Retail Bakery Business Overview & Trends, 2014. SIC Code: 5461, NAICS Code: 311812. This Bakery Business industry summary is from First Research which also sells a full version of this report. Companies in this industry make fresh and frozen bread as well as cakes, pies, and doughnuts.
According to the definition adopted by USAID, an indicator is: A quantitative or qualitative variable that provides reliable means to measure a particular phenomenon or attribute. (USAID Glossary of Evaluation Terms, March 2009)
Many indicators work by producing a color change when they react with a material. Indicators can be qualitative, only indicating the presence or absence or a substance, or quantitative, indicating how much of a substance is present. A solution of iodine and potassium iodide can be used as a qualitative indicator for starches. What is Starch? Plants make starch, a polymer chain of individual glucose sugar molecules, to store energy for future use.