tender coconut water project profile
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Preservation & Packing of Tender Coconut Water - Project Profile
Introduction
Tender Coconut Water The water of Tender Coconut is a sterile,
nutritious, thirst quenching health drink. The pure and sweet tender
coconut possesses enormous therapeutic properties and is a thirst
quenching refreshing health drink for all age groups. It is loaded with
natural sugars, salts, and vitamins and is low in fat, calories and has no
cholesterol. It's a highly rejuvenating tonic that can ward off fatigue in an
instant. Tender coconut water has the same level of electrolytic balance
as we see in our blood. The processing and packing of tender coconut
water with a capacity of 10,000 tender nuts per day involves an
investment ranging from Rs.35-40 lakhs covering plant and machinery
and margin money for working capital with a direct employment potential
of 30 personnel. The profitability after taking into account the prevailing
prices of finished product works out to be around 20 per cent with a pay
back period of 3 years. Tender coconut water enjoys a great potential as
a health drink in India and international market. The Coconut
Development Board in collaboration with Defence Food Research
Laboratory, Mysore has developed the technology for packing tender
coconut water in pouches/aluminium cans, which is available to
entrepreneurs at a total lumpsum transfer fee of Rs.3 lakhs.
rocess
Coconut Water of 6-7 month stage is first filtered through pressure filters
and then mixed with the desired proportion of additives plus sugar and
concentrated to the appropriate level. The water is then packed in
pouches/cans and retorted in an autoclave, after which it is cooled in a
stream of cold water
Product Specification
pH 4.5
Total solids 4.71 g/100 ml
Sucrose 1.28 g/100ml
Total sugar 2.08 g/100ml
Ash 0.62 g/100ml
Project Cost (2500 litres of tender coconut water per day)
Land & building Rs.25 lakhs
Plant & machinery Rs.50 lakhs
Contingencies Rs.2.5 lakhs
Preliminary pre-operative expenses Rs.4 lakhs
Working capital (Margin money) Rs.15 lakhs
Machinery
• Coconut water collection tank • laminar flow • Autoclave
• Filter • SS jacketed fettle
• Additive mixing tank • coconut water storage tank
• Volumetric filling machine • Baby boiler
Yield
Raw material 10000 coconuts
Final product 2000 litres
Salient Features
Sales turnover Rs.1.875 crores
IRR 18 per cent
Payable period 3-4 years
Employment potential 30 persons
Sources of Availability of Plant and Machinery
• S.P. Engg. Corporation, Easalganj, Kanpur, U.P.
• Ace pack Machines, Coimbatore
• Perfect Machine Traders, Kuruppam Road, Trichur-680 001
• Equipment Agencies, Kallai Road, Calicut.