NAICS code 311423: Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing

NAICS 311423 is “Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing”. This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) drying (including freeze-dried) and/or dehydrating fruits, vegetables, and soup mixes and bouillon and/or (2) drying and/or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, such as rice and dry pasta.

Examples from the U.S. Census Bureau: Bouillon made in dehydration plants; Dates, dried, made in dehydration plants; Dehydrating fruits and vegetables; Dehydrating potato products (e.g., flakes, granules); Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables; and Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing.

Businesses mainly milling rice and packaging it with other ingredients are classified in U.S. Industry 311212, Rice Milling; manufacturing dry pasta and packaging it with other ingredients are classified in U.S. Industry 311824, Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour; and manufacturing fruit, grain (except rice), and vegetable flours, meals, and powders are classified in U.S. Industry 311211, Flour Milling.

750 employees (average over the last 24 months), including affiliates. Source: 13 CFR 121.201, effective March 17, 2023.

SIC codes 2034 (Dried and Dehydrated Fruits, Vegetables and Soup Mixes, part) and 2099 (Food Preparations, NEC, part), from the U.S. Census Bureau concordances (1987 SIC → 2002 NAICS, carried to 2022 NAICS).

311400 (Fruit & vegetable preserving & speciality food mfg.) on Schedule C, line B, from the IRS list of principal business codes. The IRS code covers NAICS 311411–311423.

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