# Caustic soda and Food and beverage processing

Food and beverage processing depends on caustic soda.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/caustic-soda-and-food-and-beverage-processing/

[Caustic soda](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/caustic_soda/) (chemical) and [Food and beverage processing](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/food_beverage/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Caustic soda → Food and beverage processing*

1 of the enterprise types in Food and beverage processing depend on caustic soda; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Flour mills, oilseed crushers, sugar mills and dairies: oil refining and cleaning (criticality 3 of 5)

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