Russian market of organic food products: problems and prospects

The market of organic products is rapidly developing in the whole world. The “organic” products are wining recognition among different strata of the people. The market of organic products is best formed in the developed European countries and the USA. According to data of the world research studies there are 97 % of regular customers in these very countries. In this paper the author defines this notion and main categories of organic products according to the existing legislative regulations. The paper concentrates on peculiarities of production, registration, certification and sale of “organic” products. The information on categories of most popular organic products and main tendencies of this market on a worldwide scale is presented. Special attention is paid to a state and level of development of organic products in Russia. The main problems, which tighten the growth and the development of the organic products market in the Russian Federation, among which practically total absence of legislative and normative support of circulation of organic products, adverse climatic conditions, absence of state support, are covered. According to statistical data it’s essential mainly for Russia to provide organic technology, not only production of organic agricultural raw materials, since a product loses organic properties and naturality at the stage of technological processing cycle. The possible innovation ways and approaches to this problem solving are considered. The results of research concerning a possibility of using reagentless modification of food production by applying ultrasonic exposure in the technology of production of dairy products, half-finished meat, and beverages from natural raw materials are presented.