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UK Food Tech Industry

We’ve mapped the UK’s Food Technology industry using our Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs). Find out more about the companies and organisations contributing to the UK’s Food Tech sector using our innovative financial, company, funding, and growth data.

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What is Food Tech?

Food Technology (or Food Tech) is an emerging sector made up of a combination of companies, organisations and projects that use technology – such as AI & machine learning, precision farming and automation – to help design, choose, produce and deliver food.

Often the Food Technology sector is associated with the use of technology to drive efficiency and sustainability, particularly within the agricultural and AgriTech industries.

Food Tech companies range from those developing next generation foods and food safety solutions to food delivery and AgriTech businesses.

Food Tech sector summary

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Here are the key facts about the Food Tech sector. The sector has a turnover of £39.3bn currently, has received £964.3m of investment and the sector is growing at 2.4% per year.

2,696
COMPANIES CONSIDERED
£39.3bn
TOTAL TURNOVER
131,044
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
£964.3m
TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING
£293.4m
TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING
2.4%
AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Food Tech verticals

Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Food Tech industry today.

Our Food Tech RTIC is made up of 8 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include Agri Tech, and Kitchen Tech. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.

  • Sector Code Description Records
  • RTIC0057 FoodTech 2696 companies

    Companies developing food and drink processing technologies.

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    • FoodTech: Agri Tech

      Companies offering services and technologies that aim to increase farming efficiency and sustainability

      513 companies
    • FoodTech: Consumer Products and Services

      Companies developing apps and services that facilitate access to food and the information behind it.

      385 companies
    • FoodTech: Food Delivery

      Companies offering direct-to-consumers food delivery services on-demand.

      420 companies
    • FoodTech: Food Processing

      Companies providing products or services that leverage innovative techniques to process food or to improve food ingredients’ functionality

      292 companies
    • FoodTech: Food Safety and Traceability

      Companies supplying tech-powered solutions to sanitise machineries and other food processing equipment, assess products’ freshness and prolong their shelf-life.

      327 companies
    • FoodTech: Food Surplus

      Companies offering products and solutions that help reducing food waste.

      49 companies
    • FoodTech: Kitchen Tech

      Companies developing smart kitchen appliances for consumers as well as smart equipment or technologies that help restaurants managing their business more efficiently

      474 companies
    • FoodTech: Next Generation Foods

      Companies developing solutions and processes that leverage science and technology to create new types of foods and beverages.

      312 companies

Food Tech industry growth

Based on a growth rate of 2.4%, we expect that this sector could be worth £46.4bn by 2026. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.

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