Infographic: Food Processing Trends and Predictions for Tomorrow

Food processing infographic shows healthy and convenient food options are a top-of-mind consumer demand.

Feb 16, 2017

Food processing machinery continues significant annual growth, increasing 11.3 percent, according to the 2017 Trends in Food Processing Operations report and accompanying infographic, “Food Processing Trends and Predictions for Tomorrow” from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

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