Fruit products / beverages
Tamarind Juice concentrate & Powder
TECH-NFIC-136
Record type
Product / SKU
Product category
Fruit products / beverages
Popularity
Low Demand
Machinery available at NFIC
Partially
1. Raw materials / commodities
COM-032
Tamarind
NF availability: Availability: Moderate. Source districts: Annamayya, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and other dryland/forest-edge areas. ODOP: Annamayya – tamarind; Parvathipuram Manyam – minor forest produce including tamarind. Manufacturing decision: Strong ODOP-aligned opportunity for deseeding, blocks, paste and concentrate. Secure seasonal collection, grade by moisture/seed content and plan dry storage for year-round processing.
2. NFIC machines required
NFIC-KUP-U01-05
Manual 7 Plate Filter Press
Use: Sparkler filter press
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U07-02
Weighing Machine (Scale)
Use: Weighing balance
Open machine page →
NFIC-KUP-U07-04
Plastic Tubs
Use: Holding tank with stirring arrangement; Trolleys; Handling vessels
Machine is mapped to this product · no separate public machine page
3. How the product is made
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Remove shell, fibre and seeds; extract tamarind pulp/juice with potable water.
Validated
Parameters: Foreign matter, extraction ratio and solids recovery.
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Sieve/filter to remove seed and fibre particles.
Validated
Parameters: Screen integrity and pulp particle size.
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Evaporate under the specified conditions and pack with the validated preservation process.
Validated
Parameters: Final °Brix, acidity, colour and viscosity.
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Prepare the validated feed formulation, dry with the specified system, then recover and cool powder.
Validated
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Seal concentrate or powder in the pack designed for that form.
Validated
Parameters: Powder moisture/caking; concentrate closure integrity and shelf life.
4. Financials and Unit economics
Selling price
₹56.25
per pack
Variable cost to make one pack
₹37.96
Money left per pack
₹18.29
Before shared/fixed costs
Minimum production to cover costs
6 batches/month
Whole batches required
At 12 batches/month
₹48,660 profit/month
Money required to start
₹5.09 lakh
1. What will I produce and sell?
Raw material used in one batch (kg)
100.00
Finished product from one batch (kg)
87.20
Packs produced from one batch
436 packs
Selling price per pack
₹56.25
Planned production
12 batches/month
Packs available for sale/month
5,232 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
₹11,000.00
Packaging material
₹2,250.00
Production/helper labour
₹1,800.00
Transport / logistics
₹500.00
Other production costs
₹1,000.00
Total variable cost per batch
₹16,550.00
Sales from one batch
₹24,525.00
436 packs × ₹56.25
Variable cost of one batch
₹16,550.00
Money left from one batch
₹7,975.00
Available to pay shared/fixed business costs and thereafter become profit.
Money left per pack
₹18.29
Before shared/fixed costs.
3. NFIC Facility Cost
The fixed/shared cost of using NFIC
NFIC facility charge
₹47,040/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
₹2,94,300
Main raw material
₹1,32,000
Packaging
₹27,000
Production/helper labour
₹21,600
Transport / logistics
₹6,000
Other variable costs
₹12,000
Total variable costs
₹1,98,600
Money left after variable costs
₹95,700
NFIC fixed/shared facility cost
₹47,040
Estimated monthly profit
₹48,660
At 12 batches per month, estimated profit is ₹48,660 per month.
5. How many batches do I need to sell?
Below break-even
5 batches
Sales: ₹1,22,625
Loss: ₹7,165
BREAK-EVEN
6 batches
Sales: ₹1,47,150
Profit: ₹810
Above break-even
7 batches
Sales: ₹1,71,675
Profit: ₹8,785
You should produce and sell at least 6 batches per month to cover your costs.
Every additional batch sold after this adds approximately ₹7,975 before any other unforeseen expenses.
6. What happens if I produce more?
4 batches/month
₹15,140 loss
5 batches/month
₹7,165 loss
6 batches/month
₹810 profit ← Break-even crossed
7 batches/month
₹8,785 profit
8 batches/month
₹16,760 profit
12 batches/month
₹48,660 profit
15 batches/month
₹72,585 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
₹3,42,040
Other startup requirements
₹1,67,000
Total startup money required
₹5,09,040
Why is ₹3.42 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
Estimated total money required to start and operate the business
₹5.09 lakh
5. Branding, packaging & labelling
Packaging & labelling guidance
| Pack size | Concentrate: 100 g / 200 g / 1 kg; powder: 50 g / 100 g / 500 g. |
|---|---|
| Label copy status | Ready |
Packaging, labelling & compliance guidanceRead one box at a time.
Economical / sustainable option
- Concentrate: acid-compatible process-rated jar or high-barrier pouch. Powder: tightly heat-sealed moisture-barrier pouch, preferably opaque. Validate concentrate preservation separately; choose recyclable stock jar/mono-material only where performance is equivalent.
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.
- Label tamarind concentrate and powder separately; declare carriers/salt/preservatives if used.
- 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.
- Give dilution/recipe quantity and validated after-opening storage; powder needs dry-spoon/reclosure instructions.
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.