11 Food Product Manufacturing
Subdivision page linking the underlying ANZSIC groups and classes for this part of the hierarchy.
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Groups in Food Product Manufacturing
Compare the industry groups below before you open a class page. This is the cleanest place to separate similar retail, service or production families without jumping too early to the final code.
Groups
- 111 Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing
- 112 Seafood Processing
- 113 Dairy Product Manufacturing
- 114 Fruit and Vegetable Processing
- 115 Oil and Fat Manufacturing
- 116 Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing
- 117 Bakery Product Manufacturing
- 118 Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing
- 119 Other Food Product Manufacturing
What this subdivision covers
ANZSIC subdivision 11 is the middle layer between the broad division and the more specific groups. It is useful when you want to understand the section of the economy without jumping straight to the final class code.
This is also where confusion often appears. Similar business types can sit in nearby groups, so using the subdivision page first makes the boundary clearer before you narrow the match further.
Subdivision facts
- Division
- C Manufacturing
- Groups
- 9
- Classes
- 20
Class-level detail
Classes in Food Product Manufacturing
These are the final four-digit ANZSIC class pages in this subdivision. Each card uses the official class-level description and primary activities already parsed from the ABS material.
Meat Processing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in slaughtering animals (except poultry), boning, freezing, preserving or packing meat (except poultry) or canning meat (except poultry, seafood, bacon, ham and corned meat).
- Abattoir operation (except poultry)
- Animal meat packing and freezing
- Animal oil or fat, unrefined, manufacturing
Poultry Processing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in slaughtering and dressing birds (including poultry and game birds) and/or preparing and processing, boning, chilling, freezing or packaging (including canning) the whole or selected parts of bird carcasses.
- Game bird (e.g. pheasant, quail) slaughtering
- Frozen poultry manufacturing
- Poultry abattoir operation
Cured Meat and Smallgoods Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing cured and preserved meats, such as bacon or ham, and in manufacturing smallgoods or prepared meat products not elsewhere classified.
- Bacon manufacturing
- Corned meat manufacturing (including canned)
- Croquette manufacturing n.e.c.
Milk and Cream Processing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in processing raw milk.
- Cream, pasteurised, manufacturing (except canned)
- Milk, low fat, manufacturing
- Milk, pasteurised, manufacturing
Ice Cream Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing ice cream or frozen confectionery.
- Confections, frozen manufacturing
- Fruit ice, frozen, manufacturing
- Gelato manufacturing
Cheese and Other Dairy Product Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged either in manufacturing rennetted or cultured dairy products such as cheese or yoghurt, or in manufacturing other dairy products such as butter, milk powder and condensed or evaporated milk.
- Anhydrous milk fat (butter oil) manufacturing
- Butter manufacturing
- Buttermilk manufacturing
Grain Mill Product Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in milling flour or meal intended for human consumption from grains, vegetables or plants.
- Arrowroot manufacturing
- Baking powder manufacturing
- Barley malt manufacturing
Cereal, Pasta and Baking Mix Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing prepared cereal foods (including oatmeal), fresh and dried pasta, and prepared baking mixes.
- Baking mix, prepared, manufacturing
- Bread mix, dry, manufacturing
- Cake mix manufacturing
Bread Manufacturing (Factory based)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing leavened and unleavened bread from factory based premises.
- Bagel manufacturing (factory based)
- Bread bakery operation (factory based)
- Bread dough, frozen, manufacturing (factory based)
Cake and Pastry Manufacturing (Factory based)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing cakes, pastries, pies or similar bakery products (including frozen bakery products) from either factory based premises or home.
- Cake icing or decorating (factory based)
- Cake or pastry-based pudding and dessert manufacturing (factory based)
- Cake or pastry-based slice manufacturing (factory based)
Biscuit Manufacturing (Factory based)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing biscuits from either factory based premises or home.
- Biscuit dough manufacturing (factory based)
- Biscuit manufacturing (except pet food biscuits; factory based)
- Ice cream cone or wafer manufacturing (factory based)
Bakery Product Manufacturing (Non-factory based)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing and selling directly to consumers from the same premises, bread and other bakery products.
- Manufacturing and selling bread from the same premises (non-factory based)
- Manufacturing and selling other bakery products from the same premises (non-factory based)
Sugar Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing raw or refined sugar or molasses from sugar cane, raw cane sugar or sugar beet.
- Brown sugar manufacturing
- Cane syrup manufacturing
- Caster sugar manufacturing
Confectionery Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing confectionery, chocolate or cocoa products, with or without sugar.
- Chewing gum manufacturing
- Chocolate manufacturing
- Cocoa product manufacturing
Potato, Corn and Other Crisp Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing potato crisps, corn chips and other crisps.
- Corn chip manufacturing
- Crisp manufacturing
- Potato crisp manufacturing
Prepared Animal and Bird Feed Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing prepared animal or bird feed, including cereal meal, grain offal or crushed grain for use as animal fodder (from whole grain, except from rice or rye).
- Animal feed, prepared, manufacturing (except uncanned meat or bone meal or protein-enriched skim milk powder)
- Animal food, canned, manufacturing
- Bird feed manufacturing
Other Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing other food products not elsewhere classified.
- Coffee manufacturing
- Colouring, food, manufacturing
- Dessert mix, liquid, manufacturing
Frequently asked questions
What does subdivision 11 add?
Food Product Manufacturing narrows the broad division into a more specific industry family. It is the level you use when you need more precision but are not yet at the final class.
Can I view the class pages directly from subdivision 11?
Yes. This page now shows both the groups and the class pages nested under them, so you can move straight to the final four-digit ANZSIC class when the subdivision is already correct.
Is the subdivision code the one used on forms?
Usually not. Most operational forms use the class-level code. The subdivision page is mainly for navigation and understanding the hierarchy.
How to use this page
If you know the division but not the exact group, this is the right stepping stone. It keeps the hierarchy readable and stops you from guessing the four-digit class too early.
For code selection work, move from subdivision to group and then confirm on the class page before you rely on the result for registration, reporting or taxonomy mapping.
Source and trust
- Official source
- ABS ANZSIC 2006 release
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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