Thailand is a vital and growing part of the country's economy, and is likely to continue to play an important role in the years to come. By addressing the challenges facing the sector and embracing sustainable practices and technologies, the industry can ensure its long-term success and contribute to a more prosperous and sustainable future for Thailand.

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By Melissa Goh
Published on 29 May 2023