Greece: Food Processing Ingredients
In Greece, there are over 14,000 enterprises engaged in food processing, producing goods valued at approximately $11 billion. Key market drivers include new economic austerity measures limiting Greek consumers’ purchasing ability, an increasing interest in healthy and functional foods, an aging population and a trend to follow the Mediterranean diet - mostly in order to reduce expenses and receive the best price possible. The major imported ingredients for processing are meat products, milk and dairy products, cereal-based products, confectionary, and beverages and alcohols.
