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.