311423 Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing

Official definition

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.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• 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.
• Manufacturing fruit, grain (except rice), and vegetable flours, meals, and powders are classified in U.S. Industry 311211, Flour Milling.
• Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated potatoes, rice, and pasta, and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, and mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for soup mixes and bouillon are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing dry salad dressing and dry sauce mixes are classified in U.S. Industry 311942, Spice and Extract Manufacturing.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 311423

The Census index assigns these 19 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• 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
• Fruit and vegetables, dehydrating, manufacturing
• Fruits dehydrating (except sun drying)
• Grapes, artificially drying
• Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants
• Olives, dried, made in dehydration plants
• Potato products (e.g., flakes, granules) dehydrating
• Prunes, dried, made in dehydration plants
• Raisins made in dehydration plants
• Rice mixes (i.e., uncooked and packaged with other ingredients) made in dehydration plants
• Salad dressing mixes, dry, made in dehydration plants
• Sauce mixes, dry, made in dehydration plants
• Soup mixes made in dehydration plants
• Sulphured fruits and vegetables manufacturing
• Vegetables dehydrating

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311423

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311423, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 750 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 1030, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 10310Processing and preserving of potatoesUK SIC
• 10320Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juiceUK SIC
• 10390Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetablesUK SIC
• 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 10720Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakesUK SIC
• 10730Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous productsUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 311421Fruit and Vegetable Canning
• 311422Specialty Canning