311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing spices, table salt, seasonings, flavoring extracts (except coffee and meat), and natural food colorings and/or (2) manufacturing dry mix food preparations, such as salad dressing mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, frosting mixes, and other dry mix preparations.

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:

• Manufacturing catsup and other tomato-based sauces are classified in U.S. Industry 311421, Fruit and Vegetable Canning.
• Manufacturing mayonnaise, dressings, and prepared sauces (except tomato-based and gravy) are classified in U.S. Industry 311941, Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing canned liquid gravies are classified in U.S. Industry 311422, Specialty Canning.
• Manufacturing industrial salts are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
• Drying and/or dehydrating ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.
• Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing flavoring syrups (except chocolate and coffee-based syrups) are classified in Industry 311930, Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing.
• Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated potato, rice, and pasta and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, and manufacturing prepared frosting are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing coffee extracts and/or coffee-based syrups are classified in Industry 311920, Coffee and Tea Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing liquid meat extracts from slaughtered or purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
• Manufacturing synthetic food colorings are classified in Industry 325130, Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing natural organic colorings for nonfood uses are classified in U.S. Industry 325199, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing.

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

Activities listed under 311942

The Census index assigns these 23 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Cake frosting mixes manufacturing
• Chili pepper or powder manufacturing
• Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing
• Extracts, malt, manufacturing
• Flavor extracts (except coffee) manufacturing
• Food coloring, natural, manufacturing
• Food extracts (except coffee, meat) manufacturing
• Fruit extracts manufacturing
• Gravy mixes, dry, manufacturing
• Grinding spices
• Hop extract manufacturing
• Malt extract and syrups manufacturing
• Pectin manufacturing
• Pepper (i.e., spice) manufacturing
• Salad dressing mixes, dry, manufacturing
• Salt substitute manufacturing
• Salt, table, manufacturing
• Sauce mixes, dry, manufacturing
• Seasoning salt manufacturing
• Spice grinding and blending
• Spice mixtures manufacturing
• Spices and spice mix manufacturing
• Table salt manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311942

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311942, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 650 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: 0893, 1030, 1079), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 08930Extraction of saltUK SIC

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

Similar codes to compare

• 311941Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing