Snacks / confectionery / bars
Chocolate rich in healthy polyphenols
TECH-NFIC-025
Record type
Product / SKU
Product category
Snacks / confectionery / bars
Popularity
High Demand
Machinery available at NFIC
Partially
1. Raw materials / commodities
COM-023
Cocoa
NF availability: Availability: High and cluster-based. Source districts: Eluru, West Godavari, East Godavari and Konaseema, generally as an intercrop under coconut. ODOP: No cocoa ODOP in AP. Manufacturing decision: Proceed near the Godavari belt only with access to fermentation and drying. Buying wet beans without controlled post-harvest handling will compromise quality and price.
2. NFIC machines required
NFIC-KUP-U03-04
Ribbon Blender for Powder Mixing
Use: Planetary Mixer
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U07-04
Plastic Tubs
Use: Double jacketed vessel with both hot and cold water circulation
Machine is mapped to this product · no separate public machine page
3. How the product is made
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Weigh cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sugar/sweetener and any specified milk/functional ingredients.
Validated
Parameters: Polyphenol specification and ingredient identity must be established.
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Blend and refine to the required particle size.
Validated
Parameters: Smoothness, viscosity and ingredient distribution.
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Conch under the selected formulation-specific conditions.
Validated
Parameters: Temperature/time affect flavour and potentially polyphenol retention.
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Adjust with recipe-specified fat/emulsifier.
Validated
Parameters: Flow properties for moulding.
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Temper cocoa-butter chocolate, deposit in moulds and remove entrained air.
Validated
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Cool/set, demould and wrap in suitable barrier packs.
Validated
Parameters: Avoid condensation, fat bloom and temperature cycling during AP transport.
4. Financials and Unit economics
Selling price
₹120.00
per pack
Variable cost to make one pack
₹78.84
Money left per pack
₹41.16
Before shared/fixed costs
Minimum production to cover costs
1 batches/month
Whole batches required
At 4 batches/month
₹50,840 profit/month
Money required to start
₹6.01 lakh
1. What will I produce and sell?
Raw material used in one batch (kg)
14.00
Finished product from one batch (kg)
18.90
Packs produced from one batch
378 packs
Selling price per pack
₹120.00
Planned production
4 batches/month
Packs available for sale/month
1,512 packs
Assumption: All saleable production is sold at the indicated selling price.
2. How much does one batch cost?
Variable costs — these increase when you produce more
Main raw material
₹24,000.00
Other ingredients
₹360.00
Packaging material
₹2,340.00
Production/helper labour
₹1,200.00
Transport / logistics
₹900.00
Other production costs
₹1,000.00
Total variable cost per batch
₹29,800.00
Sales from one batch
₹45,360.00
378 packs × ₹120.00
Variable cost of one batch
₹29,800.00
Money left from one batch
₹15,560.00
Available to pay shared/fixed business costs and thereafter become profit.
Money left per pack
₹41.16
Before shared/fixed costs.
3. NFIC Facility Cost
The fixed/shared cost of using NFIC
NFIC facility charge
₹11,400/month
This includes:
- use of NFIC machinery / shared facility
- electricity, fuel and water
- machine-operator cost
You do not need to separately add electricity or machine-operator cost.
4. Will I make a profit?
Monthly Income Statement
Sales income
₹1,81,440
Main raw material
₹96,000
Other ingredients
₹1,440
Packaging
₹9,360
Production/helper labour
₹4,800
Transport / logistics
₹3,600
Other variable costs
₹4,000
Total variable costs
₹1,19,200
Money left after variable costs
₹62,240
NFIC fixed/shared facility cost
₹11,400
Estimated monthly profit
₹50,840
At 4 batches per month, estimated profit is ₹50,840 per month.
5. How many batches do I need to sell?
Lowest practical batch
1 batches
Sales: ₹45,360
Profit: ₹4,160
BREAK-EVEN
1 batches
Sales: ₹45,360
Profit: ₹4,160
Above break-even
2 batches
Sales: ₹90,720
Profit: ₹19,720
You should produce and sell at least 1 batches per month to cover your costs.
Every additional batch sold after this adds approximately ₹15,560 before any other unforeseen expenses.
6. What happens if I produce more?
1 batches/month
₹4,160 profit ← Break-even crossed
2 batches/month
₹19,720 profit
3 batches/month
₹35,280 profit
4 batches/month
₹50,840 profit
7 batches/month
₹97,520 profit
More batches sold → the fixed/shared NFIC cost gets spread over more production → monthly profit improves.
7. How much money do I need before starting?
Startup & Working Capital Requirement
Money needed for day-to-day business
₹2,57,608
Other startup requirements
₹3,43,000
Total startup money required
₹6,00,608
Why is ₹2.58 lakh needed for day-to-day business?
Raw material, ingredients, packaging and other expenses have to be paid before all the money from customers comes back.
Working-capital cycle: approximately 51 days
Estimated total money required to start and operate the business
₹6.01 lakh
5. Branding, packaging & labelling
Packaging & labelling guidance
| Pack size | Retail: 20 g / 40 g / 80 g. |
|---|---|
| Label copy status | Ready |
Packaging, labelling & compliance guidanceRead one box at a time.
Recommended packaging
- Food-contact compliant foil plus paper sleeve, or a sealed grease/oxygen-barrier wrapper. Protect against AP heat with shaded transport or temperature-controlled distribution as validated; wrappers cannot prevent melting. Minimise decorative boxes.
Retail label essentials
- Before printing, check the applicable rules/exemptions for: true food name; ingredients in descending order; additives; prescribed nutrition panel; veg/non-veg symbol; allergen statement; manufacturer/packer/brand-owner details and applicable FSSAI logo/licence number; net quantity; MRP inclusive of taxes and consumer-care details; batch/lot; manufacture/packing date and expiry/use-by as applicable; storage and preparation instructions.
- Check Legal Metrology declarations, type size and unit-sale-price applicability for the final pack.
- Mandatory information must be in English or Hindi; add clear Telugu for rural AP buyers.
Product name, origin & marketing claims
- Put a simple descriptive food name beside the brand, with the actual variant and net quantity prominent.
- Use honest local-origin/FPO statements backed by records.
- Technology titles in column C are not approved marketing claims.
- Do not imply CFTRI or FSSAI endorses the brand.
- A QR recipe/traceability link is optional and cannot replace mandatory on-pack information.
Ingredients, allergens & cross-contact
- Review every ingredient and processing aid/carrier, including compound seasonings and shared machinery.
- Use the prescribed separate allergen statement when applicable; exemptions exist, including where the product itself is the allergen.
- “May contain” follows a genuine cross-contact assessment and is not a substitute for segregation.
- Milk is an allergen even in a vegetarian food; egg changes veg/non-veg status.
- Do not assume millet/buckwheat foods are gluten-free.
- FSSAI Labelling and Display Regulations, 2020; Version VIII, 09-Sep-2025. Primary regulatory baseline for retail/non-retail labels, allergens and ingredient-specific declarations.
Nutrition & claims
- Nutrition values and claims must match the final recipe, legal calculation/testing basis and serving instructions.
- Check permitted exemptions rather than printing invented values.
Shelf life, storage & after-opening
- Best-before alone is not a universal substitute for expiry/use-by.
- Establish shelf life on the real product/package using safety, sensory and relevant moisture/rancidity/culture tests under intended distribution conditions.
- No expiry duration is supplied in this workbook.
- Print a validated after-opening period where needed, not “consume soon” as the only control.
FSSAI licence, certifications & marks
- Obtain the applicable FSSAI registration/licence and product-category permissions before food manufacture/sale; it is not a product-quality endorsement.
- Ordinary food rows do not establish a separate mandatory certification merely because they use millet or local produce.
- ISO 22000/HACCP certification, retail barcodes and trademark registration are not universal food-label prerequisites, though a buyer may require them.
- Never display BIS/AGMARK/organic/vegan/+F/other marks without qualifying and obtaining the relevant authorisation where required.
- Special-category rows explicitly need further review.
Regulatory references
- FSSAI Packaging Regulations, 2018; Version V, 02-Apr-2025. Food-contact compliance and Schedule IV indicative package families. Specific pack sizes and sustainability trade-offs in D/E are recommendations, not prescribed by this source.
Other important guidance
- Use chocolate identity only if composition meets the relevant standard; otherwise use an accurate confectionery description.
- Declare milk/soy/nuts when present.
- “Polyphenol-rich” and health benefits need substantiation; do not equate cocoa content with a proven health effect.
- FSSAI Advertising and Claims Regulations, 2018; Version IV, 14-Dec-2022. Claim principles and conditions; later effective amendments must also be checked.