311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing food (except animal food; grain and oilseed milling; sugar and confectionery products; preserved fruits, vegetables, and specialties; dairy products; meat products; seafood products; bakeries and tortillas; snack foods; coffee and tea; flavoring syrups and concentrates; seasonings and dressings; and perishable prepared food). Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients including those mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for soup mixes and bouillon.

Examples Census gives

• Baking powder manufacturing
• Cake frosting, prepared, manufacturing
• Dessert puddings manufacturing
• Sweetening syrups (except pure maple) manufacturing
• Egg substitutes manufacturing
• Gelatin dessert preparations manufacturing
• Honey processing
• Powdered drink mixes (except chocolate, coffee, tea, or milk based) manufacturing
• Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing
• Yeast manufacturing

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 animal foods are classified in Industry Group 3111, Animal Food Manufacturing.
• Milling grains and oilseeds are classified in Industry Group 3112, Grain and Oilseed Milling.
• Manufacturing sugar and confectionery products are classified in Industry Group 3113, Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing.
• Preserving fruit, vegetable, and specialty foods are classified in Industry Group 3114, Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing dairy products are classified in Industry Group 3115, Dairy Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing meat products are classified in Industry Group 3116, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
• Manufacturing seafood products are classified in Industry Group 3117, Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging.
• Manufacturing bakery products and tortillas are classified in Industry Group 3118, Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing snack foods are classified in Industry 31191, Snack Food Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing coffee and tea are classified in Industry 31192, Coffee and Tea Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing flavoring syrups and concentrates (except coffee-based) are classified in Industry 31193, Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing seasonings and dressings are classified in Industry 31194, Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing perishable prepared foods are classified in U.S. Industry 311991, Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing.
• Milling rice and packaging it with other ingredients are classified in U.S. Industry 311212, Rice Milling.
• Manufacturing dry pasta and packaging it with ingredients are classified in U.S. Industry 311824, Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour.
• Drying and/or dehydrating ingredients and packaging them with other purchased ingredients are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing.
• Reducing maple sap to maple syrup are classified in U.S. Industry 111998, All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming.
• Preparing and selling food (including popcorn) for immediate consumption are classified in Industry 72251, Restaurants and Other Eating Places.

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

Activities listed under 311999

The Census index assigns these 35 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Almond pastes manufacturing
• Baking powder manufacturing
• Bread crumbs not made in bakeries
• Cake frosting manufacturing
• Chinese noodles, fried, manufacturing
• Cocktail mixes, dry, manufacturing
• Coconut, desiccated and shredded, manufacturing
• Corn syrups made from purchased sweeteners
• Drink powder mixes (except chocolate, coffee, milk based, tea) manufacturing
• Egg substitutes manufacturing
• Eggs, processed, manufacturing
• Fillings, cake or pie (except fruits, meat, vegetables), manufacturing
• Frosting, prepared, manufacturing
• Gelatin dessert preparations manufacturing
• Gelatin for cooking manufacturing
• Honey processing
• Maple syrup mixing into other products
• Noodle mixes made from purchased dry ingredients
• Noodles, fried, manufacturing
• Pancake syrups (except pure maple) manufacturing
• Pasta mixes made from purchased dry ingredients
• Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing
• Potato mixes made from purchased dry ingredients
• Powdered drink mixes (except chocolate, coffee, tea, milk based) manufacturing
• Powders, baking, manufacturing
• Puddings, canned dessert, manufacturing
• Puddings, dessert, manufacturing
• Rice mixes (i.e., uncooked and packaged with other ingredients) made from purchased rice and dry ingredients
• Sorghum syrup manufacturing
• Soup mixes, dry, made from purchased dry ingredients
• Sweetening syrups (except pure maple) manufacturing
• Syrup, corn (except wet milled), manufacturing
• Syrup, sweetening (except pure maple), manufacturing
• Syrup, table, artificially flavored, manufacturing
• Yeast manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 311999

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 311999, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 700 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, 1075, 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

• 311991Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing