How Does Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment Improve Hygiene and Quality of Food Products?

 In 2021, the fruit and vegetable processing equipment market contribute $5.6 billion, and it is projected to generate $10.2 billion, advancing at a rate of 6.9%. It is attributed to the growing population, and rising dietary habits led by the increasing purchase power for higher-value products. Therefore, it contributes to the rising demand for food processing, packaging, storage, and preparation equipment.

The pre-processing equipment captures a significant share of the fruit and vegetable processing equipment industry, accounting for 20%. The fruits and vegetables are more prone to contain dust, soil, bacteria, and foreign materials, thus it makes them unsafe for direct consumption. The pre-processing intervention is required for maintaining hygiene to ensure their healthy consumption.

Fruit and Vegetable Processing Equipment Market Revenue Outlook Forecast to 2030

The pre-processing equipment performs the entire cleaning in significantly less time without impacting the hygiene and quality of products. Moreover, pre-processing equipment cleans off pesticides and other substances on crops, used by farmers. In addition, new equipment is being launched in the market with automation to significantly reduce output cost and time.

Moreover, the packaging and handling equipment is predicted to experience extensive growth in the coming future in the industry. It is led by the growing demand for packaging and handling equipment to improve the duration of a product’s shelf life. In addition, companies are increasingly focusing on good packaging to increase the sales of the products. Packaging saves the products from contamination; it becomes easy to identify the product of a specific brand.

The rising popularity of vegan food leads to the increasing growth of the plant-based food industry. It encourages food processing companies to expand their production capacity to serve the growing demand for plant-based products. Therefore, they are focusing on expanding their facilities which will need more equipment for processing fruits and vegetables, resulting in mitigating the demand and supply gap.

In addition, plant-based meal manufacturers are increasingly focusing on vegetables, fruits, pulses, legumes, and fruit-based goods led by their high nutritional value and functionality with the ability to improve texture and meal flavor.

Numerous industries have adopted automation over the last few years. The fruit and vegetable processing companies are no exception. They have started to employ automatic equipment in their processing plants to improve productivity and operational efficiency. The fully automated processing equipment leads to effective processing, quick and reliable production process, efficient time management, and a decline in cost with well-controlled operation in fruits and vegetable processing equipment.

According to World Bank, two-thirds of the global population would reside in urban areas by the next decade. Thus, it will lead to rapid urbanization, hectic lifestyles, and the growing effort of the younger generation to manage their busy schedules. Hence, they prefer ready-to-eat products and frozen foods. It will result in increased sales of convenience food products.

APAC-based fruit and vegetable processing equipment industry is experiencing significant growth, led by the rising population, increasing FDI, and changes in food preferences. The rising consumption of ready-to-eat food is luring companies to invest in food equipment.

Therefore, the rising population, rapid urbanization, and growing preferences for ready-to-eat food create opportunities for companies operating in the industry to expand their business.

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 The busy lifestyles and rising trend of packaged and processed food, considering hygiene and the nutritional value, are resulting in the increasing demand for fruit and vegetable processing equipment in factories. There is a consistent increase in the demand for processed food items, such as mango and other fruit pulps, chutneys, pickles, canned fruits and vegetables, frozen peas, cauliflowers, and other vegetables, ready-to-eat and ready-to-serve products.

Therefore, in 2021, the fruit and vegetable processing equipment market stood at $5.6 billion; it is expected to have a 6.9% CAGR from 2021 to 2030, to generate $10.2 billion in revenue by 2030. It will be due to the burgeoning demand for automated processing equipment, as it facilitates increased efficiency, decreased manual labor requirement, and less time consumption. The burgeoning consumption of ready-to-eat food provides opportunities to the mushrooming start-ups and giants in the food processing industry to invest in automated processing machines and garner more profit.

At the heart of all, the growing population and its rising disposable income are resulting in the increasing investment in pre-processed food items, especially processed fruits and vegetables. The rise in the trend of veganism is also driving the demand for fruit and vegetable processing equipment, attributed to the advance of the plant-based food industry. According to dealsonhealth.net data, around 79 million people are vegan. The vegan market will hit $24.3 billion in revenue by 2026. Since veganism solely includes fruits, vegetables, and grains, this trend has been driving the demand for fruit and vegetable processing equipment.

The highest demand for such equipment is in APAC, as India and China are the largest producers of fruits in the world. According to CIPHET Ludhiana, around 18% of the fresh horticulture produce is wasted each year due to poor post-harvest management, while less than 2% of the perishable horticultural produce is processed into value-added products. These statistics hint at a huge scope of fruit and vegetable processing in India, especially considering the country’s initiatives to boost local manufacturing.

The U.S. is the third-largest country in terms of ready-to-eat and packaged food consumption, which signifies the booming demand for fruit and vegetable processing equipment in the country. It has a vast array of food processing companies to cater the requirements of people. The Food and Drug Administration regulations ensure the safety and nutritional value of processed food. It ultimately builds the trust of people in ready-to-eat, ready-to-cook, ready-to-serve, frozen fruits and vegetables, also aided by people’s high disposable income and strong focus on organic produce.  

Thus, the rising usage of pre-processing equipment is attributed to the need to decrease the time consumed in the cleaning process, without compromising the food products' hygiene and quality standards. Pre-processing equipment cleans off the pesticides and other substances used during farming to protect the crop. Moreover, packaging and handling equipment is widely utilized to increase the shelf life of the products, often in compliance with the stringent packaging and labeling standards around the world, including those implemented by the FDA and FSSAI.

Therefore, the rapid urbanization and busy lifestyles of people are driving the demand for fruit and vegetable processing equipment, attributed to the focus of food processing companies on catering to the need of the people for ready-to-eat and frozen food products.

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