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Production of pasta food items has recorded a steady growth in the country’s organized sector. But its growth in the unorganised sector has been comparatively higher. Pasta is an important item under the consumer food industry. The other items produced by the sector are breads, cakes, pastries, rusks, pulps, rolls, noodles, corn flakes, rice flakes and ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook products. Cocoa products, biscuits, soft drinks, bear, alcoholic beverages free from molasses and mineral and packaged water also come under this category. Bread and biscuits constitute the largest segment of consumer foods. Their yearly production in the country is about 3.70 million tonnes. Bread manufacturing is reserved for the small-scale industries sector. Of the total bread production in the country, 40 per cent comes from the organized sector. The rest comes from the unorganised sector. The production of biscuits in the organized sector is about 11.50 lakh tonnes per year while the quantity produced in the unorganized sector is about 3.80 lakh tonnes. Production of flakes is around 14,000 tonnes per year.
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