The food & beverages (F&B) manufacturing cluster is another important cluster that supports and stimulates the state’s economic growth. Generally, the F&B cluster revolves around the primary activity of food processing and manufacturing. Being the fifth largest industry in Selangor, food manufacturing has attracted more than RM 20.4 billion of investment throughout the years and produced 48,253 of job opportunities; whereas beverages sector has attracted about RM 2.1 billion (including tobacco) of investment. In Selangor, many larger companies have been producing food products for decades, which successfully cater to both domestic and overseas markets.

Besides, a vast number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) also export their food products to regional markets. The growing achievements of the state’s F&B cluster is driven by its favorable business environment, including strong physical infrastructure, presence of large local and foreign multinational companies (MNCs), access to low to medium skill workforce, huge domestic market demand for food as well as diverse SMEs.