# Food and beverage processing: Chokepoints and risks

Processors turning crops, milk, meat and fish into packaged, branded food and drink

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/risks/

#### Chokepoints and risks

- Weather and disease shocks (drought, heatwaves, bird flu) move raw-material prices across a whole region at once.
- Low processing levels in India, about 4.5% of fruit and 2.7% of vegetables, mean high post-harvest wastage and thin cold chains^[3](https://www.investindia.gov.in/team-india-blogs/indias-food-processing-sector-shaping-future-global-agri-food-value-chains).
- Concentrated global grain and oilseed trading and a few export origins (palm oil, cocoa) create price chokepoints.
- Packaging and plastics rules (extended producer responsibility, single-use bans) raise costs and force redesign.
- Food-safety failures or export rejections can shut a plant or a country's market access overnight.

## Other sections

- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/index.md)
- [Where ₹100 goes](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/cost-mix/index.md)
- [Price links with suppliers](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/price-links/index.md)
- [Example story](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/story/index.md)
- [Linked industries](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/linked-industries/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/value-chain/index.md)
- [Materials drawn on](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/materials/index.md)
- [Sources](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/sources/index.md)