Fruit and Vegetable Processing: ABS business counts

In this class, the ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in manufacturing canned, bottled, preserved, quick frozen or dried fruit (except sun-dried) and vegetable products. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in manufacturing dehydrated vegetable products, soups, sauces, pickles and mixed meat and vegetable products.

Examples the ABS lists:

• Baby food, canned or bottled, manufacturing (except milk based)
• Baked bean manufacturing
• Bean/legume, dried or canned, manufacturing
• Chutney or relish manufacturing
• Coconut, desiccated, manufacturing
• Fruit dehydrating or drying (except sun drying) manufacturing
• Fruit juice, 100 percent pure or concentrated, manufacturing
• Fruit pulp, puree or spread manufacturing
• Fruit salad manufacturing
• Fruit, frozen, manufacturing

The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:

• manufacturing potato crisps or corn chips are included in Class 1191 Potato, Corn and Other Crisp Manufacturing
• manufacturing fruit drinks, less than 100 percent pure or concentrated, are included in Class 1211 Soft Drink, Cordial and Syrup Manufacturing
• manufacturing wine vinegar are included in Class 1214 Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing
• manufacturing Worcestershire sauce are included in Class 1199 Other Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
• packing fresh fruit are included in 7320 Packaging Services
• manufacturing milk-based infant formula and food are included in Class 1133 Cheese and Other Dairy Product Manufacturing
• sun drying fruit are included in the appropriate classes of Group 013 Fruit and Tree Nut Growing

The ABS page for class 1140 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.