2022 NAICS industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
31194 Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing
NAICS 31194 is the US industry code for seasoning and dressing manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing dressings and sauces, such as mayonnaise, salad dressing, vinegar, mustard, horseradish, soy sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and other prepared sauces (except tomato-based and gravies); (2) manufacturing spices, table salt, seasoning, and flavoring extracts (except coffee and meat), and natural food colorings; and (3) manufacturing dry mix food preparations, such as salad dressing mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, frosting mixes, and other dry mix preparations.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing dressings and sauces, such as mayonnaise, salad dressing, vinegar, mustard, horseradish, soy sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and other prepared sauces (except tomato-based and gravies); (2) manufacturing spices, table salt, seasoning, and flavoring extracts (except coffee and meat), and natural food colorings; and (3) manufacturing dry mix food preparations, such as salad dressing mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, frosting mixes, and other dry mix preparations.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing catsup and other tomato-based sauces are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
- Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated potato, rice, and pasta and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, and manufacturing prepared frosting are classified in Industry 31199, All Other Food Manufacturing.
- Drying and/or dehydrating ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
- Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in Industry 31199, All Other Food Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing industrial salts are classified in Industry 32599, All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing flavoring syrups (except chocolate and coffee-based syrups) are classified in Industry 31193, Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing synthetic food colorings are classified in Industry 32513, Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing natural organic colorings for nonfood uses are classified in Industry 32519, Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing coffee extracts are classified in Industry 31192, Coffee and Tea Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing liquid meat extracts from slaughtered or purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
- Manufacturing canned liquid gravies are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
Codes in 31194
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