--- title: What Consumers Think About Food & Beverage Processing in 2023 description: New trends in consumer attitudes toward food and beverage processing plants, with a specific emphasis on food safety, plant hygiene, and trust. image: https://info.rittal.us/hubfs/1080x1080_Consumer-Insight-Report-23.png --- ![logo-Rittal@4x](https://info.rittal.us/hubfs/We%20are%20Rittal%20-%20Microsite/IMG/logo-Rittal@4x.png) Toggle navigation Search Box ##### ANNUAL FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY CONSUMER INSIGHT REPORT | 2023 # **What Consumers Think About Food & Beverage Processing Plant Hygiene** ##### For the fourth consecutive year, we've gathered and analyzed data on consumer attitudes toward food and beverage manufacturing plants, with a specific emphasis on **food safety**, **plant hygiene**, and **consumer trust**. This year's data has unearthed some interesting shifts that food and beverage manufacturers should know about. Today, the food and beverage industry faces new and unique challenges, but, at the same time, there are also new and exciting opportunities for manufacturers to leverage innovative technologies and processes to meet consumer demand and address consumer sentiment.    In this report, you’ll also learn about:  - How current consumer confidence in food plant safety and hygiene compares to previous years - Specific concerns of U.S. food consumers and strategies to help address them - Our research methodology and information about Rittal North America Download **What Consumers Think About Food & Beverage Manufacturing Facilities** to better understand how consumer attitudes about food and beverage production have shifted since the start of the pandemic.  - - - - © 2026 Rittal LLC. All rights reserved - Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions