Bread is most consumablewheat based bakery product. It contains high nutritive value. This is easy todigest therefore, its consumption is increasing very fast. Biscuits appear tohave been first manufactured in Indiamore than three centuries ago. With the development of biscuits came thedevelopment of several other products. Indian bakery industry is spreaded overall small scale, large scale and household sectors. Bread is manufacturedthrough fermentation and baking process. The manufacturing process and techniquesare so simple that they can easily be adopted for production at any level.Bakery products in Indiaare now in common use. Biscuit is a solid product. It is crispy in taste. It isestimated to enjoy around 37% share by volume and 75% by value of the bakeryindustry. There is a good scope for new entrepreneurs to venture into thisfield.
The two major bakeryproducts, biscuits and bread, account for 82% of all bakery production. The unorganizedsector accounts for about half of the total biscuit production. It accounts for85% of the total bread production and around 90% of the other bakery products (pastries,cakes, buns, rusks) estimated at 750,000 tonne.