Fruit products / beverages
Bottled sugarcane juice / fortified sugarcane beverage
TECH-NFIC-045
Record type
Product / SKU
Product category
Fruit products / beverages
Popularity
Medium Demand
Machinery available at NFIC
Partially
1. Raw materials / commodities
No publishable commodity links found.
2. NFIC machines required
NFIC-KUP-U01-04
Semi Auto Filling Machine Big Flow
Use: Bottle filling machine
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U01-05
Manual 7 Plate Filter Press
Use: Sparkler filter
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U03-09
Vertical Band Sealer SS FRB 770
Use: Sealing machine
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U04-01
Vegetables & Fruits Cleaning Machine (Bubble Washer) — 2 Chamber
Use: High pressure jet washer
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U07-04
Plastic Tubs
Use: Soaking tanks
Machine is mapped to this product · no separate public machine page
3. How the product is made
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Use sound mature cane; reject fermented, mouldy or deteriorated cane.
Validated
Parameters: Keep cut-to-crushing delay controlled; record source and receipt time.
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Remove adhering soil and clean cane surfaces and the crusher hygienically.
Validated
Parameters: Potable water and separation of dirty cane from clean juice.
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Crush promptly and remove suspended bagasse; use the specified clarification system.
Validated
Parameters: Juice pH, solids and process hold time; membrane settings if that route is used.
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Blend the specified juice/pulp with other recipe ingredients.
Validated
Parameters: Measure pH, titratable acidity and °Brix; keep batch ingredient weights.
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Use a validated heat/aseptic/refrigerated process matched to product acidity, viscosity and pack.
Validated
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Fill and seal using the packaging sequence validated with that preservation process.
Validated
Parameters: Closure integrity, fill weight/volume, headspace and recorded processing conditions.
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Cool as required by the validated process and store in its specified conditions.
Validated
Parameters: Verify batch microbiology and shelf life; do not infer ambient stability from a sealed bottle.
4. Financials and Unit economics
Selling price
₹26.25
per bottle
Variable cost to make one bottle
₹20.43
Money left per bottle
₹5.82
Before shared/fixed costs
Minimum production to cover costs
15 batches/month
Whole batches required
At 12 batches/month
₹5,646 loss/month
Money required to start
₹4.46 lakh
1. What will I produce and sell?
Raw material used in one batch (kg)
180.00
Finished product from one batch (kg)
94.92
Bottles produced from one batch
452 bottles
Selling price per bottle
₹26.25
Planned production
12 batches/month
Bottles available for sale/month
5,424 bottles
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
₹1,080.00
Other ingredients
₹247.50
Packaging material
₹3,808.00
Production/helper labour
₹1,500.00
Transport / logistics
₹800.00
Other production costs
₹1,800.00
Total variable cost per batch
₹9,235.50
Sales from one batch
₹11,865.00
452 bottles × ₹26.25
Variable cost of one batch
₹9,235.50
Money left from one batch
₹2,629.50
Available to pay shared/fixed business costs and thereafter become profit.
Money left per bottle
₹5.82
Before shared/fixed costs.
3. NFIC Facility Cost
The fixed/shared cost of using NFIC
NFIC facility charge
₹37,200/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
₹1,42,380
Main raw material
₹12,960
Other ingredients
₹2,970
Packaging
₹45,696
Production/helper labour
₹18,000
Transport / logistics
₹9,600
Other variable costs
₹21,600
Total variable costs
₹1,10,826
Money left after variable costs
₹31,554
NFIC fixed/shared facility cost
₹37,200
Estimated monthly loss
₹5,646
At 12 batches per month, the business is estimated to lose ₹5,646 per month.
5. How many batches do I need to sell?
Below break-even
14 batches
Sales: ₹1,66,110
Loss: ₹387
BREAK-EVEN
15 batches
Sales: ₹1,77,975
Profit: ₹2,242
Above break-even
16 batches
Sales: ₹1,89,840
Profit: ₹4,872
You should produce and sell at least 15 batches per month to cover your costs.
Every additional batch sold after this adds approximately ₹2,630 before any other unforeseen expenses.
6. What happens if I produce more?
12 batches/month
₹5,646 loss
13 batches/month
₹3,016 loss
14 batches/month
₹387 loss
15 batches/month
₹2,242 profit ← Break-even crossed
16 batches/month
₹4,872 profit
17 batches/month
₹7,502 profit
18 batches/month
₹10,131 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
₹1,25,654
Other startup requirements
₹3,20,000
Total startup money required
₹4,45,654
Why is ₹1.26 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 26 days
Estimated total money required to start and operate the business
₹4.46 lakh
5. Branding, packaging & labelling
Packaging & labelling guidance
| Pack size | Retail: 200 mL / 250 mL; family: 1 L only after opened-life testing. |
|---|---|
| Label copy status | Ready |
Packaging, labelling & compliance guidanceRead one box at a time.
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.
- State shake/dilution instructions only when appropriate and validated after-opening refrigeration.
- Confirm that the food category, nutrient forms, levels and labelling qualify under the applicable fortification rules; verify retention through shelf life.
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.
- Fortification / +F claim note: do not automatically apply the +F logo or “fortified” claim.
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
- Choose the package after establishing the preservation route: process-compatible bottle for validated chilled sale, or a retort/aseptic-rated container for the matching validated process.
- Do not assume ordinary hot filling is sufficient for a low-acid drink.
- Compare recoverable stock bottles and local returnable glass only after food-safety and transport trials.
- Use the correct juice/nectar/fruit-beverage identity, fruit names and required content declarations; do not call diluted sweetened drink 100% juice.
- For sugarcane/banana drinks, measure final equilibrium pH and obtain a validated preservation process.
- If low-acid, ordinary hot filling is not an ambient-safety solution; use a validated chilled, retort or aseptic route as appropriate.
- FSSAI Advertising and Claims Regulations, 2018; Version IV, 14-Dec-2022. Claim principles and conditions; later effective amendments must also be checked.
- FSSAI regulations index and labelling-amendment register. N identifies specialised regimes to consult, not evidence that any named SKU is approved. A flags the 2026 update; unresolved requirements are expressly not presented as certification conclusions.