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.