Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Potato Granules

POTATO GRANULES

[EIRI/EDPR/1108] (J.C. 9753)

INTRODUCTION

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were first introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's cuisine. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. Long-term storage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehouses. 

Wild potato species occur throughout the Americas, from the United States to Uruguay. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru (from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex), where they were domesticated 7,000–10,000 years ago. Following centuries of selective breeding, there are now over a thousand different types of potatoes. Of these subspecies, a variety that at one point grew in the Chiloé Archipelago (the potato's south-central Chilean sub-center of origin) left its germplasm on over 99% of the cultivated potatoes worldwide. 

Following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, the Spanish introduced the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. The staple was subsequently conveyed by European mariners to territories and ports throughout the world. The potato was slow to be adopted by distrustful European farmers, but soon enough it became an important food staple and field crop that played a major role in the European 19th century population boom. However, lack of genetic diversity, due to the very limited number of varieties initially introduced, left the crop vulnerable to disease. In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland, resulting in the crop failures that led to the Great Irish Famine. 

Thousands of varieties still persist in the Andes however, where over 100 cultivars might be found in a single valley, and a dozen or more might be maintained by a single agricultural household. Besides the need of ensuring proper genetic diversity of a crop, it also underscores the need of depending on several staple crops, and to preferably choose staple crops that are endemic and thus adapted to the local environment.

The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato. However, the local importance of potato is extremely variable and rapidly changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. China is now the world's largest potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harvested in China and India. 

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity            10 MT/Day

Land & Building (5000 sq.mt.)    Rs. 5.91 Cr

Plant & Machinery                    Rs. 3.23 Cr

Working Capital for 3 Months    Rs. 10.73 Cr

Total Capital Investment          Rs. 2.49 Cr

Rate of Return                          68%

Break Even Point                      45%

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ETYMOLOGY

NUTRITION

POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS OF THE PRODUCT INCLUDE:

PROPERTIES

USES AND APPLICATIONS

MANUFACTURING PROCESS

MARKET SURVEY

WORLDWIDE POTATO PRODUCTION

TABLE I - IMPORTANT POTATO GROWING DISTRICTS IN VARIOUS STATES

FAST GROWTH OF FAST FOOD CHAINS

ANNUAL SALES OF FAST FOOD CHAINS

OTHER RELATED INFORMATIONS:

PRODUCTION OF POTATO GRANULES

METHOD

MODIFIED POTATO FLAKES OR MODIFIED POTATO GRANULES

EXAMPLE 1

CAPACITY INCREASE

DRY FIBRES AND REHYDRATED FIBRES

EXAMPLE 2

HOT VISCOSITY

EXAMPLE 3

COLD VISCOSITY

EXAMPLE 4

REDUCING SUGARS

EXAMPLE 5

ACRYLAMIDE

EXAMPLE 6

PRODUCTION OF POTATO CHIPS

AGGLOMERATES OF POTATO GRANULES

EXAMPLES

THESE AGGLOMERATES LEND THEMSELVES TO RECONSTITUTION IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

EXAMPLE 2

EXAMPLE 3

EXAMPLE 4

PROCESS FOR PREPARING POTATO GRANULE COATED FRENCH FRIED POTATOES

EXAMPLES 1 AND 2

EXAMPLE 3

EXAMPLES 4-7

EXAMPLES 8-10

EXAMPLES 11-14

EXAMPLE 15

EXAMPLES 16 AND 17

MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS OF POTATO POWDER/GRANULES

SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENTS

SEALING MACHINE

BOILERS

GENERATOR SET

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND LAB TESTING EQUIPMENT

ANTIOXIDANTS

MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICALS

APPENDIX – A:

01. PLANT ECONOMICS

02. LAND & BUILDING

03. PLANT AND MACHINERY

04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS

05. FIXED CAPITAL

06. RAW MATERIAL

07. SALARY AND WAGES

08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS

09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL

10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

11. COST OF PRODUCTION

12. TURN OVER/ANNUM

13. BREAK EVEN POINT

14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE

15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS

16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS

17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS

18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)