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Secondary Processing Techniques

Summary 5

S.1 Key findings 5

S.2 Complementary results 6

S.3 Method 6

Samenvatting 7

S.1 Belangrijkste uitkomsten 7

S.2 Aanvullende resultaten 8

S.3 Methode 8

1 Introduction 9

1.1 Research questions 9

1.2 Data and method 9

2 Short overview of primary food processing supply chains 13

2.1 Primary food processing: number of firms 13

2.2 Vegetable oils and vegetable proteins 15

2.2.1 Production of vegetable oils and protein meals 15

2.2.2 Production of vegetable protein for human consumption 17

2.3 Wheat flour 19

2.4 Starch 21

2.5 Sugar 23

2.6 Cocoa 25

3 More than one million jobs 27

3.1 Direct labour 27

3.2 Indirect labour at farm level 27

4 Production value increased despite economic crisis 29

5 Investing in efficiency, sustainability and the biobased economy 31

6 A key industry in the supply chain: opportunities and threats 35

6.1 Distinctive features of the industry 35

6.2 Opportunities 36

6.3 Threats 37

7 Conclusions 39

 

References and websites 41