Food and processing industry

262 number of economic entities engaged in food production
Number of employees in the industry According to Kareliastat, in February 2021, the number of replaced jobs in organizations by type of activity «food production» amounted to 1,623 people, «beverage production» — 65 people.
Industries
  • Milk processing
  • Bakery
  • Meat processing
  • Fish processing
  • Flour and cereal
  • Distillery
  • Processing of wild plants
State support Subsidy for reimbursement of part of the costs of selling produced and sold bread or bakery products
Projects JSC «Slavmo» is carrying out a large-scale modernization of production.

In 2019, a new production unit for bottling natural mineral water with a capacity of 60 tons per day was put into operation, the installation of a line for bottling dairy products in PET bottles was completed at the enterprise, the production of drinking yogurts was launched.

In 2020, the company began installation and commissioning work on the installation and commissioning of new equipment for the production of cottage cheese and cottage cheese products, soft and processed cheeses. The first batches of processed cheeses appeared on store shelves in January 2021. In February 2021, a new production line for the production of marmalade was launched.
Terms of implementation of projects 2019 — 2021: LLC «Slavs Bread», IP Samokhvalov M. I., IP Samokhvalov IP — modernization of production capacities of the Belomorsky and Suoyarva bakeries. Karelian Cheeses LLC implements the investment project «Construction of a semi-hard cheese production plant in the village of Rypushkalitsy of the Olonets National Municipal District». LLC «Berries of Karelia» has started the implementation of the project «Production of food from wild berries» on the territory of Kostomuksha. Karelian Summer LLC implements the investment project «Organization and expansion production of finished food products based on the processing of wild berries» in the territory of advanced socio-economic development of Kondopoga (Berezovka village, Kondopoga urban settlement).
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