Despite an extremely complex international scenario, the Italian food system is determined to endure and casts its eyes on the future with optimism. The cost of raw materials (for eight out of 10 companies) and rising energy costs (75.7 percent) are the two major concerns of the Italian food companies. But for as many as two out of three companies (67.6%), exports will remain at the center of their strategies.

According to seven out of 10 companies, the current difficulties will not stop ongoing investments in sustainability, and for 84.5 percent of Italian food companies, the crisis will boost the system by becoming a real opportunity. All this emerges from the first survey carried out on a sample of more than 100 Italian food companies by Unione Italiana Food – the largest association of food categories in Europe representing 550 agribusiness Italian companies.