Who we are

Founded in 1997 as an advocacy Group Sri Lanka Food Processors Association currently consists of over 140 member companies and is the apex body for all of the processed food sector in the country.

The Sri Lanka Food processors association is the apex body representing Small, Medium and large food processors in the country directly employing over 300,000 persons and connected to a multitude of farming communities around the country. We represent a majority of all the national brands presently manufactured in Sri Lanka.

Committed to the Development of the processed food and beverage industry,the Association consists of members from all relevant sub sectors addressing such issues as National Policy, Intra regional cooperation, Technology, Knowledge transfer and Marketing. The Group offers leadership to a small but vibrant National Processed Food Industry. Vital to the Island Nation’s Agro based economy the sector directly employees over three hundred thousand persons while supporting over four million back stream producers. We also aspire to contribute towards the revival of the national economy while assuring Sri Lanka’s food security by putting our might & efforts.

The SLFPA consists of all sizes of industry, including Multinational, Large, Medium, Small and Micro scale industries. The member industries consist of Food Ingredients, Grocery products, Confectionery and Bakery products, Frozen Foods, Fruit and Vegetable based products and Beverages.

The sector directly employees over three hundred thousand persons while supporting over four million persons who are dependent on agriculture related lively hoods. On the other hand, the membership through their processing facilities touch every single household in the country. The SLFPA consists of all sizes of industry, including Multinational, Large, Medium, Small and Micro scale industries. The member industries consist of Food Ingredients, Grocery products, Confectionery and Bakery products, Frozen Foods, Fruit and Vegetable based products, Beverages(carbonated & Non-Carbonated), Spice Processors & Exporters, Fish & Meat Processors, Essential Oil Producers & Support Service Providers to the food industry (Packaging, Packaging Machinery...etc).