 Spray
Dried Coconut Milk Powder
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Profile
Introduction
Using coconut milk is not a cumbersome or time consuming
process anymore for those who want to include this
wholesome nut in their regular diet. The spray
dried coconut milk powder is now available in
convenient and ready to use packs with same
freshness of a fresh coconut milk. It has a longer
shelf life and is convenient to use. This can be
used in place of fresh coconut milk for food
preparations / beverages in households and food
industries by dissolving it in water. Central Food
Technological Research Institute, Mysore with the
financial assistance of the Board has developed
the technology for spray dried coconut milk powder
which is available to entrepreneurs at a total
know-how fee of Rs.5 lakhs. The total capital
investment for plant and machinery along with
working capital margin comes to around Rs.2.36
crores. The internal rate of return works out to
be about 16 per cent with a pay back period of
about 3 years. On an average one thousand coconuts
would yield about 99.6 kg of spray dried coconut
milk powder. Spray dried coconut milk powder has a
tremendous market potential in India and in
international market. Direct employment potential
is around 40 personnel.
The first step is breaking the dehusked nuts into halves.
The split nuts are deshelled to separate the
kernel. These two operations usually are done
manually. Kernel is washed and then blanched by
immersing in hot water at 80oC for 10 minutes. The
next step is comminution of kernel into small
gratings using a hammer mill. The gratings are
subjected to pressing using, continuous screw
press to extract the milk. The coconut milk thus
obtained is filtered by passing through a
vibrating screen. The coconut milk is then
homogenized and mixed with maltodextrins and other
emulsifiers in an additive mixing tank. The milk
mixed with additives is then spray dried into a
fine milk powder using a spray drier. The product
is then packed in Aluminum foil packets in various
sizes as per customer requirement.
Product
specification
|
Moisture |
2% |
|
Fat |
66 - 72% |
|
pH |
5.8 - 6.5 |
|
FFA |
0.2% max |
|
Density |
0.3 - 0.45
g/cc |
Project
Cost
|
(20000 coconuts per day) |
|
Land |
60 cents |
|
Building - 6000 sq ft. |
Rs.45 lakhs |
|
Plant
& machinery |
Rs.200
lakhs |
|
Contingencies |
Rs.10 lakhs |
|
Preliminary
& pre-operative expenses |
Rs.15
lakhs |
|
Working capital (Margin money) |
Rs.25 lakhs |
Machinery
|
Hammer mill |
Elevator |
Screw press |
|
Coconut milk
storage tanks |
Vibrating
sieving machine |
Coconut
residue mixer |
|
Additive
mixing tank |
Emulsifier |
Homogenizer |
|
Pasteurizer |
Volumetric
filling machine |
Exhaust box |
|
Can seaming
machine |
Horizontal
rotary retort |
Spray drier |
|
Agro waste
vertical boiler |
Sterilization
tank |
Coconut
residue storage bins |
2000 coconuts would yield about 1 ton of
coconut milk powder
|
Capacity |
20,000 nuts per
day |
|
Annual
sales turnover |
Rs.7.5
crores |
|
Payback period |
3 years |
|
Employment
potential |
40
persons |
|
IRR |
18% |
N.B.: Technology available from the Coconut Development Board,
Kochi - 682 011 on payment. The cash estimates and return are variable.
M/s.
Sriram Coconut Products Ltd., P.B.No.1, Dindigul
Road, Batlagundu-624 202 Ph : 22234/ 22381/ 23293/
FAX:++91-4543-22572, E-Mail:
mail@palmo.biz
website:
www.palmo.biz
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