NAICS 31194
What is the NAICS code 31194?
The NAICS code 31194 is applied to those industries related to Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing dressings and sauces, such as mayonnaise, salad dressing, vinegar, mustard, horseradish, soy sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and other prepared sauces (except tomato-based and gravies); (2) manufacturing spices, table salt, seasoning, and flavoring extracts (except coffee and meat), and natural food colorings; and (3) manufacturing dry mix food preparations, such as salad dressing mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, frosting mixes, and other dry mix preparations.
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 31194 in the North American Industry Classification System.
This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:
- 31 - Manufacturing
- 311 - Food Manufacturing
- 3119 - Other Food Manufacturing
- 31194 - Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 31194
NAFTA
This NAICS code is used in the trilateral agreement of the three members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Related codes
The NAICS industry 31194 has the following cross-references:
- Drying and/or dehydrating ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
- Manufacturing canned liquid gravies are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
- Manufacturing catsup and other tomato-based sauces are classified in Industry 31142, Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying.
- Manufacturing coffee extracts are classified in Industry 31192, Coffee and Tea Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing flavoring syrups (except chocolate and coffee-based syrups) are classified in Industry 31193, Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing industrial salts are classified in Industry 32599, All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing liquid meat extracts from slaughtered or purchased carcasses are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
- Manufacturing natural organic colorings for nonfood uses are classified in Industry 32519, Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing.
- Manufacturing synthetic food colorings are classified in Industry 32513, Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing.
- Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated ingredients for dry soup mixes and bouillon are classified in Industry 31199, All Other Food Manufacturing.
- Mixing purchased dried and/or dehydrated potato, rice, and pasta and packaging them with other purchased ingredients, and manufacturing prepared frosting are classified in Industry 31199, All Other Food Manufacturing.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing industry (NAICS Code 31194).
- Cheese based salad dressing manufacturing
- Cider vinegar manufacturing
- Cider, nonalcoholic, manufacturing
- Dips (except cheese and sour cream based) manufacturing
- Horseradish, prepared sauce, manufacturing
- Mayonnaise manufacturing
- Mayonnaise, imitation or substitute, manufacturing
- Mustard, prepared, manufacturing
- Prepared sauces (except gravy, tomato-based) manufacturing
- Salad dressings manufacturing
- Sandwich spreads, salad dressing based, manufacturing
- Sauces (except tomato-based) manufacturing
- Sauces for meat (except tomato-based) manufacturing
- Sauces for seafood (except tomato-based) manufacturing
- Sauces for vegetable (except tomato-based) manufacturing
- Soy sauce manufacturing
- Tartar sauce manufacturing
- Vinegar manufacturing
- Worcestershire sauce manufacturing
