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Food and beverage processing and Maize

Food and beverage processing depends on maize.

Food and beverage processing (industry) and Maize (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Maize → Food and beverage processing

2 of the enterprise types in Food and beverage processing depend on maize; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Agricultural commodity traders and aggregators: traded grain (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Flavour, enzyme and food-additive suppliers: starch and sweeteners (criticality 4 of 5)

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