Indonesia’s food market is valued at USD 255.38 billion in 2025, and the F&B sector contributed IDR 1,531.4 trillion to national GDP in 2024. Foreign investment in food manufacturing reached USD 3.46 billion by year-end. The sector rewards investment. It also requires a precisely sequenced compliance chain that runs from KBLI classification through BPOM registration, halal certification, and the applicable supporting licences to the point at which a product can be lawfully invoiced to a commercial buyer. This article maps that chain, with named case studies from TraceWorthy’s F&B production client portfolio covering Hiro Drinks, AYR Water, Good Life Kombucha, Royal Spice Gardens, and Bali Coop. It also covers the alcoholic beverage production pathway, the kratom export regulatory framework, and the Tabanan downstream agricultural processing opportunity: a cannery investment in active development through TraceWorthy’s relationship with Raja Panji, the King of Tabanan, addressing the grade 2 produce problem that is eroding the economic case for farming across one of Bali’s most productive agricultural regencies.