Food & Beverages

South Africa's food and beverage industry is a strongly competitive sector, producing high quality products for local and international niche markets. Consumers in the middle to upper income brackets demand healthy, convenient, quality foods with strong emphasis on meat and meat products, while the poorer sections of the population need staple foods at low prices. Food production is South Africa's largest manufacturing sector. South Africa produces a wide variety of crops and has a substantial number of secondary food processing industries.Fresh fruit is the largest export followed by sugar, processed vegetables and fruit, fish products, alcoholic products, cerials and grain. South Africa also produces specialised products such as rooibos and honeybush tea which is marketed internationally.












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