{"id":1430,"date":"2013-01-04T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T16:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investcro.virtualna-tvornica.hr\/sectors\/prehrambena-industrija\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:30:02","slug":"food-industry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investcroatia.gov.hr\/en\/food-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to readily available water, moderate climate and fertile land, the territory of the Republic of Croatia has been recognized since ancient times as ideal for the production of food and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of country\u2019s natural and human resources is recognized by numerous international companies such as Lactalis, Heineken, Carlsberg, Coca Cola and HiPP, while export successes of companies such as Podravka, Kra\u0161 and Ledo in the European Union market and wider, contribute to recognition and further development of the Croatian food industry.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the food industry employs around 58,700 people and has around 3,300 companies. The average gross salary in the food production is \u20ac 1,480 while in the beverage production it amounts to \u20ac1,961.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3,399 food and beverage companies (CBS, Short-term business data, provisional data 2024)<\/li>\n<li>58,745 workers in food and beverage production (CBS, Short-term business data, provisional data 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u20ac 1,480 average gross salary in food production (CBS, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u20ac 1,961 average gross salary in beverage production (CBS, 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investcroatia.gov.hr\/en\/zone\/\">INVESTMENT LOCATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investcroatia.gov.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MINGOR-Katalog-hrvatskih-proizvo\u0111a\u010da_HALAL.pdf\">Catalogue of Croatian Manufacturers &#8211; HALAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to readily available water, moderate climate and fertile land, the territory of the Republic of Croatia has been recognized since ancient times as ideal for the production of food and beverages. 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