Food grading involves the inspection, assessment and sorting of various foods regarding quality, freshness, legal conformity and market value. Machinery is also used to grade foods, and may involve sorting products by size, shape and quality.

Grading of fruits and vegetables based on physical characteristics like weight, size, color, shape, specific gravity, and freedom from diseases depending upon agro climatic conditions.

Advantages of Grading

1. The graded produce fetch better price in the market.
2. Grading helps to develop greater confidence between buyers and growers.
3. Increase the marketing efficiency by facilitating buying and selling a produce without personal selection.
4. Heavy marketing cost in packing and transportation can be avoided by grading.
5. Increasing distributors’ profits.
6. Increasing producers’ profits.
7. Grading improves product uniformity within a particular grade and serves as the basis for price.