Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Pathanamthitta Food |
| 2 | Place | Pathanamthitta |
| 3 | District | Pathanamthitta |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 200 units. All are Micro |
| 6 | No. of workers | NA |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 300 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | nil |
| 9 | Major products | Pickles, Curry Powder, Soft Drinks and Bakery Products |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Adoor |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Kerala Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | It is very much specific to Keralite s recipe, utmost to the South Indian recipe for e.g. curry powders, which need to be broadened according to requirements of all India and for international markets. Products do not carry any declaration on its nutrition values. Products do not guarantee food safety. Product Technology has not developed according to the current food product. No product innovations happened (in the fast changing consumer world it is essential to introduce varieties time to time, frequently). There is no test conducted for ingredients, oils used and no declaration of shelf life. Products are not packed in food grade packing and all are manual packing, except few units. Cluster does not have common marketing practice. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram |