Tomato products (juice/ketchup/sauce)
1. Raw materials / commodities
NF availability: Availability: Very high. Source districts: Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, NTR, Krishna, Prakasam, Kurnool, Anantapur and YSR Kadapa. ODOP: Guntur and Bapatla – spices including chilli and turmeric. Manufacturing decision: Strong ODOP-aligned choice for powder, flakes, paste, sauces and oleoresin-linked supply. Match variety to pungency/colour and budget for residue, moisture and aflatoxin testing.
NF availability: Availability: Low. Source districts: Small production is reported, but no dependable state production cluster is identified; check Kurnool, Nandyal and Anantapur markets. ODOP: No garlic ODOP in AP. Manufacturing decision: Use only for a multi-spice line that can buy from outside AP. A garlic-only plant is not advisable without contracted local acreage and curing/storage capacity.
NF availability: Availability: Moderate and specialised. Source districts: Alluri Sitharama Raju and Parvathipuram Manyam, often within coffee/forest-produce systems. ODOP: No black-pepper ODOP in AP; ASR ODOP is coffee and Parvathipuram Manyam is minor forest produce. Manufacturing decision: Consider only as part of a multi-spice/coffee-belt unit unless annual pepper volume is verified. Drying, grading and mould control are essential.
NF availability: Availability: Very high. Source districts: Annamayya, Anantapur, Kurnool, Nandyal, Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, Sri Sathya Sai, Krishna, Palnadu and Bapatla. ODOP: Chittoor – tomato-based products. Manufacturing decision: Strong ODOP-aligned opportunity for puree, paste, sauce, powder and dehydration. Locate near a major cluster and use processing-grade contracts to exploit seasonal gluts without depending on volatile mandi prices.
2. NFIC machines required
Use: Spice grinder
Use: Platform weighing scale
Use: Al./S.S topped working tables; vessels
3. How the product is made
Parameters: Record variety, ripeness and incoming soluble solids.
Parameters: Use hygienic food-contact equipment; keep peel/waste away from prepared pulp.
Parameters: Pulp screen integrity and extraction consistency.
Parameters: Measure actual acid strength; avoid relying on spoon measures.
Parameters: °Brix, pH, acidity, viscosity and scorching; juice requires a different solids target.
Parameters: Fill weight, pH, solids and microbial shelf life.
4. Financials and Unit economics
1. What will I produce and sell?
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
3. NFIC Facility Cost
The fixed/shared cost of using NFIC
- 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?
5. How many batches do I need to sell?
You should produce and sell at least 1,353 batches per month to cover your costs.
Every additional batch sold after this adds approximately ₹28 before any other unforeseen expenses.
6. What happens if I produce more?
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?
Why is ₹1.58 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 39 days
5. Branding, packaging & labelling
Packaging & labelling guidance
| Pack size | Juice: 200 mL / 1 L; ketchup/sauce: 200 g / 500 g. |
|---|---|
| Label copy status | Ready |
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.
- List ingredients/additives and validated after-opening storage.
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
- Juice: process-rated glass/heat-set PET bottle. Sauce/ketchup: glass bottle/jar or process-compatible squeeze bottle/pouch. Validate cap, seal and hot-fill tolerance. Glass return loops may suit local sales; avoid mixed-material gift packs.
- Separate labels for tomato juice, ketchup and sauce; composition determines legal name.
- Avoid transferring juice declarations to ketchup or vice versa.