Background. The aim of this paper is to explore and identify key tools of the scientific and methodological approach to diagnosing the sustainable level of the industrialization index of competitiveness of food industry enterprises (FIE) in order to improve their position and competitive advantage in the European market by implementing directions for transforming entities’ persistent activities in compliance with the digital innovation vector, as well as business interests in the implementation of common export guidelines.
Results and conclusions. A set of interconnected and interdependent stages of the scientific and methodological approach to forming a diagnostic tool for the state of the industrialization index of competitiveness of FIE was proposed. Models of structural and strategic analysis that allow assessing the effectiveness of implementing tools at individual levels of achieving a sustainable level of the industrialization index of competitiveness were identified and the specific transformation of the persistent activities of FIE is was presented. A comparative dynamic trend of the share of the food industry in the GDP of Ukraine, the EU countries, Southeast Asia and the Pacific region was carried out.